Last Tuesday The Geezers headed off on a daytrip to visit Bletchley Park, the home of Britian’s WWII codebreakers who played an important role in defeating Hitler. We are a group of retired people, so
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Dougie Carnegie talks about being bombed out
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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Holocaust survivor visits the Geezers
Towards the end of May the Geezers were privileged to have 98 year old Henry Glanz visit as a speaker. Henry arrived in Britain in 1939 as part of a group of 200 Jewish children
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Stretcher Railings
Ken Stewart wrote in to ask: “My father who used to frequent the Moulders [Bromley High Street, E3] told me the old flats opposite going down to near the Seven Stars, their metal fencing was
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East End photos by Edith Tudor-Hart in Tate exhibition
Photos from the 1930s to 50s by Edith Tudor-Hart and her brother Wolfgang Suschitzky are on free display in the Spotlight Gallery at Tate Britain until 17th Nov 2019. It’s a big square room, and
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