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A couple of years later and it was being bombed. My father had just turned 18 and volunteerd for Bomber Command. When his brother found out he said " You silly bugger. What on Earth made you decide to do that? " " Because I'm fed up with those Bastards bombing me, so I'm going to bomb the Bastards back!" He ended up though as a Radio Operator with SOE . Ronald Eric Brewer... RIP dad......

My G.Grandaunt Ellen's son (Stephen) was a cinematographer living off Waddon New Road around that time. His uncle George Easton was Theatre Manager at The Grand in Croydon and had worked for local theatres most of his life and involved in the early days of British film over Haywards Heath way I believe. Lots of links to theatre then.

Interesting to see the Hollow Ponds used to have toy boats and swimming in there. Nowadays it's the rowing boats and the ducks that use the pond.

My late aunt’s father, Frederick Stanley Mockford, was Wireless Superintendent at Croydon Airport around the time this film was shot. He made enormous contributions to the use and effectiveness of radio in air travel. He developed the phonetic alphabet and also the Mayday call.

As safe as the Rock of Gibraltar.

Not in my mind But party is part of human livin

Fantastic footage!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Swiss Air 😭🥲 this is so beautiful 😍 ❤✈️

Sad to think this is just one year before WW2 and the third world dumping ground Croydon is today.

KLM DC2.

The war memorials were and still are an emotive sight ,one year later after this shot ,Britain was at war “The war to end all wars was sadly an illusion but for the dead ,the wounded and people suffering mental anguish ,it was a reminder of mans stupidity . On a lighter note the liveries of the trams and buses and the streets and shops almost seem unreal today,we are encouraged to shop locally ,in 1938 nobody new any difference ,can anybody tell me what clas of bus had 4rear wheels and was there a single decker equivalent ,thank you.

wonderful

Wonderful .Thank you for sharing your Father's work.

Thank you

Utterly astonishing!

Diversity destroyed East London

May we assume that the film containing this facinating piece of history, will eventually be donated to a appropiate archive for preservation?

A lovely snapshot of people's lives one day so long ago. When I watch films like this I can't but wonder what happened to all of them.

Superb

My parents were married at St John's Church in the very same year that this film was shot. Mum was born in Leytonstone and I grew up in Forest Gate, on the edge of Wanstead Flats. I remember queuing with my parents to see Father Christmas at Bearmans when I was a small child.

My old stomping ground,many things in the film are still there,the memorial at harrow green,the hollow ponds boating lake,the police and fire station. It looked quite a middle class area compared to now.Very sad!

Nice video. I lived in Leytonstone from 1964 to 1970, Lancaster Road, then Harrington Road. I keep telling my wife that there was a TARDIS but finally I've been able to prove it to her. I remember visiting Santa at Bearmans and going to the cinema, also the Hollow Ponds, and also walking through from Wanstead flats towards Ilford.

Very cool!

Lovely film. Thankyou for letting me join.. I was born and bred in Leytonstone and now live in Cambridgeshire. This film brings back lots of good memories. Lived in Pretoria Road and my Grandparents lived in Newport Road and Grosvenor Road in Leyton.

I worked briefly at Bearman's in the display department… I didn't like it there very much, though...

I used to go to the Academy Cinema in 1953-56. By then it had been remodelled and renamed the NEW Academy. I used to go to the children's screenings on Saturday mornings... one of the Saturday clubs that most cinemas held then. For three hours we sat in the dark and watched the "goodies" chase the "baddies" in B'W... all for 6d piece... (two and a half 'p' in new money.) Later the Academy became the Century... and in the 1980's it was demolished and replaced by flats.

Great stuff and in colour and a lot more than a few trams - what a lot is going on at The Hollow Ponds - I do not think I ever saw it as busy as that in the 1950s and 60s. thanks for posting

Nice, I lived in L/Stone from 1949 to 1960, then we moved to Woodford Green. Spent many wonderful hours with friends at the (then) Sixth South Essex company of the (then) Life Boys and then with the Boys Brigade.

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Fantastic footage. I was born in Leytonstone 1941 and remember the bombs dropping during WW2, missed us by 100yds. Used to go to the Rialto often and bought a book from Bearmans when I was 10yrs old. Also went to the ABC cinema on a Saturday morning. I was an "ABC minor" and still remember the song we used to sing before the show. Had great fun at the Hollow Ponds and on Wandstead Flats. Oh happy days - very nostalgic to see this film. Many thanks.

I was there! I worked at Bearmans, as did my mother, enjoyed myself at Hollow ponds, sang in St John's church and was taken to the police station by my dad! Just twelve years later than this film. Wonderful film. And it certainly has changed.

Amazing can't wait to show my kids one day

Thanks for sharing this precious cameo of that genteel age! Those wonderful HP 42 aircraft were the ocean liners of the sky, even if only available to the well heeled of the time. What a great pity then that even one doesn't remain preserved today.The control surfaces of the wings and tail were operated by the muscle power of the pilot alone in those days, hence the giant control wheel that preceded the smaller column on later and less wingy aircraft. As such the HP42 was very susceptible to wind vagaries and, although it could start its final approach from only a few hundred yards out (unlike the twelve miles or so of today's aircraft) the slightest crosswind gust would present problems. For this reason alone at least two of them were destroyed when blown into each other in a high wind simply when parked on the ground.

a great old film...thanks for uploading it...those old Imperial Airways planes are very interesting. I have a book showing airline posters..the Scylla, Heracles, Hannibal, Atalanta, and Scipio classes are shown...many other nice posters are in the book.

My grandparents lived in Leytonstone at the time of this film in 1938, they lived in Claremont road leyton, then moved to Leytonstone in 1962, my mum used to push me around Bearman's in the 70's, and often talks about the old Rialto cinema , I grew up in Harrow green as a child, but remember Bearman's before it became Leo's the something else I think.

This is a wonderful video. My great grand parents lived in Leytonstone and my grand parents would tell me how nice it was and this video shows this. I am hoping this remains on UA-cam forever so that our children can see it as well.

what a wonderful film...Great seeing a pre-war Police Box in Colour!! :-)

Yes, absolutely - one day we'll be blurry figures on someone's historical film! I agree the passage of time is fascinating! :)

I've lived in leytonstone since 1989 and I can't get over the fact there used to be a cinema and department store.It was once quite middle class,now it's a mix of social classes.Thanks for this, it's so lovely and interesting to see.

I've lived in ley tins

Iam so sorry for you.

Wow thats unbeliveble Leytonstone use to be nice.

I love ALL these old films of our past--especially in colour, which as someone has said, is so rare, due to lack of availability and high cost. The fact that the film had to be sent to California foe development though, is amazing ! History will be forever indebted to your father.

Hi Peter - they're here on this link islingtongue.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/found-memories.html They're filed under 'blyth road archive' I live in Leytonstone