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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Tag: history
Another great day out for The Geezers
The Geezers visit Whitewebbs Museum of Transport From the immaculate black and yellow Aston Martin to sparking up the engine on a Routemaster bus, The Geezers’ visit to an old waterworks in Enfield was brilliant
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Looking for old friends Knapp Road School and Sumner House London E3
Jimmy Drysdale and Chris Savory wrote in to ask. Knapp Road School It would be great to have contact with anyone remembering me during the 1950s at Knapp Road School. I lived in Rounton Road,
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Pelican Cottage & the Eastern End of Tredegar Road Bow
If you look east along Tredegar Road, over the top of the mini roundabout at the junction with Fairfield Road you’ll see Pelican Cottage. It was built just after 1800, and is now Grade II
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Dougie Carnegie Audio Recordings
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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