I was born at No.15 Holloway Road in 1943 where I stayed until I married in 1964 at
the Methodist Church Leytonstone High Road, my reception being held in the Holy Trinity
Church, Birkbeck Road. I used to bath / swim at Cathall Road Baths and attend the
Welcome Mission Sunday School and Girl Guides. Mayville Road was my first school,
Goodall being my second, both now demolished. Belonged to the Rex Cinema ABC Minors
and went to the Rialto and Academy Cinemas, avoided the State if I could ! I can
just recall going on a tram to Bow when very young and also remember the trolley
buses (I think the 661 ?) running past Harrow Green, often coming off their rails
and having to stop and relocate them with a pole.
When I married I moved from Leytonstone to Windsor Road, Leyton and then to Dunedin
Road, Leyton, near the Leyton Football Ground, Ruckholt Manor School and Coronation
Gardens.
Holloway Road was first occupied some time in 1870 or 1871. It was on land that
belonged to Holywell Priory, a nunnery in Shoreditch. Most of the street was demolished
in the 1960s construction of the Cathall Council housing estate.
