Plaistow
Lawrence Hall
LAWRENCE HALL - 1970-1990: 20 LIVELY YEARS.
'One day when you've got the time, take a look at Lawrence Hall. It's one of Newham's rare animals-a full blooded winner that doesn't exactly roar with success but hums gently like a bee-hive in a clover field.' (Newham Recorder March 3rd 1977)
Barrage Balloon over Plaistow in 1939.
Photo. Newham Heritage & Archives (Stratford)
Triangle Camp
Land Grabbers at their camp for the unemployed in the St Mary's Road/Queens Road area of Plaistow.
Memorial Service.
Annual Remembrance Day Service outside the West Ham Tram Depot in Greengate Street, Plaistow, November, 1936.
Tramway Football Team
West Ham Tramways Department Football Team, seen here at West Ham Stadium on Friday, 8th May, 1931.
Remembrance
Annual Remembrance Service at West Ham Tram Depot, Greegate Street in November, 1936.
LTSR Locomotive (1)
Forest Gate had a railway locomotive named after it.
Barbers Alley Plaistow
Alley leading to Burke County Secondary school. Alley still there but not the houses, now part of Plaistow park.
Second Avenue Plaistow
On the the 1863 map this road is called Avenel Street, although at the time of surveying no houses had been built. From the age of the cars, this photo is late 1960s or 1970s.
Barking Rd / Kelland Rd
Near Abbey Arms Plaistow 14/3/1977. The original cobbled street can be seen and it has been the site of greengrocers for at least 50 years.
From Newham Heritage & Archives collection (Stratford)
