https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/11/17/spitalfields-nippers-at-waterstones/lsf-hwc-spitalfields-nippers-20-blind-boy-and-cat/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:38:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/11/17/spitalfields-nippers-at-waterstones/lsf-hwc-spitalfields-nippers-20-blind-boy-and-cat/#comment-1320801 Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:38:19 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/LSF-HWC-Spitalfields-Nippers-20-blind-boy-and-cat.jpg#comment-1320801 Jeremiah Donovan is my grandfather and he wasn’t blind. He died when I was 13 in 1956, and I loved him very much. He was gassed in WW1 and suffered with his chest most of his life. He had three grandchildren, myself, Patricia and John.

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