Havana House garden

This was the back garden of our squat - Havana House, on Grove Green Road, Leytonstone (I forget what number we were - around 230 or 240, I think).

The time I spent here was probably the happiest of my life.

The garden was knocked together with the one next door - the next door house was "the party house", gutted inside, painted black with flourescent designs. Every other weekend, we would hold a massive party - hundreds of people would fill the party house and the garden (where we would build a huge bonfire). These parties were legendary, and passed into East London history.

At the back of the garden, you can see a rubbish tip. All sorts of stuff was buried in here, and it was quite fun to dig around in on an otherwise dull weekend. I once found an old car in there.

The house was knocked down in 1994 to make way for the M11 link road. There's actually a small park now on this site.

Photo taken with a panoramic-format disposable camera.