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The Old George, 379 Bethnal Green Road

Geezer, John Forster, explains how he came to run 10 East End pubs

7th September 2023 Alan T History, News in and around Bow, The Geezers, Where's my Boozer Gone?

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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Little Dougie Carnegie visits the Geezers

Visit from great, grandson of founding member of the Geezers

4th September 2023 Alan T History, News in and around Bow, 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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Morpeth Castle Bow

Dougie Carnegie talks about being bombed out

7th August 2022 Alan T News in and around Bow, The Geezers

Dougie Carnegie (1932 – 2022) talks about being bombed out in the first recording below. After Dougie and Shirley married they lived on Cadogan Terrace at the eastern end of Victoria Park. It was a

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Dougie Carnegie Audio Recordings

1st August 2022 Alan T History, News in and around Bow, The Geezers

Back in 2017 I not so much interviewed as prompted Dougie to tell me a bit about his life. Dougie passed away recently, and in searching my Mac for photos of him, I rediscovered the

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Famous ex-boxers visit the Geezers in Bow

26th September 2017 Alan T History, News in and around Bow, The Geezers

My photo shows Ron Cooper (left) & Sammy McCarthy (right) visiting the Geezers in Bow. They were accompanied by Charlie Wright, Chairman of the London Ex-Boxers Association. In my 3 min audio clip Charlie Wright asks

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