Geezers Ricky Ayliffe and Barrie Stradling visited the grave of Don Tomlin to commemorate his life. They are pictured here at The City of London Cemetery & Crematorium on Wednesday 7th April 2021. Don, a
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Category: The Geezers
We are a group of older men who, before Covid-19, met every Tuesday 2-4pm at Tredegar Community Centre, 333 Morville Street, Bow London, E3 2DZ, providing social activities for older men in the community who might otherwise be isolated. It now looks like we’ll be mostly isolated for a whole year!
54 Years a Millwall Fan
Barrie Stradling’s story on first becoming a Millwall fan Geezer, Barrie Stradling, authored his 2nd book in 2004 called “I Was Born Under Cold Blow Lane”. The title came from a Millwall Football Club chant
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Wapping Bus Gate, Blocked off neighbourhoods VS International Trade, What the Geezers think
Wapping Bus Gate Last Sunday I cycled across to the Wapping Bus Gate to see what it looked like. Since I was expecting to find a new area of red paint on the road I
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Some of the Geezers were finally able to meet
From last week we’ve been able to have up to six people in our garden. A small contingent of the Geezers came to our house for a drink. It was great to meet up and
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Geezer Don Tomlin buried Friday
With only very close family present, a short but moving service was held for Don Tomlin at the City of London Cemetery in Manor Park on Friday 1st May 2020. Don’s family kindly sent us
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