Comments on: Adam Dant’s New Cries Of Spittelfields https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/03/13/adam-dants-new-cries-of-spittelfields/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 15 Mar 2018 21:47:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Gilda Haber, PhD https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/03/13/adam-dants-new-cries-of-spittelfields/#comment-1198924 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 21:47:38 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164550#comment-1198924 I went to Spitalfield High School. Born and lived in the East End, 1930-1950
How about the wagoners who went through the street singing:

Any old iron, any old iron
Any, any, iron old iron.

Remember the tune but not the rest of the words.
I also know a number of old Cockney Songs i.e.
Muver wos bathing the baby
Knees up Mother Brown
She was por but she was honest
There i wos, waiting at the church
Oranges and lemons says the bells of St. Clements etc.

Gilda Haber, PhD
Cockney Girl
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]]> By: Ros https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/03/13/adam-dants-new-cries-of-spittelfields/#comment-1198723 Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:32:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164550#comment-1198723 These made me chuckle. Nicely observed. I haven’t actually come across any balloon abusers yet but presumably it’s a way to a cheap high?

]]> By: Bureboy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/03/13/adam-dants-new-cries-of-spittelfields/#comment-1198720 Tue, 13 Mar 2018 08:57:26 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164550#comment-1198720 Now that I like.

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