Comments on: Mavis Bullwinkle, Secretary

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:22:30 +0000

Yes, such sparkling poise,
still pretty and still a natty dresser.

l came to this page from the GA’s interview with Mavis and Norah Pam.

What pride Mavis must have to be so well spoken of and her family too.

So enjoyable to read the praise for Mavis from long lost contacts.

A worthwhile, inspirational life with a moral sense of purpose, but above all she has always made people feel good and made everybody laugh.

Many may live their entire lives with ‘acceptance’ eluding them.

How brilliant to know you will be remembered as a gem.

By: Michael hardie

Michael hardie — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 20:37:39 +0000

I used to live in no.46 opposite Mavis and her family.they all very nice.i also went to all saints school.my wife(Doreen delaney) used to sing in the Christ church choir which was in the temporary church in hanbury street.mavis used to teach me at Sunday school.my mother in law(Millie delaney) used to cook in the crypt. We had many happy days at the church youth club.we have now been married for 51 years,

By: Jean Gould Nee Smith

Jean Gould Nee Smith — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 04:11:38 +0000

I was looking for any pictures of churches that my Ancesters were associated with for my family tree when I came across this page, & read the comments , & I just had to add mine My family lived in Albert & Howard Buildings since the end of the the late eighteen hundreds until 1971 when my Grandmother died. Mavis might remember our family, I certainly remember her lovely family, Our family name was Smith & we lived in No. 39 Albert Bldgs until 1950 above us lived the Yates family & above them lived Mavis’s family if my memory serves me correct. I was Baptize’d by the Rev. Holdstock In All Saints Church 11-02-1940 & attended the School until I was 10. I do remember they used to have tea afternoons at the church house in Buxton St. during the War years, & the children were allowed to play in the lovely back garden. most of the names that have been mentioned in other comments I can recall. If any one remembers the Smith family.My parents names were Alfred & Lily, us children. Shirley Betty Jean & John in that order, apart from my parents we are all still alive, I live in New Zealand now & my siblings in the U.S.A. If any one should have a picture of the Church would love for it be shown.

By: william tyrrell

william tyrrell — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:45:33 +0000

I looked at the photo of the Rev. Holdstock and i think i saw my mother in the photo also my father could have been in the photo as well. My mothers name at the time was Minnie Matilda Hilton my father was William Diderick Tyrrell.I knew the Rev Holdstock when i was a child i went with my father when All Saints was no more in 1951. The candles,plates and cross are now at St Pauls Church Arrowsmith Road Hainault Essex as they were given to my father at the time for St Pauls Church they were still there as far as i know.In 1945 until 1947 we lived in 15 Howard Buildings Deal Street.From 1947/48 we moved to hainault but my father kept in touch with Rev Holdstock as my Grand parents on my fathers side lived in Howard Buildings.I think it was No 1.

By: MissB

MissB — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:01:52 +0000

Heartwarming! Makes life today seem full of self-interest and indulgence. Although their lives were hard, they had each other and so much more.

By: colin magraw

colin magraw — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:42:53 +0000

I grew up in Howard Buildings this was the block opposite Albert i was born at 16 Howard buildings in 1953 and lived there until 1975 as well i remember Miss Bullwinkle . i had a lot of family living there we were the Magraws, pritchards , pearce, and Vanners i dont know if she remembers my mum Nellie Magraw.

Have great memories of growing up in the buildings there was loads of kids and we had a great time playing in the playgrounds of the buildings.

Does she remember the Bennet sister two old spinsters who all th kids were frightned of?

By: Chris Hall

Chris Hall — Mon, 21 May 2012 22:58:10 +0000

I see you caught me on a good day!!!! I still have both that picture and the Chior one, with Georgie and Rosie. Not forgetting Nobby Barnby

By: Pauline Causton

Pauline Causton — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:22:03 +0000

I have known Mavis since 1994. She is a lovely Christian lady. She has taught me many things concerning the Bible. She is a woman after my own heart and tells it like it is! The world is a better place for her being in it.

By: Mathea Johnston

Mathea Johnston — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:58:08 +0000

I came across this article researching Family History for Richard Henry Pugh my great great grandfather. I have not seen ‘Auntie Mavis’ for a long time. I do however have photos and documentation on Richard H Pugh. These came from my mother Laura May Pugh whose father was Albert Edward Pugh, brother of Gwendoline Pugh. I have very vivid memories of the Albert Family Buildings in Deal St which I often visited as a child with my Mother and Father. This was to visit my Mothers close relatives Hilda and Ada Pugh. My mother took great interest in the history that surrounded her upbringing and documented quite alot, from living in Brushfield St opp. Spitalfields Church to her father being church warden, living in the Church Hall at Buxton St and during the war sleeping in the crypt under the Church, being evacuated to Aylesbury, I have great memories of all these stories. Long live Spitalfields!

By: marie gilbert

marie gilbert — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:41:25 +0000

thank you for sharing mavise story with me shes one of lifes treasures and always so happy
and we always laugh together thank you for being you mavise , kind regards marie