The Geezers and Boys from Bow Boys School share their experience of growing up in Bow across the Generations. Territory. Music. Clothes. Entertainment. Hopes and Dreams. To discover they have much more in common than
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The Bow Belles
The Bow Belles are a group of older women who meet regularly in Bow and this is their first film – a montage of songs, dance, archive and interviews. We first meet them walking through
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War had been declared and within months arrangements were being made for all London and Outer London children to be evacuated to the country where they would be safe from the bombing which was expected
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Along with many other East End families, the only holiday Geezer,Ted Lewis’ family had each year was a working holiday Hop Picking in Kent in September. It was his annual holiday for the the first
Read moreJackie’s Dad the Fireman
Jackie Harris’s father was in the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) stationed at Bow during the war. She recalls some of the stories he told her about working in the service during that time.
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