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East End Kids ... and Other Animals! from grumpus ^Pro 818 days old

I was a child at the time and innocent of such matters, but I believe that just after the 1939-45 War, people had a different attitude towards animals ...

East End Kids ... Brotherly Love from grumpus ^Pro 823 days old

My brother Peter was 4 years younger than me, so he was just three when World War II ended. He grew up quickly in post-war East End London. At the age ...

Wartime Winter ... London's East End from grumpus ^Pro 837 days old

[ ... ] to rescue people cut off in the countryside. Actually I don't remember much of that either, but I do recall the kind of things that affected our ...

Surviving The Blitz ... London's East End from grumpus ^Pro 844 days old

[ ... ] six! Some people had to install their own shelters but probably got neighbours to help. I believe ours was put up for us by the Council men, but ...

Smoking ... 1940's ... Part II from grumpus ^Pro 849 days old

(Some comments on the last post brought back further memories) My mum used to smoke Turf cigarettes. She only ever bought them in packs of ten. I was ...

Smoking ... 1940's Sophistication! from grumpus ^Pro 850 days old

When I was about six years old in London's East Ham (Newham now) it was quite normal for me to go off on my own on the bus to Barking to see my lovely ...

Cursing and Swearing East End Style from grumpus ^Pro 852 days old

As a child in wartime East London I learned lots of swear words but also learnt that only grownups are allowed to say them. Every time grownups spoke ...

London's East End ... In sickness and in health. from grumpus ^Pro 866 days old

During the war I think my whole family were obsessed with constipation and determined to avoid it at all costs. Every Friday night my brothers and sister ...

East End Schooldays from grumpus ^Pro 871 days old

So here we were in 1943 finally living in our own little house in East Ham, London E6. The upstairs flat had been vacated and we had the house to ourselves. ...

Our New House ... East End style. from grumpus ^Pro 872 days old

Dad had eventually joined Mum and I in London and found us a flat in a small end of terrace house in East Ham. We moved in with the barest of furniture, ...