Comments on: Tony Bock’s East Enders

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 09:33:59 +0000

I remember the porter’s club Vesta Tilleys up the stairs of Spitalfields market with Big Dulcie on the door. I worked in the City and always knew where we could get a late drink. Fantastic place!!

By: Paddy O'Nione

Paddy O'Nione — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 15:51:23 +0000

Damon Runyan would have loved it,!
Every time I slipped in , it was wall to wall
villians! hoisters, jump-up and pavement
artists those were THE DAYS

By: The Revd Br Geoff van der Weegen, OCist

The Revd Br Geoff van der Weegen, OCist — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 21:04:30 +0000

The clockwinder is David Grainger, ordained very late in life by the then Bishop of Southwark, Mervyn Stockwood. David also looked after the bishop’s clocks. He was an Assistant Priest at St John Waterloo until his death.

By: Kenny scott

Kenny scott — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:36:36 +0000

My dad owned the vesta Tilley club I spent most of my childhood there, amazing times the porters would take me around on their floats.

By: essexcockney

essexcockney — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:12:58 +0000

great photos the cockneys are the salt of the earth ,nice to see them remembered like this .

I hope that some people are still taking photographs with black and white film ,so the future generations can look back at there past .
thanks tony, I am still using film mostly b/w and have my own website its http://www.essexcockney.com please have a look ,and leave a comment ..
all the best
essexcockney

By: Douglas Jones

Douglas Jones — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:56:46 +0000

Wonderful images, restoring faith in the great documentary tradition.
Thank you for posting.

By: Barbara Martin

Barbara Martin — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:31:28 +0000

Victoria Park was my playground as a child (we lived in a council flat nearby) and this photograph of the dancers brings back wonderful memories as I roller skated there and watched the dancing.
Thank you sincerely for publishing this picture – I am going to keep it.
Kind regards,
Barbara Martin

By: Isis

Isis — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:51:51 +0000

These evocative photographs bring back memories of my first visit to England, a three-month stay in 1978. While I was familiar with rural Appalachia and East Coast inner cities in the US, nothing prepared me for the Dickensian spectacle of Sunday morning on Brick Lane — hawkers under the Shoreditch tube station tracks, animals in cages, masses of people shopping their way through bits of broken bicycles and used clothing. It is very hard to conjure up those memories walking down Brick Lane in 2013 so these photos are especially enjoyable.

By: Jose Cadaveira

Jose Cadaveira — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:08:22 +0000

Great photos! I favorites are the Dancers at Victoria Park & The Clown.

By: Peter Holford

Peter Holford — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:28:24 +0000

A few memories – sharing a platform with Tom Robinson at an Anti-Fascist League Demo before marching to Victoria Park, the football match (standing in a crowd of 66,000 at Stamford Bridge – a disaster waiting to happen!) and the styles! I also think there are a couple of clones here: Margaret Thatcher (first photo), Eric Idle (the shopkeepers) or is it Private Walker from Dad’s Army?