The Geezers visited the Cockney Rebels exhibition. They have a combined age of over 2000 years!
We don’t remember the dinosaurs (shame) but we certainly can tell you about the music of our youth.
Big bands, Jazz, The Clash, Reggae, Heavy Metal and everything else that the exhibition has brilliantly put together.
I went to the same school as Kenny Lynch.
Peter Green lived over the road from me.
I saw Iron Maiden Play at The E1 Festival.
That Max Bygraves, I wanna tell you a story about him.
Cockney Rebels: Popular Music in Tower Hamlets, 1624-2003
20 June 2024 – 21 February, 2025
From ‘The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green’ to ‘Bonkers’, the people of London’s East End have always appreciated a good tune. Our unique history, shaped by its connection to the river as a source of inspiration, work, and migration, has produced an extraordinary musical legacy, spanning everything from folk songs and sea shanties to music hall, jazz, punk, the Asian underground and grime.
Featuring over a hundred rare items selected from the collections of Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives, this exhibition explores how our borough and its people have inspired and shaped popular music, both locally and globally, over four centuries.
Free entry! Sadly the archives will be closed to visitors between Monday 24 February and Friday 7 March 2025. More info here.
Eddie Snooks