Deborah Lundbech's photos with the keyword: Woodlands Avenue

Re-scanned and re-uploaded for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of: KIDDIE POOLS Woodlands Avenue, Rayleigh, Essex c,1960. L to R; Gill, Ruth, Pauline, Frances, me, and unknown child.

Uploaded for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of: NIGHTCLOTHES (PAJAMAS, NIGHTGOWNS, ROBES, ETC.) My brother Nicholas and myself heading to the freezing upper domains of the second floor in our new house. Hot water bottles have preceded us - the only warmth we could look forward to after leaving the living room fire. Even new houses like ours did not have central heating. We did not know anyone who had it - and when we moved to the States six years later, the warmth of our apartment and of all the homes we visited seemed miraculous and wonderful. So, our nightclothes were warm. Fleece lined pajamas and dressing gowns made by my mother. My dressing gown was a deep maroon and I loved the bunny she appliquéd on the front. My brother's was yellow and fuzzier. I'm 4 years old, almost 5, and he's 3.

7/29 - 8/4 FREE-FOR-ALL—POST AS MANY PHOTOS ON AS MANY DIFFERENT THEMES AS YOU'D LIKE I've chosen: KIDS DRESSING UP - OR DRESS UP - OR FANCY DRESS, (depending on where you live). Frances, Ruth's sister.

When the second hand's soft sweep tells me That the year before has gone and now I stand grown older: I lie and cry For the bright white cake with candles I used to see; And for the children, chattering bubbles in a Babel, Who would crowd about me with popping toys Of rainbow and pink paper of crepe that stretched; And for curls of girls reciting and the jealous-eyed boys Who brought presents in ribbons of red And fed themselves with chocolate babies. Richard Fariña

Brought forward for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of "Playing cards and board games." My father and Uncle Bill (Swineburne). In the background me, Dorothy, Nicholas and Kate. Woodlands Avenue, Rayleigh, Essex, England. Chess players - who's winning?

Nicholas at 23 Woodlands Avenue, Rayleigh. 1959.

My brother Nicholas in the back garden of our house at Woodlands Avenue, Rayleigh. About 1963, wearing his school sweater.

Some of the neighborhood.

Haha - I've just realized this must have been a (sort of) dress rehearsal the day before. Pauline, the 13 year old organizer, really took her productions seriously. Linda is wearing a rather tatty dress, Nicholas has got seriously black knees and my mother's washing is hanging up next door! I'm practicing placing the crown Linda's head - and Tony has an equivalent for Nicholas I guess.

Brought forward for the Vintage Photos Theme Park monthly theme of: BACK TO SCHOOL. This is either the September's term first day of school or the first day of the spring term of 1961. In England, at least then, you could begin school in the Spring term - which went from after Easter until the middle of July (in which case you got a short kindergarten experience) or in the September term where you went for a whole year (I think). Either way, I think this was my brother's first day of school. Pictured left to right: 1st Row: Janet Hall, Diane Hall, Nicholas Lundbech, Ruth Brown, me, Linda Whiting. 2nd Row: Frances Brown, Pauline Cox, Jill Cox Back Row: Sheila Whiting Janet, Diane and Linda are wearing our school (Love Lane) blazer which was royal blue with gold or orange trim. Sheila in the back is wearing the FitzwiMarc blazer which i think was red with a silver trim.

"A nice place to raise your kids." Here's something totally culturally different than growing up in America (where we went) On this short street all the following families emigrated (that I know of - in six or seven years): Lundbechs, Browns, Dawsons, Parkhills, people next to the Whitings, and the family that lived there after them. I'm sure there were more i don't remember. They went to the States, New Zealand, and Australia and Canada. I don't know any Americans that had a family they knew move to another country.

When I was growing up on Woodlands Avenue, this land was a tangle of woods and shrubs and muddy trenches- a wilderland! In the way kids name things it was called "The Cliffs" possibly for the slight rise in the land toward the back. It was enclosed with a locked gate and a Keep Out sign that we often ignored. In 1972 I was disappointed to see it had been groomed into this bland field - robbed of all mystery and allure but admittedly more scenic to adults.

The Woodlands Avenue Men's Club Outing about 1959. Probably Clapton. Or is it Clacton? Back row L to R: Pauline Cox, Sheila Whiting, Deborah Lundbech (looking down at my brother to see if he is embarrassing me) Gill Cox holding an unknown baby (the Cox girls were known for always holding the babies of any group) Frances Brown and Janet Hall. Front Row L to R: Ruth Brown, Nicholas Lundbech, Unknown, Diane Hall and Linda Whiting.

Back row, L to R Nicholas Lundbech, Clare Humphries, Pauline Cox, Frances Brown, Patrick McCarthy. In front - David McCarthy and Leslie Humphries Taken in front of #25 I think.

Probably taken around 1963/64. L to R: Jane Winslett, Linda Whiting, Christine Hoye, Claire Humphries, Susan Winslett, Tony Smith and Patrick McCarthy. Taken in front of 21 Woodlands Avenue.

This is my father, with the only beard he ever grew, shaved off quickly when it came in grey. He and my brother are standing under our house sign "Wits' End", which was 23 Woodlands Avenue, Rayleigh Essex, England. Once in the first year of Junior School - second grade equivalent - my teacher at Love Lane School, Miss Brawn, on a whim, decided to go around the room and ask kids what their house was named. It was all "Dun Roamin' and "Dingle Derry" until it got to me. I had never really thought about it, but when i said "Wits' End " the whole class (and teacher) exploded with laughter. I was so mortified! Years later, I read that Alexander Woolcott, famous Algonquin "Round Table" wit, had a house in upper state New York named "Wits' End". But it didn't really matter. "Wits' End" for better and worse was absolutely what my family were about.

Part of the Woodlands Avenue Gang about 1960. Nicholas with a lolly, me, Diane and Janet with ice cream cones and Linda and Janet on roller skates in front of the Hall's house, number 27. Ken Hall behind us working on his garage. I don't know if it ever got finished, I only remember him working on it. Always. Probably held up as an example to my Dad who never built a thing in his life. L to R: Nicholas, Deborah, Diane, Janet and Linda