bombing – Our Bow

Dougie Carnegie talks about being bombed out

7th August 2022 Alan T News in and around Bow, The Geezers

Dougie Carnegie (1932 – 2022) talks about being bombed out in the first recording below. After Dougie and Shirley married they lived on Cadogan Terrace at the eastern end of Victoria Park. It was a

Peter Quilter pointing to his Grandfather outside Bow Fire Station in 1942

Grandson of local Fire Officer during the Blitz visits the Geezers

10th July 2022 Alan T History, News in and around Bow, The Geezers

Peter Quilter visited the Geezers last Tuesday to give an extraordinarily interesting talk on life at Bow Fire Station during the 1930s and 40s. After 45 years working for NatWest Peter Quilter retired just as