Comments on: Bryan Edwards, Pawnbroker https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/03/15/bryan-edwards-pawnbroker/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 03 May 2018 12:28:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Nick https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/03/15/bryan-edwards-pawnbroker/#comment-1206467 Thu, 03 May 2018 12:28:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=26210#comment-1206467 Great to see Bryan Edwards is such finefettle I was a pawnbroker working for him and his brother in the mid 70,S and found them to be thoroughly nice and caring gentlemen and joy to work alongside. I could hear his voice as I was reading this lovely article. All the best Mr Edwards

]]> By: lee https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/03/15/bryan-edwards-pawnbroker/#comment-239136 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 10:25:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=26210#comment-239136 I worked at attenborugh’s many years ago and I always found Bryan Edwards to be a very nice man to work with,very kind,with a great sense of humour.It was so nice to read this article.

]]> By: David Andrew https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/03/15/bryan-edwards-pawnbroker/#comment-183936 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 11:30:02 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=26210#comment-183936 It’s many years since we knew each other Bryan and you are looking very well. In fact you don’t look much different than 50 years ago.

]]> By: Nota Bene https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/03/15/bryan-edwards-pawnbroker/#comment-8882 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:17:46 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=26210#comment-8882 Excellent comment there Maria

]]> By: Toffeeapple https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/03/15/bryan-edwards-pawnbroker/#comment-8881 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:21:18 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=26210#comment-8881 ” the limit on lending went from fifty pounds to fifteen thousand in twenty-four hours”

I find that an amazing statistic. Mr Edwards seems to be a very sympathetic man.

]]> By: Ron Goldstein https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/03/15/bryan-edwards-pawnbroker/#comment-8877 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:59:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=26210#comment-8877 As someone who was born in Boreham Street, just off Brick Lane, in 1923 I can well remember Attenboro’s shop in Bethnal Green Road.

My family were in the clothing trade and often went through hard times during the “slack season”.

When things were really tough, my dear late mother used to send me with one of my father’s suits to raise a few shillings until some cash came in and by the same token I was sent to redeem the same article when things were “easier”.

The redeemed suit would have been wrapped in blue tissue paper that immediately told the neighbours that one had been to the pawn shop but I was always told by my mother to pay an extra penny for plain brown paper so as not to give the game away !

From one who remembers that it was not always “the good old days”

Ron Goldstein

]]> By: MARIA https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/03/15/bryan-edwards-pawnbroker/#comment-8875 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:43:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=26210#comment-8875 “Some people are just not capable of managing their finances. They don’t budget and they overspend.” he has summed up the economic crisis quite well

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