Geezer, Ray Gipson, interviewed in 2015 Ray said that he’s spent all his life living in Bow, “… though my Mum was evacuated to have me as a baby, but after 10 days came back
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The Geezers are working to highlight the demise of The East End Public House. They miss the lost pubs that they used to socialise in. Search for your pub on the right. Join the Facebook Group Where’s my Boozer Gone? to share your stories.
Update on the Where’s my Boozer Gone? project
In 2014 Barrie Stradling walked past a pub which had closed for good, then another, and another! He went to a meeting of the Geezers Club and floated the idea of the project called Where’s
Read moreWhy were there so many pubs, and how were they used?
The hoarding artwork in Arnold Road, Bow is taking shape, as you can see above. It’s a collaborative project between The Geezers Club in Bow, renowned street artists Normally Ben (@normallyben Instagram) and Steph Warren
Read moreBen Martin makes a start on the lost pubs hoarding
The artwork will list some of the many lost pubs of the East End. The Geezers have fond memories of socialising in pubs that are long gone. Construction company, Jerram Falkus, are kindly sponsoring artist
Read moreGeezer, John Forster, explains how he came to run 10 East End pubs
John Forster was born in 1941. In 1973 he started working as a pub manager for Trumans. Then he created a company called Town and Country Relief Service which put temporary managers into the following
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