Comments on: Rochelle Cole, Poulterer

By: Steve Wallace

Steve Wallace — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 13:48:22 +0000

I remember the shop in Strype Street from thelate 50’s/early 60’s . . . my dad worked in Brody House opposite (which was the rag trade producing garments, sequins and fancy embroidery) so on school holidays I’d come in with him and wander the streets all round. The poulterer’s was always an awful mess of feathers and blood and crates stacked in the street with a powerful stench you couldn’t avoid !
I’ll never forget watching as a young lad whispered into the shop man’s ear, then reaching into a crate he pulled out an egg, cracked it on the brick wall and swallowed the contents raw . . .

By: Martin storrie

Martin storrie — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:30:18 +0000

I’ve many memories of life during those early 60s around areas of Brick lane, Cheshire St, although run down & change was nigh, I have so many memories of the Bethnal Green area as I do of all East London, from Boxing Clubs (Repton, Arbour Youth, St. Georges) to West Ham Football matches, & all the street markets , pubs & music venues, 60 years of memories .

By: Martin storrie

Martin storrie — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 08:59:08 +0000

Remember the chicken smell on Sunday mornings & looking at all the live birds in middle of busy street market, how did workers survive the smell , i tried but didn’t last , spent hours at club row & petticoat lane markets in early 60s, 70’s, 80’s worked with many, records , leathers, jellied eels, Remember so much all the animals for sale in club row, sad to see owners sell there own dogs just to get monies, people sold whatever to get monies for the week or even for a Sunday dinner that day, hard but happy times.

By: kevin wragg

kevin wragg — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:32:41 +0000

hi denise worked for sid and neville ziff at there poultry abattoir in bow had some laughs there wonder if some of the others are still around ronnie bennett and peter lewis sad to read neville had died

By: Michael Symons

Michael Symons — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 16:56:08 +0000

My father Sidney Symons and his brother used to work with both sid and joey cole and i have many memories of the old times

By: Rochelle Cole

Rochelle Cole — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 22:22:56 +0000

Hi Annemarie,

A ‘hard chicken’ is actually a ‘boiler chicken’ used to make soup.
It has been the staple chicken of the shop since it opened, and
was tradionially used by the Jews of the East End to make chicken
soup. Now many African customers use it for soup too.
Thanks for your comment!

By: Rosalind

Rosalind — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 22:13:20 +0000

Denise do you remember me Bellas daughter from the Risings

By: Denise Ziff

Denise Ziff — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 08:43:32 +0000

Brought back memories of Joey coming to our house to chat to Neville who was always ready to talk. Sadly they are together now in the great kosher butcher shop in heaven.

By: Rosalind

Rosalind — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 08:41:53 +0000

My grandma Leah had a poultry stall opposite Siddy Cole in Goulson street

By: Annemarie Leather

Annemarie Leather — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:55:28 +0000

What is ‘hard chicken’? I’ve tried to look on Google, but did not find a satisfacrtory answer other than that it seems to be a Nigerian speciality.