Comments on: So Long, Joan Naylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/12/07/so-long-joan-naylor/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 21 Jun 2024 12:30:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Phil Maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/12/07/so-long-joan-naylor/#comment-1121349 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 13:39:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=152148#comment-1121349 Really captures a disappeared era. RIP Joan and my condolences to her lovely son John.

]]> By: pauline taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/12/07/so-long-joan-naylor/#comment-1120555 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 18:36:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=152148#comment-1120555 What lovely photos. They must have been great parties and it looks as if everyone had a lot of fun, especially Joan on her birthdays.

]]> By: Linda Barrett https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/12/07/so-long-joan-naylor/#comment-1120544 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:00:02 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=152148#comment-1120544 Sad to see that Joan has died – I got to know her as she lived in the sheltered housing where my mum lived. She was a kind and friendly lady. I enjoyed reading about her life and the good time she had.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/12/07/so-long-joan-naylor/#comment-1120516 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 14:07:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=152148#comment-1120516 Dear Mrs Joan Naylor — R.I.P.

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Barbara Hague https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/12/07/so-long-joan-naylor/#comment-1120476 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 11:52:28 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=152148#comment-1120476 Such a wonderful fun place to live and have four-yearly birthday parties.
We are all getting on a bit, and often declare our ages as 21! Quite fraudulently, of course.

]]> By: Sarah B Guest Perry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/12/07/so-long-joan-naylor/#comment-1120472 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 11:29:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=152148#comment-1120472 What a wonderful place to have lived. Thanks for sharing it. .

]]> By: Jonathan Madden https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/12/07/so-long-joan-naylor/#comment-1120450 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 08:15:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=152148#comment-1120450 Although it’s very sad that Joan has passed away, it’s a wonderful heartwarming story from Stepney, despite the austerity and post war traumas of the time. Thanks for the post and poignant memories.

]]> By: Susan H https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/12/07/so-long-joan-naylor/#comment-1120441 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 06:29:54 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=152148#comment-1120441 A lovely story. What kind of stuns me is the “few pints” before they started work (obviously very early) – and how he then came home for breakfast!

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