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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Tag: The Geezers
Hop Picking
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
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Geezers Visit Olympic Park
On the 9th April, the Geezers Club went on a prearranged visit to the Olympic Park. Which included a visit it to the top of the Orbit. We were taken into the Park by
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Geezer Power
Last Tuesday the Geezers visited the Tamesis barge moored up on the south bank of the Thames in the next stage of their Active Energy Project. The Geezers are developing a small scale, low cost
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The Lewis Family are Evacuated from Bow
TED LEWIS’ STORY On the third of September 1939 we were on our annual working holiday, hop picking. It was a Sunday, and I was carrying our Sunday dinner to the village baker to be
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