Comments on: Betty Levy of Petticoat Lane https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/29/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane/ 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, 01 Jan 2026 15:25:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Steven Segal https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/29/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane/#comment-1894184 Thu, 01 Jan 2026 15:25:49 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87628#comment-1894184 My Dad was the Sidney (Siddy) Segal “ZL”in your photograph above. He often reminisced of those days and his aunt the best fish fryer in London.

He lived for many years in Israel and your article and photos gave him much joy before his passing on his 93 birthday on Kibbutz Lavi.

He is survived by many grandchildren and great grandchildren in Israel and the USA.

I sadly didn’t notice the comments section at the bottom of the page while he was alive

Thanks for sharing

Steven

]]> By: David Exley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/29/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane/#comment-356329 Sat, 31 May 2014 18:56:30 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87628#comment-356329 I can repair the damaged photos on here for a donation to my cancer charity….check out my No More Cracks ! Facebook page David

]]> By: Josephine Bacon https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/29/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane/#comment-219198 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 09:37:18 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87628#comment-219198 I wonder if Anita Mitchell is a relative of mine. My grandmother’s sister, Annie Levy, married a Mitchell (the Malcolm Mitchell Trio were also members of the family) and they lived in the East End.

]]> By: Dr James Westbrook https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/29/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane/#comment-215243 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:27:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87628#comment-215243 Do you remember the Cohen’s Smoke Salmon family of Petticoat lane?

]]> By: Oksana Parry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/29/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane/#comment-120163 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:34:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87628#comment-120163 Fascinating life story! What a wonderful woman! I very much enjoyed looking through Betty’s family pictures.

]]> By: lynne moss https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/29/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane/#comment-111280 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:49:39 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87628#comment-111280 Thrilled to find my mother’s cousin Bessie is still alive and sharing her memories of the old East End. What a wonderful character. Keep singing and dancing Bessie!

]]> By: June https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/29/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane/#comment-108876 Thu, 09 May 2013 17:22:22 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87628#comment-108876 What a lovely lady, what a lovely set of memories. Well done Betty, keep on singing.

]]> By: Keith Winter https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/29/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane/#comment-107241 Fri, 03 May 2013 11:14:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87628#comment-107241 Lovely to share these memories with my dad (Joe) of his cousin and the East End as it was. I was too young to have a clear memory of Betty/Bessie but can remember my great aunt Hannah gave me a gift of a set of yellow plastic cups and saucers when I was around 4! In my work for the Corporation of London I now have colleagues working at Smithfield Market and do visit there quite often, so there’s a still a family connection and I also visit Spitalfields Market although that is sadly no longer in Spitalfields (Leyton now). Best regards to the wider family.

]]> By: David (in Israel) https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/29/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane/#comment-107001 Thu, 02 May 2013 21:31:34 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87628#comment-107001 It’s impossible to hold back the tears of delight, reading about wonderful auntie Bessie and the old East End, hearing her sing again and seeing all those memorable family photographs. So many memories just come flooding back. Thank you.

]]> By: :Diana https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/29/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane/#comment-106906 Thu, 02 May 2013 15:13:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87628#comment-106906 So wonderful to read the story of my incredible aunt a truly remarkable lady. She made my childhood come alive with such wonderful memories of my fantastic grandparents. Her songs were so much a part of my growing up with six aunts who were all so alike but yet so different. Auntie Bessie made all my clothes from my first dress right up to my wedding dress.

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