Comments on: Andrew Baker At Hiller Bros https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/01/06/andrew-baker-at-hiller-bros/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:43:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Rachel Errington https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/01/06/andrew-baker-at-hiller-bros/#comment-1448901 Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:43:17 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=153104#comment-1448901 The man in the photo with the pile of wheels is not Andre Baker .. he’s Joe

My name is Rachel Errington and I am Joe’s step daughter

I can be contacted on Errinrs1@yahoo.com

]]> By: Suzanne Graney https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/01/06/andrew-baker-at-hiller-bros/#comment-1372680 Fri, 02 Apr 2021 18:25:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=153104#comment-1372680 For the attention of Andrew Baker:

Do you have any idea how I can contact Joe?
An old friend of his has passed away and his family would like to let him know.

Many thanks,

]]> By: Mike https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/01/06/andrew-baker-at-hiller-bros/#comment-1357316 Sat, 14 Nov 2020 20:47:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=153104#comment-1357316 Hi, my family also ran market stalls and my Grandad owned Leach Bros and serviced all of the London markets and provided the stalls for the original Oliver film. I am trying to find a stall with the Leach Bros name etched into the wheel. If anyone knows where I can find one I would be grateful.

]]> By: Phil maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/01/06/andrew-baker-at-hiller-bros/#comment-1128382 Sat, 07 Jan 2017 19:43:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=153104#comment-1128382 Great photographs.

]]> By: Murray Batley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/01/06/andrew-baker-at-hiller-bros/#comment-1128128 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 10:35:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=153104#comment-1128128 Great pictures Andrew Baker. I know Mick to be the original Artful Dodger, a dying breed in east London!

]]> By: Lesley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/01/06/andrew-baker-at-hiller-bros/#comment-1128102 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 07:36:55 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=153104#comment-1128102 I have such memories of that junction, Squirries At and Bethnal Green Rd. For years there was a ladies shop on one corner called Leslie’s and my nan worked there. They had a glass counter cabinet that was filled with different colour chiffon blouses and I loved looking at them, all sorted in colour order. This would have been in the 1960s and 70s.

I remember the market stalls that ran all the way along the south side of Bethnal Green Road and my nan knew everyone and they all knew her “tell them you’re Nell’s granddaughter”…
The Old Maids chemist on the north side was a little Hobbit type shop but they had everything. My great, great, great grandfather, Charles Stanley ran a coffee house where the betting shop is now.
I could wax lyrical and I love seeing the places I grew up on your blog, Gentle Author.

Another end of a era with Hilliers gone..

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