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I don't know what の頃【ころ】 means in this sentence. I know ころ means 'about' or 'around' but I still don't understand its use here.
ロンドンに来たばかりの頃【ころ】、私は「Chip Butty」を知りませんでした。
My best translation:
I've just come back from london and I didn't know what a Chip Butty was.
ころ means "around", "about", or "(at) the time". So it translates to:
At the time I'd just come
backto London, ...
Note that it's come to London, not come back from London.
Other common usages include
- 子供のころ → When I was a child
- 高校生のころ → When I was in high school
