Matchbox making in the East End - better than working in the match making factory but the workers had to supply their own glue and were paid just tuppence haโpenny for every 144 boxes completedโฆ the-east-end.co.uk/the-match-girlโฆ #eastend#History
A day late, but on the 95th anniversary of his birth here are some of Gerry Andersonโs finest - Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Joe 90 all in glorious โSupermarionationโ - there are loads before and since, but these were some of my favouritesโฆ #eastend
1927 - Menotti Street, Bethnal Green - although most of these houses have now gone, you can see the large first floor windows which were so essential to prolong the daylight hours for the weavers in the areaโฆ #eastend#History the-east-end.co.uk
1883 - A picture of part of Aldgate with the City Bicycle School on the right and a bill poster for Singer Sewing Machines on the left... to read a selection of tales of the people and places of the old East End visit the-east-end.co.uk #eastend
Iโve just finished painting the front wall at home, so spare a thought for these matelots in Millwall Docks - balanced high up the side of a ship on a rickety scaffold board with a paint pot and brush on a broom handle (Iโve had this broom 20 years!)โฆ #eastend#docks#History
C1935 - a postman talks to residents in a small Wapping courtyard... Read a selection of tales of the people and places of the old East End here - the-east-end.co.uk #eastend#History#humour
Poverty in the East End - children, many without shoes, stand in the dirt street outside their โhomesโ. I am often asked what the small arched structures are to the left of the doorway. They are bootscrapers and used to be on almost every house when I was a childโฆ #eastend
