Rainy
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Hi All, members and visitors alike
Being in a nostalgic mood, and looking at the links to photos on here of late, I'm baffled about something, I sincerely hope someone can help me out please.....
Here goes
I know that Victoria Avenue was a single road way back when, and I have seen a recently uploaded photograph (many thanks to Ossie I believe) showing Victoria Avenue, it was facing south and showed a row of shops (I think "Garons" was the corner shop, opposite St Mary's church (In other words, the future Civic Centre would have been behind.....
Am I right in assuming (and please, by all means correct me) that Churchill Gardens didn't exist in those days, and would have been "dug out" ? I realise that houses would have existed all the way down to Victoria Circus, or rather, up to the station, but I'm confused as to the geographical layout.
I'm asking purely because I just can't work out the layout of the land which existed back then. Can anyone shed any light, or, indeed, any more photos.
Thanks everyone
Lorraine
ps: please keep adding photos, as well as southendtimeline.com please, as I just love seeing my "home" as it once was.....
pps: many thanks to Agentproctor (Ian Hurd) for allowing me to join your group "creating" the High Street memories that I and others in the group (including residents who no longer live in Southend, or the UK) have.It has been a wonderful experience.
Thankyou
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