Comments on: East End Lollipop People

By: Melvyn Brooks

Melvyn Brooks — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 11:59:13 +0000

I hope it is not too late to comment. Our “Crossing Lady” at Richmond Road, Hackney was an important link in our well being. She was the person who was entrusted with the forgotten swimming costume (“cozy”), the few pence we were allowed to buy sweets or tiger nuts or other vitals that we had forgotten in the morning rush to get to Gayhurst Road School before the bell. She was also the person who kept us safe and I wish I could thank her nearly 60 years on.

Melvyn Brooks Karkur, Israel

By: Janet Tocqueville

Janet Tocqueville — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:40:48 +0000

My Mum is a Lollipop Lady in East London. She started out as she wanted a job that fitted in with my school holidays when I was at junior school. She has been escorting the children across the road outside my former school for close on 40 years now.

It has taken it’s toll on her health. She has arthritis in her hand which she puts down to holding the pole while wearing wet leather gloves over the years. She has met many thousands of lovely people and unfortunately a few who are not so nice.

At Christmas, she receives many gifts from the children. Thankfully, the Roses advert featuring a Lollipop lady is now a distant memory but at the height of it’s popularity she received somewhere in the region of 20 boxes of Roses!

By: Alice

Alice — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:28:32 +0000

Frank’s neighbourly ‘hello’ (or wave) is a very welcoming part of living here

By: Laurinda

Laurinda — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:35:28 +0000

Well done for writing especially about them because they do a fantastic job and also put their lives at risk. Unfortunately, not all drivers respect them. I see Frank Smith every day outside Cubitt Town school and often stop to chat with him when I have time.

By: Dru

Dru — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 09:30:35 +0000

I used to go to Mayflower School & the lollipop lady there was brilliant. You were always greeted with a ‘Good Morning’ . She was very freckled & as very young children we thought that her freckles would all join together & she would be tanned forever. Shame no photos of Lollipop ladies back in the day.

By: Achim

Achim — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:06:39 +0000

In Germany the School Safety Patrol is called “Schülerlotsen” — a very fine & important job!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: Vicky

Vicky — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 06:32:12 +0000

That was lovely Jeanette, thank you. Special to us all, so sad if they disappear.

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 06:03:52 +0000

I salute my London colleagues from my crossing point in Sussex and wish them all dry days with no drivethroughs – it’s not about the money (poor) but all about the children…and the glamourous uniform of course.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 05:51:45 +0000

They’re such a dying breed. There are no longer any round here in North Yorkshire, I don’t think.

By: jeannette

jeannette — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:53:27 +0000

http://youtu.be/NoCO_1GcoV0