General Chat

hi ya's are you or your family from the east end if so what area,did you live or live now, im from stratford , jackie

I'm staking my claim to cockneyism through paternal side who were from Shoreditch, Hoxton and Dalston. Technically I'm from Surrey but I do speak common tho

i grew up in Upminster which is right at the start of the district line (east london) kind of bordering east london....thats as close as i got!! lol, im now in Thurrock in Essex xx

i lived back of albert square , in the sound of bow bells, some of my family still there,

Born Poplar, lived in East Ham, now in Hampshire. Sandra

hi sandra, my nan was born poplar penny fields, my niece lives east ham, most in stratford, and canning town and west ham.

Hello Jackie I moved to Forest Gate from Romford in the mid 1980's. Still own my flat there but now getting it ready to sell after moving to Suffolk 6 years ago. I was amazed how much Stratford had changed. Remember the pyramid building? I worked in there! Both my sons were born in Newham General Hosp - within the sound of Upton Park! Lots of my ancestors are turning out to have been from the East End too - Stepney - Mile End - Poplar, but I've got posher ones from Hammersmith and Battersea.;O) Regards Trudi

hi trudi, small world really. yes i recall pyramid building, well well. ; doing my family tree, i find my fathers side from wyverstone, suffolk; and my mother from duddenhoe essex, my great granfather on fathers side from ipswich; , do you live it where you are;

hi christine , shoreditch, mm, my hubby comes from hackney, not far up the rd i believe;

oh christine, don't you be too sure, london girls an guys have just as much fun , . my niece in london will vouch for that, out most nites, once a month hire a limo , between her and her mates, some of the stories, Oooo, you don't wanna hear;

Yes Jackie, I'm in Felixstowe so I'm about 8 miles from Ipswich! None of my relatives are from this area (at least not the ones I've found) but if you need any info locally just point me in the general direction and I'll try to help. I love to solve mysteries! Good wishes Trudi

hi trudi , thats really kind of you, my great grandfather was a gypsy, , so i have come to a halt, , but i'll keep that in mind, cheers me dear, jackie

Jackie, well you guessed didnt you - from the pie and liquor thread. Im from Bermondsey, now in Norfolk. Most of my dads side Bermondsey, Mums Stepney.

oh christine, we had loads a fun as kids, never had any toys, we invented our own fun, making go carts, run outs, lined up all the old milky bottles, and p;ayed skittles, those were the days, kids of today got it all and still bored,

heather, i was close. , stepney, commercial rd ye? bethnal green near there? thats where some of my hubbys family came from

Ackney or Hackney is where I stem from. Lin

Jackie, we could have waved at each other across the river. I loved those old carts made out of wooden boxes and pram wheels and did you put bottle tops along the front for decoration? Gawd, I wish I could go back and know now .......................... Wonderful days, wonderful people - we were very lucky. And honest guys, all the doors were left unlocked and you would wander from house to house down the road and everyone was called Uncle and Auntie. Jacqui, did your mum con you that you were actually 'at the seaside' when you had sandwiches sitting under Tower Bridge when the tide was out? It was years later before my sis told me mum just took us to the Thames bank for our 'holiday'.

yes heather, coloured tops on top. , no never went seaside not so lucky,but big doorstep of bread an dripping, or jam or sugar on, bottle of micky of the milkman,as we called it/ ans so true, to go leave ya door open. and everyone trusted everyone, the good old days'now you lock up and treble check

my mum worked in the Peak Freans biscuit factory in the east end anyone know where it was?

lin , hackney i believe,it was; my hubby came from well st; but as stratford and other places changed so much