What does の頃【ころ】 mean in this sentence? I don't know what means in this sentence. I know means 'about' or 'around' but I still don't understand its use here. Chip Butty My best translation: I've just come back from london and I didn't know what a Chip Butty was.

`` means "around", "about", or "(at) the time". So it translates to:

> At the time I'd just come ~~back~~ to London, ...

Note that it's `come to London`, not `come back from London`.

Other common usages include

> * → When I was a child
> * → When I was in high school
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