The Geezers are delighted to be working with Aya Haidar, pictured above speaking to the Geezers last Tuesday. Aya’s upcoming 2024 commission from London Borough of Tower Hamlets centres on Whitechapel. Together we’ll be working
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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.
Founder member of the Geezers dies
The funeral of founding member of the Geezers Charlie Wiggins took place on Friday 12th January. The members of the Geezers Club were asked by Charlie’s family to be with them to say goodbye to
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Join the Geezers to watch aviation illustrator Ian Bott’s talk
On Tues 27th Feb at 1pm the Geezers Club in Bow have a great speaker, Ian Bott, coming to show his illustrations of aircraft: http://www.ianbottillustration.co.uk/gallery-3-the-aircrew-series/ We meet at the Tredegar Centre, 333 Morville St, Bow, London E3
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Memories of WW2 from Dennis Banks
Bow Geezer, Dennis Banks, was born in London in 1931. I recorded him talking on 22nd Jan 2024. Growing up in Loughton, Essex before WW2 Life during the London Blitz in WW2 Dennis’ father worked
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Geezers get the point
East End-based graphic designer, creative director and sketcher Lydia Thornley regaled the Geezers with the many treasures she’d unearthed in her passionate pursuit of pencil history. Lydia’s ‘2B or not 2B: the secret life of pencils’ took us
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