On Tuesday 7th June Father Brian Ralph who is the parish priest of St Barnabas Bethnal Green came along to spend an hour with the geezers. Eddie Snooks said, “He told us how as a
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Tag: Bow
The Battle of Bow
The Battle of Bow. This is the story of a daring 1960s cash van raid.
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The Geezers club is looking for speakers
The Geezers Club meets at The Tredegar Community Centre, 333 Morville Street, Bow, London E3 2DZ. It’s beside Tom Thumbs Arch. We meet on Tuesday afternoons between 2pm and 4pm. We are looking for visitors
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Fine silverware manufactured in Bow
Onyx House, pictured below is on the site of Essex House, a big old house built in the 18th Century. It was presumably named as this was the road to Essex, which at that time
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Memories of the Tredegar Estate, Bow
Sunil Rana wrote in to ask if I’d made any progress on tracking down photos of the old Tredegar Estate of 1976 – 2003 (approx). He grew up on the estate, before it was knocked
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