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Posted by Shaun Clifford
on 8/7/2009, 9:31 am, in reply to "Pitsea Market"
We moved to Basildon in 1960 from Clapham in London. My dad and I traveled down in the back of the furniture truck, there was plenty of room, we only had a couple of beds, and a kitchen table !
The first job that I ever had was when I worked for Alf _ _ _ _ ? who sold fabrics on the market. He used to call himself Alf the Jew, his words, not mine. I was about 9 at the time ( tell young people that today, and they won't believe you )
Does anyone remember the lady who used to pull live eel's out of a timber barrel, and chop them up before your eyes. She had the reddest arms I've ever seen !
When we first arrived in Basildon, we had our bread delivered by horse & cart. Woolworths was a caravan near Basildon market.
We lived in Lindsell Lane ( number 11 I think, but later, they changed all the numbers )
My sisters & I had a very happy childhood, we were surrounded by fields, and we either walked or biked everywhere, even to Southend - On - Sea.
Shaun Clifford - Perth, Western Australia ( resident here for over 35 years )
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