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Memories from the Old School Yard

Pupils copped place in disco final

ELLO, ello, ello – what s all this then? We go back 20 years for this week s Days of the Old School Yard to meet some dancers out in force. It s three winning teams from the local police disco dancing championships. Twenty-two teams of youngsters boogi... » MORE

Panto stars of the past take a bow wow wow

WE go back 20 years for this week s Days of the Old School Yard for a bit of pantomime fun and games. The squeals of excitement began at Stratford s Tom Allen Centre as panto hit the stage. Young people were thrilling to the Babes In The Wood, which was p... » MORE

A 'pyramid effect' on two fronts

WE have a double dose of Days of the Old School Yard this week. We go back 23 years to August of 1985. The first concerned youngsters at Park School in Forest Gate, where they were queuing up to go to school…in the middle of their summer holidays! It was... » MORE

Queen's day was a right royal time for this lot

THIS week s Days of the Old School Yard takes us back more than 55 years…thanks to the efforts of reader George Davidge. The former Plaistow lad has sent in a picture of a crowd of youngsters from Sutton Road, Plaistow, back in 1953. George tells us: It... » MORE
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  • Step back in time with dance girls
  • Badge boy lights way for dancer
  • It's Freda's class of '53
  • Seconds out for bout of the Twenties
  • Their 15 minutes of Fame!
  • An art in facing up to the past
  • Stations chuffed after 150 years
  • We cracked it at ballet!
  • Heart and sole into it!
  • Such a sweet treat!
  • Mothers rise to the challenge
  • Demolitioon- with a real sting in the tale
  • A rootin' tootin' highfalutin' time
  • Five had code cracked
  • Bishop's key to computing
  • Luke what the team was like!
  • Netting players of old days is goal
  • Seven up way back in 1935!
  • Hats off to ATC finest
  • Gallery's just dandy!
  • Fancy that! Step back in time is child's play
  • Euphoria 'n euphonium
  • Gander at tennis on table!
  • Cadets' bash hard to beat
  • Project was oaky-dokey!
  • Prepared...to go extra mile!
  • Past is kept afloat
  • OK, let's send in the clowns
  • Splashing! Young go Dutch
  • Wising up to written word
  • Taxi tale ranks with the best
  • Football moment
  • Future stars in champion picture from a different league
  • A crowd for the Crown
  • Sweet times before war
  • Soccering it to 'em
  • Film crew had a yen for Skillnet
  • Their best bib and tucker!
  • On track for team spirit
  • Runners and riders
  • Keeping the past in focus
    OUR weekly feature continues to bring back fond memories.
    We publish pictures from the days most people think are the best of their lives – the days of the old school yard.
    The fame of this feature has spread all over the world. We receive e-mails and letters from former East Enders from as far away as Australia, New Zealand, Cyprus, Japan and the USA.
    We now have a worldwide audience and readers are telling each other about our feature by e-mail and letter, and even mentioning it on sites such as Friends Reunited.
    It is a column we are all immensely proud of.
    If you would like your old school photo to rekindle happy times, it is very easy.
    Just send it to: Days of the Old School Yard, Recorder Newspapers, 182-184 High Street North, East Ham, E6 2JD.
    Or e-mail a copy of the picture – it must be in jpeg form please – to colin.grainger@ archant.co.uk. None of this will cost you a penny and we promise to take care of your photo and return it.
    There is no time limit on the happy days. You can send us pictures from as little as ten years ago…though our oldest picture so far has been from 1915!
    If you know anyone featured in each week’s photograph and any interesting facts about what became of them in later life, write to the same address or e-mail and we’ll share the news.
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