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'A Child of the Twenties'
A suburban childhood of the Twenties
As seen from the Nineteen Nineties
By
John Robert Laws (1921-2008)
Wanderings and more
PART 24
June was the preferred month until school became important enough to interfere. My mother packed vast quantities of clothing in a big cabin trunk, which must have gone on ahead; it certainly didn’t come in the car with us. It took a good three hours to cover seventy odd miles to the coast.
The bypass was an almost unknown word and certainly wasn’t applicable to even the Essex county town of Colchester the first time or two that we went that way. One was built in the next couple of years but now some sixty odd years later has been virtually absorbed into the town to be replaced by the (now hardly adequate) A12.
We went to Clacton on the first holiday I remember and the sand and the seafront were the attractions. The next year it was Little Holland (Now Holland on Sea) where there was more sand and no seafront and I spent the whole holiday on the beach. After that, it was always Walton on the Naze.
Apart from the occasional dog taking itself for a walk, the animals were only squirrels. The fox had not discovered the joys of urban life and the smaller rodents were not obvious.
The acquisition of roller skates which extended the range of wandering on foot from three or four miles distance, to twice that range. I was able to go off for the day with one or two other roller-skating fanatics and a supply of sandwiches and lemonade and could get to such fascinating places as the River Lea and Epping Forest.
Watching the lock gates working as barges were pulled through by enormous horses on the towpath filled idle summer hours in those times when the days and the weeks were longer. What we called the River Lea was the canal, of course, the remains of the river we called the Old Lea but except in times of flood, it was a rather trifling stream.
The canal carried the fuel for the power station at Enfield, and also a lot of timber for the various timber yards along its banks. This was all brought from the then very active docks in London and the canal ran north as far as Hertford in territory I could not explore until I got a bike.
The numerous miles covered on our roller skates on the abrasive stone paving wore their steel wheels smaller and smaller till at last the ball bearings escaped and hard saved pennies had to be spent in Lays Street market where anything could be bought including skate wheels.
I already knew the forest from visits with my father, sometimes with the rest of the family. He knew the area well and no doubt also wandered there as a boy having lived at Tottenham.
It sometimes seems that, despite memories, one was less observant as a small child. Despite natural curiosity, there is a much smaller base of knowledge with which to compare things. Trees are mostly just trees and only very noticeable birds stand out from the mass, there were squawking Jays flashing away in the trees and newts and tadpoles in the ponds. There were snakes and deer there too, but I never saw any deer and only once an adder. The squirrels seemed to have had it to themselves, even the rabbits that overran the countryside kept to the edge of the woodland.
For wandering boys, the wandering was an end, a joy in itself.
PART 25
Later wandering became more organised. This started with Scout camps. First came, the Cubs one Whitsun, no further afield than Hatfield Park, then others including Gilwell, the Scout Mecca of which the most memorable item was the rather primitive swimming pool where we were allowed to swim naked, and a joy rarely available to a town dweller. We travelled to these camps in the back of a lorry and scarcely noticed the discomfort as it was different and cheap.
Everything had to be cheap. The sun did not always shine and when we went to Downe in Kent our lorry got us there after dark in a pelting rainstorm in which we set up our tents on a site we could not see. After that, I think I slept soundly, perhaps the ground was softer for the rain. That camp our swimming was in the river Test, it was icy, small boys must be quite mad.
Swimming seems to have been the main attraction of these camps. At Hayling Island, then little built up, we swam in a sandy inlet where the temperature of the English Channel was moderated by the warm sand as the tide came in.
Holidays at that time meant the seaside, and the seaside meant the East Coast, Sunshine, East winds sand and icy grey sea.
June was the preferred month until school became important enough to interfere. My mother packed vast quantities of clothing in a big cabin trunk, which must have gone on ahead; it certainly didn’t come in the car with us. It took a good three hours to cover seventy odd miles to the coast.
The bypass was an almost unknown word and certainly wasn’t applicable to even the Essex county town of Colchester the first time or two that we went that way. One was built in the next couple of years but now some sixty odd years later has been virtually absorbed into the town to be replaced by the (now hardly adequate) A12.
We went to Clacton on the first holiday I remember and the sand and the seafront were the attractions. The next year it was Little Holland (Now Holland on Sea) where there was more sand and no seafront and I spent the whole holiday on the beach. After that, it was always Walton on the Naze.
To be continued tomorrow
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Family Events
BIRTHS and BAPTISMS
1780 Baptism: Charlotte LAWES-46471, Tilshead Wiltshire England
1780 Baptism: Charlotte LAWES-46471, Tilshead Wiltshire England
1783 - Baptism: Thomas LAWS-12640, Portsmouth Hampshire England
1790 - Baptism: Elizabeth LAWS-3630, Witchampton Dorset England
1825 - Birth: Christopher LAWS-27394, Gateshead Durham England
1830 - Birth: John A LAWS-23273, Lancaster Lancashire England
1841 - Birth: Miles LAWS-38374, Georgia United States
1847 - Birth: Fanny LAWES-12875, Bower Chalke Wiltshire England
1847 - Birth: John Milligan LAWS-2857, (Navy Officer) Lamphrey Pembrokeshire Wales
1856 - Birth: Walter Christian LAWS-39102, (Railway Wagon Repairer)
1866 - Birth: George Angus LAWS-12046, (Navy AB) Kintore Aberdeen Scotland
1872 - Birth: Helen Mary LAWS-3703, Cowra New South Wales Australia
1880 - Birth: John A LAWS-48154, (Under Gardener)
1881 - Birth: George Emanuel LAWS-29395, Sunderland Durham England
1888 - Baptism: Alice Maud LAWS-15388, West Ham Essex England
1895 - Birth: Bessie LAWS-32665,
1898 - Birth: Herbert George Treen LAWES-38981, (Bus Driver & Instructor) Margate Kent England
1900 - Birth: George Thomas LAWES-12971, (Australian Army) Colac Victoria Australia
1902 - Birth: Leonard C LAWS-31538, (Motor Driver)
1905 - Birth: John Robert LAWS-35819, (Farm Foreman)
1906 - Birth: Harold J LAWS-43894, (Driver)
1909 - Birth: Jennie LAWS-37816, (Spinster & Sick Nurse ) Haswell Durham England
1911 - Birth: Lillian LAWES-243 (M.D Saleswoman Soft Can) Camberwell Surrey England
1914 - Birth: Olive LAWES-48506, (Seeking Work)
1914 - Birth: Beatrice F LAWES-48294, (Cheque Printing Typist)
MARRIAGES
1816 - Marriage: James ARMINGER-11796 and Phoebe LAWS-11797, Norwich Norfolk England 1
1818 - Marriage: William BULLEN-9933 and Elizabeth LAWS-11779, Norwich Norfolk England2
1820 - Marriage: Meshack LAWS-25425 and Lucinda AYRES-25424, Wilkes County North Carolina
United States
1823 - Marriage: Joseph LARMAN-29149 and Sarah LAWS-29150, Shoreditch Middlesex England
1826 - Marriage: Thomas FIDLER-12372 and Mary Ann LAWS-12373, Ealing Middlesex England
1834 - Marriage: Thomas LAWS-2955 (Bricklayer / Coachman / Groom & twin) and Martha HISCOCK-
2956, Wareham Dorset England6
1836 - Marriage: Theophilus LAWES-2538 (Silk Weaver) and Mary Ann NOBBS-2806, Norwich
Norfolk England
1844 - Marriage: Thomas LAWS-22954 (Watchmaker) and Charlotte SUMMONS-22956, (Spinster) Liverpool Lancashire England
1844 - Marriage: John LAWES-689 (Ag Lab) and Frances JAMES-3785, Dickleburgh Norfolk England
1850 - Marriage: James LAWES-36015 and Sarah SEVIER-36016,
1854 - Marriage: William LAWS-41155 (Wheelwright & Pig Dealer) and Sophia LAPHAM-5608, 14
Newington Surrey England
1856 - Marriage: Thomas LAWES-28561 and Ellen TANNER-28562, Hullavington Wiltshire England
1864 - Marriage: Henry STEPHENS-20234 (Head Gardener) and Rosetta Keen LAWS-20233,
Notting Hill Middlesex England
1867 - Marriage: Thomas CHERRILL-5210 and Hannah LAWS-5209, Ealing Middlesex England
1867 - Marriage: James LAWS-3328 (Hotel Contractor & Pig Keeper) and Maria NEWELL-14823,
Ealing Middlesex England
1871 - Marriage: Daniel CARTWRIGHT-32092 (Brass Pillar Maker) and Jane Elizabeth LAWS- 32098, (Brass Polisher) Birmingham Warwickshire England
1873 - Marriage: John LAWS-4605 (Carpenter) and Annie JOSLIN-37272, West Ham Essex England
1874 - Marriage: George LAWS-26234 (Bricklayer) and Emma Eliza PECK-4310, Folkestone Kent England40
1875 - Marriage: Stephen WHENHAM-37273 (Labourer) and Ann Rebecca LAWS-21077,
Plaistow Essex England
1879 - Marriage: Alfred LAWES-2719(Soldier & former Policeman) and Emma IRONSIDE-2720, Charminster Dorset England
1885 - Marriage: Horace Charles LAWS-35885 (Clerk) and Ellen Sarah GALE-32423, (Newsagent)
Islington Middlesex England
1886 - Marriage: John James LAWS-6576 (Retired Council Roadman) and Annie WHITMORE-15488, Litcham Norfolk England
1889 - Marriage: Joseph James POLLARD-16361 and Jemima LAWS-5663, (Bead Worker /Trimming
Maker) Mile End Middlesex England
1891 - Marriage: Ernest Charles LAWES-31998 (Warehouseman) and Ada MILLS-32700, West Hackney
Middlesex England
1894 - Marriage: William Parkin LAWS-3991 (Coal Miner) and Susannah ANDERSON-13696,
Dalton le Dale Durham England
1895 - Marriage: Alfred Arthur FURZE-38881 and Ann Margaret LAWS-4743, Shoreditch Middlesex England
1895 - Marriage: Alfred C B LAWS-19804 and Mae CAMPBELL-19805, Breckenridge, Summit County Colorado United States
1896 - Marriage: Edwin James LAWS-43320 (Zinc Worker) and Alice Elizabeth RANSOM-43319, 50
West Ham Essex England
1896 - Marriage: James LAWS-47220 (Fruit Dealer) and Emily Elizabeth KINGSHOTT-32787,
Saint Mathews
1897 - Marriage: John James BEZZANT-19891 and Ellen LAWS-19890, Penrhiwceiber Glamorgan Wales
1897 - Marriage: William WALKER-15350 (Blacksmith's Hammerman) and Mary Ann LAWS-4732,
West Ham Essex England
1899 - Marriage: Hebron Charles LAWES-2711 (Gardener) and Elizabeth Ann GLEESON-38488,
Neath Glamorganshire Wales
1900 - Marriage: Albert Ernest LAWES-910 (Timber Carman) and Minnie Elizabeth FURNISH-15480,
1900 - Marriage: Horace Edwin LAWES-447 and Beatrice Marion SLADE-12821,
Eastleigh Hampshire England
1902 - Marriage: Thomas William Edward LAWES-6463 (Bootmaker/Repairer) and Annie Elizabeth HORAN-36464, Southwark Surrey England
1902 - Marriage: Cyril Edward LAWS-16131 (Bank & Stock Exchange Doorkeeper) and Marguerite Emma
GODDARD-33811, Paddington Middlesex England
1904 - Marriage: John DERRINGTON-40957 and Gertrude Beatrice LAWES-40956, Birmingham Warwickshire England
1905 - Marriage: James Warren LAWS-28823 (ARMY Private 1891) and Annie Caroline BROMFIELD- 28824, Southwark Surrey England
1909 - Marriage: George TITFORD-42161 (Shop Fitter) and Beatrice Selina LAWS-42159, (Spinster) Islington Middlesex England
1910 - Marriage: George William Henry LAWS-15270 (RN 343558 Crewman later Dock Labourer) and
Catherine CLACKETT-41092, Camberwell Surrey England
1912 - Marriage: Fab JONES-30412 and Mamie LAWS-30411, Wake, North Carolina United States
1916 - Marriage: Joseph DEPLEDGE-27596 (French Polisher) and Elizabeth LAWS-27595,
Sheffield West Yorkshire England
1918 - Marriage: Richard James LAWS-31851 (Labourer) and Florence R A THOROGOOD-31852,
Poplar Middlesex England
1920 - Marriage: James Frederick LAWS-32789 (Manager Fruit & Veg) and Phyllis Marion WARD-45769,
Battersea Surrey England
1929 - Marriage: Laverne MOORE-49658 and Evelyn Sarah Elizabeth LAWS-49657, Arkansas United States
1929 - Marriage: Charles Henry LAWES-48983 (Building Trade LCC Painter & Paper Hanger) and
Hester Ellen WARNER-48984, (Clerk) North Peckham Surrey England
1930 - Marriage: John Issac HARVEY-5945 and Jessie Murray LAWS-5944, Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland England
1931 - Marriage: Arthur TRUDGETT-35622 (Carton Maker) and Hettie LAWS-35620, (Maid)
Stockwell Surrey England
1933 - Marriage: William Eden LAWS-45536 and Iris Lavinia May WILSON-45539, South Australia
1933 - Marriage: Phillip Eden LAWS-43344 and Ivy Lavinia May WILSON-43345, Hindmarsh SA Australia
1937 - Marriage: Arthur PECK-28608 and Violet LAWES-28607, Armley West Yorkshire England
1786 - Burial: Elizabeth (Pauper) LAWS-8188, Felthorpe Norfolk England
1851 - Death: William LAWS-12012, HMS Penelope Lagos West Africa
1906 - Death: John LAWS-7288, Coxhoe Durham England
1907 - Death: Robert LAWS-7298, Crook Durham England
1986 - Death: Harry Ford (I) LAWS-13617,
1986 - Death: John Kenneth LAWS-17928, (M D) Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas United States
1988 - Death: Frederick Kenneth LAWS-37092, Hayes Kent England
1992 - Death: Bessie Mae LAWS-41757,
2002 - Death: Frederick Richard Thomas Bennet LAWS-46726, Gorleston on Sea Suffolk England
2003 - Death: Hilda LAWES-20057, Cornwall England
2009 - Death: Jennifer LAWS-48820,
2017 - Death: Anthony Charles LAWS-23459, (Company Director) Huntingdon Cambridgeshire England
1844 - Residence: Thomas LAWS-22954, (Watchmaker) Liverpool Lancashire England
1867 - Immigration: Ernest Albert LAWS-11497,
1867 - Immigration: Lillian LAWS-11496,
1867 - Emigration: Florence Annie LAWS-11495, (Infant aged abt 8 mths)
1867 - Emigration: Sarah Sophia GOODALL-8603, On ship Bayswater
1867 - Emigration: William Frank LAWS-8602, (Foreman Shipbuilder) Brisbane Queensland Australia
1866 - Occupation: William LAWS-17181, (Apprentice on Steamship)
1891 - Residence: Harry Bonsay PEARSON-43988, (Rigger) New Brompton
1891 - Residence: Louise Emily LAWS-43986, (Spinster) West Ham Essex England
1891 - Residence: William George LAWES-852, (Carrier) West Ham Essex England
1891 - Residence: Amelia Ellen CUNNINGHAM-37266, West Ham Essex England
1896 - Residence: Alice Elizabeth RANSOM-43319, West Ham Essex England
1896 - Residence: Edwin James LAWS-43320, (Zinc Worker) West Ham Essex England
1916 - Residence: Charles Joseph LAWS-15874, (Timekeeper /Clerk CC) (Private Canadian 180 Btn 86245) Toronto Ontario Canada
1929 - Residence: Hester Ellen WARNER-48984, (Clerk) North Peckham Surrey England
1929 - Residence: Charles Henry LAWES-48983, (Building Trade LCC Painter & Paper Hanger)
North Peckham Surrey England
1931 - Residence: Hettie LAWS-35620 (Maid) Lambeth Surrey England
1931 - Residence: Arthur TRUDGETT-35622, (Carton Maker) Brixton Surrey England
1938 - Residence: Elizabeth Buckland SIMPSON-15983, Saint Leonards on Sea Sussex England
OTHER BIRTHS
1793 - Birth: Elizabeth LODGE-12864, Bishopstone Wiltshire England
1796 - Birth: Maria Christmas CRICKMAY-22735,
1809 - Birth: Martha HISCOCK-2956, Wareham Dorset England
1892 - Birth: Louisa Ruth OWEN-33235, (Civilian War Dead) Uxbridge Middlesex England
1898 - Birth: Christabel Mary KEELER-3470,
1898 - Birth: Christabel Mary KEELER-3470,
OTHER MARRIAGES
1865 - Marriage: Robert SQUIRREL-21060 (Ag Lab) and Anna DEATH-21061, Hitcham Suffolk England
1884 - Marriage: William Charles HARDING-14267 (Solicitors Clerk) and Mary Ann Rowell ELL-7222, (Lodging House Keeper) East Dulwich Surrey England
1884 - Marriage: William Charles HARDING-14267 (Solicitors Clerk) and Mary Ann Rowell ELL-7222, (Lodging House Keeper) East Dulwich Surrey England
1920 - Marriage: Walter BRACKIN-41210 (Miner) and Hilda JENNINGS-31098, (Mill Hand)
Stanley cum Wrenthorpe West Yorkshire England
OTHER DEATHS and BURIALS
1856 - Death: Jane LITTLE-22815,
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Lord, help me dig into the past and sift the sands of time.
That I might find the roots that made this family tree of mine.
Lord, help me trace the ancient roads, on which our fathers trod.
Which led them through so many lands, to find our present sod.
that missing link between some name that ends the same as mine
Lord help me find an ancient book or dusty manuscript,
that's safely hidden now away, in some forgotten crypt.
Lord, let it bridge the gap that haunts my soul when I can't find,
that missing link between some name, that ends the same as mine.
Sharon Nicola LAWS
2008 Olympics Cyclist
Environmental adviser for Rio Tinto Zinc
1974-2017
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