Cited from Genealogical Diary 1988 (Jeffrey Chambers)

Transcription

I asked David what it was like at Colston Road, East Ham, where mum and dad had a flat from 1944 to 1953. He said that there was a scullery-cum-kitchen and just two rooms. He, mum and dad slept in one room and the rest of us - Sheila, Richard, Susan and myself - slept in the other. There was a large cooking range in the kitchen which was also used to provide boiling water because there was no hot running water. If anyone wanted a bath, a large kettle would be heated on this range and the boiled water poured into a tin bath by hand. I can just remember how, as a very small boy, I would be bathed this way, with the bath on the kitchen table in front of the cooking range.

Other Information

Two events have been derived from this evidence.

• William Joseph Chambers★ was resident between 1944 and 1953 at 45 Colston Road, Forest Gate, West Ham, Essex, England
• Florence Hall★ was resident between 1944 and 1953 at 45 Colston Road, Forest Gate, West Ham, Essex, England

Full Citation

Genealogical Diary 1988; 14 May 1988, Chambers.

Source

Genealogical Diary 1988 (Jeffrey Chambers)

Available at:

• Ian Davis Genealogy Files. Genealogical Diary 1988.pdf