Comments on: At The Pub With Tony Hall https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/28/at-the-pub-with-tony-hall/ 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, 11 May 2017 00:20:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Garry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/28/at-the-pub-with-tony-hall/#comment-1149231 Thu, 11 May 2017 00:20:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77621#comment-1149231 The window configuration of the Laurel Tree is almost still the same.

http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/london/e1_stepney_laureltree.html

]]> By: steve https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/28/at-the-pub-with-tony-hall/#comment-1145278 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 02:44:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77621#comment-1145278 Hi everybody,
I’m writing about Great Eastern Buildings c1950s – 70s. I am sure many of you will remember those buildings. Would love to hear from anyone wishing to contribute memories or stories. If the gentle author will allow: hrs177@aol.com is where you can contact me.

I have made a lot of progress with the writing but more is always welcome. Do get in touch – help the buildings and brick lane history live into the future.
Thanks.

]]> By: Ian Luck https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/28/at-the-pub-with-tony-hall/#comment-1104780 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 22:56:48 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77621#comment-1104780 Beatiful, evocative images. It may seem an odd thing to say, but people in old photographs seem to have far more characterful faces than people today.

]]> By: jackie Harvey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/28/at-the-pub-with-tony-hall/#comment-852081 Sat, 14 Feb 2015 23:44:23 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77621#comment-852081 I found this when looking up the Victory and the Cobden in St Leonards Road as in the sixties my two uncles (Butler)were landlords of them . Alf had the Victory and Frank had the Cobden. My other uncle, George, had the Royal Navy in Salmon Lane. I remember visiting them was I a was a child. I wonder if there is anyone who remembers them? Frank and George are gone but Alf, who was the youngest is still with us and living in Hastings.

]]> By: Tina Dixon https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/28/at-the-pub-with-tony-hall/#comment-463339 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:41:46 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77621#comment-463339 FABULOUS PHOTOS! How I wish Tony could have popped into the Duke of Wellington at 29 Three Colts Lane……..for that is where my Husband’s Grandfather, William Charles Tyler, was the Licensed Victualler in 1901 with his wife Lilian Tyler and employing Wilfred Roberts aged 25 as Barman, Lena Graham aged 29 as Barmaid and Mary Gould aged 42 as the Cleaner…..but alas it had long since been closed down in the 1960’s and now I have discovered it was demolished in 2010. Many of my husband’s family had pubs down through the ages in the East End (he actually now helps his own father run The Three Compasses in Charminster near Dorchester, Dorset so the publican thing carries on……!). How I wish one of the pubs Tony frequented had belonged to one of them as I would have some great photos for the family tree album…….!!

]]> By: Mary https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/28/at-the-pub-with-tony-hall/#comment-277810 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:03:22 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77621#comment-277810 I think the lady behind the bar is Mrs Wilbrahams, she was/is Welsh and lived in Great Eastern Buildings.

]]> By: Shaun https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/28/at-the-pub-with-tony-hall/#comment-81301 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 23:34:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77621#comment-81301 The Victory pub was at the corner of Bright Street and St. Leonard’s Road. The Cobden’s Head was at the other end of the terrace. In between were a few houses along with a Post Office, Pat’s Stores and Cowells bakers which can be seen in the fantastic pictures of At The Shops With Tony Hall.
There is a terrace of new build on the site now. I have some photo’s of the terrace in the early
80’s. Both pubs had ceased to trade before I reached legal drinking age, but I remember the Victory derelict. The owners had even left an upright piano behind when they left. The Cobden’s Head was occupied by squatting musicians around 1976.

]]> By: janet schroder https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/28/at-the-pub-with-tony-hall/#comment-80315 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:04:26 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77621#comment-80315 This is a photo of the house under the bridge in Globe Rd is a photo of my childhood home. Six of us plus mum and dad spent our lives in this old house. I lived there from 1941 to 1964 and then after we all left home, mum and dad were rehoused into a flat which they never called home!!!! You cannot imagine the wonderful memories, seeing this photo, has brought back to me and I thank you so much. If you are aware of any other photos of this house I would be so happy to hear about them.
The best years of my life were spent in this old house!!!!!!

]]> By: William Palin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/28/at-the-pub-with-tony-hall/#comment-80043 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 10:17:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77621#comment-80043 The Lord Hood (latterly the Cavalier) on Dunbridge Street was demolished about 6 years ago for a nondescript apartment block. The former pub on the opposite corner has been burnt out derelict for a few years – and is destined to go at any time. Further up on Three Colts Lane was the Duke of Wellington, demolished last year(?) for a Peabody Housing development. So much history lost in under a decade. Isn’t it about time the local authority introduced new protections for all former pubs? Lewisham Council is considering this – http://bit.ly/WSrRzd.

]]> By: John https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/28/at-the-pub-with-tony-hall/#comment-79925 Sat, 29 Dec 2012 11:47:38 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77621#comment-79925 The Carlton is in Bancroft Road, on the corner of Portelet Road, in Stepney, E1

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