Comments on: Dog days at Club Row Market

By: Sue Medlicott

Sue Medlicott — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 09:15:43 +0000

We bought our family dog from Club Row in 1963 – named her Sally – a lovely girl !

By: Ian Silverton

Ian Silverton — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 05:00:08 +0000

Looking back at club row memories, makes me think how cruel it all was, poor birds locked in prison cages, dogs bought and sold to ignorant owners, no knowledge of how to care for them, letting them run wild on Bethnal Green Streets , must admit to buying birds there as a kid, but dogs no they all looked stolen property, all my friends patents bought chickens there, there was a shop there that sold rats and mice for animal food,ie snakes.Always makes me sad to see these pictures, realising how poor us East End people where.

By: julia harrison

julia harrison — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 07:27:06 +0000

How Kaye Webb would have loved The Gentle Author’s pieces. I am very touched to hear about your personal connection with her.

By: Peter Wade

Peter Wade — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 23:26:21 +0000

I used to work on my uncles fruit stall opposite where the puppies were sold, in the cafe across the road they sold illegal birds from all over the world.

By: Annette k

Annette k — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 11:22:20 +0000

Realize now looking back at town markets, Benton Harbor MI USA, Phoenix Flea Market AZ USA, Soulard Market St. Louis MO USA how silly merchants seem selling their slaughtered pigs and calves meat, good vegetables, recipes, hoping we find a favorite veggie. Learned the meat was not very safe. Everyone dressed in Saturday wash clothes and Levis. Go home with 5 dollars worth of vegetables. Cheaper than the groceries store. atk

By: karen

karen — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 21:27:19 +0000

My dad bred and sold pedigree dogs at club row .His stall was licensed and the animals were well cared for .My dad’s family go back a long way down club row .

By: Ewen Rennie

Ewen Rennie — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 20:36:06 +0000

I used to live in Barking and my highlight of the week was to visit Club Row full of birds I kept birds and used to buy all my seed there good value for money many people kept animals and birds in the early 1970. Great place for a day out miss it very much …

By: Charles S.P. Jenkins

Charles S.P. Jenkins — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:44:47 +0000

Thank you very much for your piece on Club Row Dogs.

I used to visit the market almost every week as a child, as my father was forever buying a dog for a ‘dollar’ (five shillings) for his shop – sadly, the shop was at Mile End Gate and the dogs was constantly running out into the road and getting killed despite all efforts to keep them inside.

I have written about my own memories of the market, and other things about the East End, on my website: East End Memories @ http://www.eastend-memories.org.uk

Please visit and see what you think.

Cheers.

By: Nicola Collins

Nicola Collins — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:17:19 +0000

I must have been about 5 years old when on a trip to Club Row my mum took pity on a very young poorly border terrier laying quivering under a heat lamp – we brought him home and called him Smokey Joe from Club Row … you never forget your first dog.

By: Elaine Bruton

Elaine Bruton — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:40:54 +0000

Spent many a happy sunday down at club row … whilst my dad helped my Uncle Albert on his Fruit stall.. i would look at all the puppies in the pens and long for one… my Uncles stall was dead opposite the dogs sellers pens.. never did get to have one! but more than made up for it in later life…now have 6

Happy Days…. Going home with bags of fresh fruit and Sea Food for Sunday Tea…