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
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Dougie Carnegie Audio Recordings
Back in 2017 I not so much interviewed as prompted Dougie to tell me a bit about his life. Dougie passed away recently, and in searching my Mac for photos of him, I rediscovered the
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The Geezers look at 1960s photos of East End in Archives
The Geezers had a privileged view of photos of the East End taken by David Granick from the 1960 – 80s at the Tower Hamlets Borough Archives on Thursday. David Granick was born in 1912
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One of The Geezers original members, Dougie Carnegie, has passed away
Sadly one of The Geezers original members, Dougie Carnegie passed away on Tuesday evening. Doug was born in Dagenham in 1932. He was married to Shirley for 67 years and had two daughters. seven grandchildren
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Rosie Vincent visits Geezers on project to update Bow Heritage Trail
The Roman Road Trust is working on a project to revitalise and update the Bow Heritage Trail which was created in 1990 by Tower Hamlets Council. Their new project: Rediscovering the Bow Heritage Trail is
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