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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Category: History
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Visit from great, grandson of founding member of the Geezers
Last Tuesday The Geezers had a very special visitor, little Dougie Carnegie. He is the great, grandson of one of the all time original Geezers, the one and only, “Jokes are my specialty”, Doug. Little
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The Geezers go to Biscuit Town
Who wouldn’t want to visit a biscuit museum! Geezers Chair Eddie Snooks, although an East London boy, has always remembered the sweet aroma of the Peek Frean biscuit factory in Bermondsey. His mum and dad
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Musical Premier of “A Fair Field”
The premier of a newly composed evening of music takes place next Saturday 1st July from 7pm. It will be in the People’s Palace – halfway between Stepney Green and Mile End tube stations. A
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The Geezers look at the origins of plastics
Last Tuesday, 30th May, the Geezers learnt about the early history of plastics from 1800 to 1900. Carolyn Clark gave an illustrated presentation, and passed around samples of early plastics. The Geezers heard about heat
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