Modern Basildon has its roots in the railways and the decision of
The Land Company in 1891 to buy up land from cash-strapped farmers
and sell it on in plots; posters went up in Lndon advertising the
benefits of country living, and must have sounded like heaven to
many people living in the slums of the East End. In this book the
children of these original plotlanders vividly recall their
experiences: how they lived, went to school and played, along with
more modern reminiscences of the schooldays, wartime and working
life of the newcomers who arrived in the New Town from London and
all parts of the country. At the end of the war we children did not
have a street party and were put to bed but the adults has one in
the Railway Hotel Pitsea. People were dancing, singing in the
street with their red, white and blue knickers on. We crept out of
bed and pressed our noses up against the windows of our upstairs
flat watching the grown-ups go mad. Memories of Basildon offers the
reader a fascinating view of the town's past and will appeal to all
who know the area.
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