Victoria Park Bowls Club has been running for 125 years. The club president, Brian Jolly, is a familiar face to the Geezers, coming on most of the coach trips we organise. A short time was
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Author: Alan T
I've lived in Bow since 1985, and am fascinated by the rich history of the East End. I'm also interested in all the recent ongoing changes.
The Geezers look at the origins of plastics
Last Tuesday, 30th May, the Geezers learnt about the early history of plastics from 1800 to 1900. Carolyn Clark gave an illustrated presentation, and passed around samples of early plastics. The Geezers heard about heat
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The Geezers enjoyed a daytrip to Deal on Tues 23rd May
John Forster organised the outing and hired a luxury coach from Empress Coaches. The Geezers were joined by members of Victoria Park Bowls Club and other friends, so there were just as many women as
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The Geezers visit their allotment at Stepney City Farm
Last Tuesday a group of the Geezers headed off on the 339 bus to Stepney City Farm. They took charge of an allotment there last September. A while ago Zaffer bought a sort of miniature
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The Geezers visit the Shepherd Neame brewery
The Geezers visited the Shepherd Neame brewery in Kent on Thursday 4th May. We took high-speed trains from Stratford International which took an hour to get to Faversham. The brewery was about a 10 minute
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