Comments on: Beano Season In The East End https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/08/09/beano-season-in-the-east-end/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 17 Aug 2015 20:39:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Andy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/08/09/beano-season-in-the-east-end/#comment-1001430 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 20:39:22 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137246#comment-1001430 Lovely piece..

Readers may also like to take a look at the Cockney Beano Booklet we created in 2013 for the Cockney Heritage Week http://www.thch.org.uk/UsefulInformation/Publications/CockneyBeanoBooklet

]]> By: Carrie Kitkat https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/08/09/beano-season-in-the-east-end/#comment-999751 Sat, 15 Aug 2015 06:05:58 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137246#comment-999751 i LOVE this post! It reminds me of my mother in law who used to reminisce about going on a ‘chara’ long before I met her. I love the joy they hold, the hope for an oasis of fun, the scenes of camaraderie and the quirky additions like the fact that these images were captured in the first place, resplendent with vehicle of transportation; the accordinist; the day out clothes of the era and the men in the large brimmed straw hats … why? Another great post, thank you

]]> By: John Nez https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/08/09/beano-season-in-the-east-end/#comment-996424 Mon, 10 Aug 2015 00:57:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137246#comment-996424 That’s a wonderful tradition. I can’t think of anything quite like it in the US. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Jonathan Rickard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/08/09/beano-season-in-the-east-end/#comment-996307 Sun, 09 Aug 2015 20:39:34 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137246#comment-996307 My first trip to the UK was in 1972. I’ve made the trip now some 25 times. On an early visit I saw two restored coaches from the mid century, I suppose, as they resembled some in these images. But I never saw a charabanc. As much as I enjoyed the groups of people clearly having a grand time, it was those marvelous vehicles that captured my imagination.

]]> By: Alan Gilbey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/08/09/beano-season-in-the-east-end/#comment-996148 Sun, 09 Aug 2015 15:02:33 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137246#comment-996148 I don’t think many of the people in these pictures saw a beano as an excuse for a trip to an art gallery. But Dreamland in Margate has reopened now, as a living museum of fairground, and deserves your support.

]]> By: Ros https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/08/09/beano-season-in-the-east-end/#comment-996070 Sun, 09 Aug 2015 11:07:28 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137246#comment-996070 Love the idea of contemporary Spitalfields Life beanos for charabancs full of readers!

]]> By: Peter Holford https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/08/09/beano-season-in-the-east-end/#comment-996054 Sun, 09 Aug 2015 10:12:09 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137246#comment-996054 I have a few photos of a ‘beano’ from the mid-1920s. It shows a day-trip from Hackney to Land’s End by the Hackney Licensed Victuallers – it had to be day-trip because they are all crammed into a charabanc with no luggage. The photos suggest it was a good day, well lubricated with drink as you might expect from a bunch of licensees. My grandfather (Palmerston Arms, Well Street, Hackney) and his brother (Duke of Devonshire, Darnley Road, Hackney) are well to the fore!

]]> By: Gerry King https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/08/09/beano-season-in-the-east-end/#comment-996053 Sun, 09 Aug 2015 10:07:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137246#comment-996053 Would it be possible to recreate A Spitalfield Life Beano to possibly the Tate at Margate? A real coach trip – fish and chips, liquid refreshments and an accordionist. It could be fabulous.

]]> By: Liz Philipson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/08/09/beano-season-in-the-east-end/#comment-996004 Sun, 09 Aug 2015 08:06:40 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137246#comment-996004 These are lovely and I had forgotten the days out were called beanos – even in the north east where I am from. It is interesting that these pictures are all of men and women on separate trips. Whilst this used to happen in the 1950s at home, there were also mixed outings, and of course Sunday school trips with the children and their families.

]]> By: Annie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/08/09/beano-season-in-the-east-end/#comment-995992 Sun, 09 Aug 2015 07:23:37 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137246#comment-995992 I love these! Especially the hats and accordians. And – the way the coaches are included in the photos. Like Thomas the Tank Engine. I have similar photo from 1920s of my grandparents, clad in brilliant white summer togs, on the works outing in Yorkshire.

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