General Chat

Wheres the bleedin pie and mash then?

I was born leyton and live in walthamstow, family are from stratford,mile-end ,poplar, stepney. Karen.

Tell you what Jackie, how often did you wear shoes in the summer? I always walk around now with no shoes on in the garden - we just didnt wear them unless we were 'going out'. I cant remember cutting our feet, though I can remember getting a few sharp stones in them! And we all used to sit on the front door step chatting. God, Im feeling really sad now. Ive got a house that my grandparents would have thought was a palace (though not as tidy), a drive full of cars, holidays, lots of grub but I am damn sure they were happier than we are.

my eldest sister worked for yardlys perfume factory, in stratford, lee i bet you all got bags a broken biscuits, to nosh on

Lee, the Peak Freans factory was in Rotherhithe.(perhaps there was more than one?) I was born 2 houses down from it. I may even have a piccy somewhere of it - Ill check it out. I got a lot of stuff from Southwark archives about the area - even photos of the 'playground' we had which was basically a bomb site with a few hardy weeds. My GGF was on the census 'commercial traveller in biscuits'!!

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

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

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

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'.

Ackney or Hackney is where I stem from. Lin

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

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,

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.

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

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

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;

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

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;

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