Comments on: Philip Cunningham’s Mile End Place

By: Keith Green

Keith Green — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 10:07:09 +0000

I am Lottie’s (as above) father and confirm her comments. I would be pleased to hear from anyone with similar memories of Mile End Place especially from the 50’s and 60’s.

By: Lottie

Lottie — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 21:23:15 +0000

My father’s aunt was Mrs Johnson – actually Beatie Johnston. She lived at number 15 at the end and her two sisters Gladys and Nelly lived in 16 and 17. It’s absolutely true that they lost all but 1 of their brothers to the First World War. One died on a munitions ship which blew up at Chatham Docks. The only brother to survive did so because he was too young to go to war… that was my Dad’s father. Mrs Johnston’s husband was called Jim and they had three children, Joyce, Vera and Brian in that house.

We visited Mile End Place today and remarked that the three sisters’ houses not only have the same colour front door and single fence spanning all three front yards but that there are no partitions between them. I wonder if that was anything to do with them?

By: Tanya

Tanya — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 07:46:37 +0000

Great post.
Loved living in Mile End Place. Emily and Ian lived at No19 when I was there. The street was full of characters, a tight little community and our street parties were the stuff of legend!

By: Heather Naqvi

Heather Naqvi — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:04:51 +0000

Fascinating pictures. I knew the owner of the Hair shop at the entrance, on Mile End Road. He told me once that he was offered all the houses in Mile End Place for £18,000 – he declined!

By: Tania Hackett ( was Eagland)

Tania Hackett ( was Eagland) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 06:19:09 +0000

My family and I lived at 2 Ewing street @ 1964-1970. No bathroom and an outside loo. It was a large victorian(?) house. My sister brother and I shared a large bedroom The house was compulsory purchased and knocked down to make a park(?)
We went to Ben Johnson school and a Sunday school.

By: Derek England

Derek England — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 02:48:11 +0000

Any chance of getting the place a conservation order?

By: Eric Forward

Eric Forward — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 00:34:06 +0000

Just came across this older post in the links from a recent one. Good to know I’m not the only one who likes to pop in this street. I live fairly local (in Stepney Green) and feel like walking under that passage is a little bit like walking through a time machine. The street is seeing elements of modernisation with various developments, but still largely retains it period feel. I love the quick walk up & down it but also feel a bit self conscious about intruding on people’s privacy. Maybe that says something about the essence of the street, or maybe it says more about my insecurities. It was also curious seeing a fairly recent post that identified a very young Eddie Marsan in this very street. I wasn’t aware he was a Stepney Green boy but great to show he went from playing in the East End to acting in Hollywood. That’s probably another thing I love about this street and the East End in general, you can feel the layers of history and stories. So many people have crossed paths through this relatively small geography.

By: Paul Tompkins

Paul Tompkins — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:53:27 +0000

Would like to get a message to Phil! Spent some time with him and Sally and Andrea, some time long ago. Homerton House, Mile End Road, pubs and etc. Set up my son Reuben with an enlarger, took photos in Yorkshire..Password,,,jai bangla or an approximation of the same! Ask him to see my website for my origins in the East End. Ask him to get in touch.

By: Amanda Marsan

Amanda Marsan — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:49:32 +0000

My family and I lived at 11 Ewing Street from the early 60s to the early 70s. We shared it and rented three rooms upstairs.

By: Greg Tingey

Greg Tingey — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 08:09:07 +0000

The Sekforde has closed?
You what?
It was always bustling |&busy.
I presume short-term greed & stupidity for “development” are to blame?