Comments on: Ninety-Nine Years At Syd’s Coffee Stall https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/08/ninety-nine-years-at-syds-coffee-stall/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 04 Jul 2018 19:25:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Michael Carpenter https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/08/ninety-nine-years-at-syds-coffee-stall/#comment-1215047 Wed, 04 Jul 2018 19:25:21 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165298#comment-1215047 My wife and I were visiting Shoreditch this week for the first time, and I was lucky enough to stumble upon Syd’s. I recognized it immediately from this blog and took great delight in explaining to my better half the story (as best I could remember) of how it came to be where it is, kerbstones and all. I hope it continues for many more years to come.

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/08/ninety-nine-years-at-syds-coffee-stall/#comment-1202929 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 21:32:36 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165298#comment-1202929 What an amazing story of endurance. Not surprising that after first experiencing getting gassed during the war, Syd had a mental breakdown after he and May had been caught in the explosion.
I now live in North Yorkshire, but will definitely go there for a cuppa on my next trip down to London!

]]> By: Tricia Bing (nee Wyeth) https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/08/ninety-nine-years-at-syds-coffee-stall/#comment-1202917 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 17:53:38 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165298#comment-1202917 Hillary Caterers did my wedding sit down in 1965

]]> By: Delia Folkard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/08/ninety-nine-years-at-syds-coffee-stall/#comment-1202913 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 14:53:23 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165298#comment-1202913 A wonderful story and yet again somewhere else of interest for me to visit on my next trip to London!

]]> By: Richard Smith https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/08/ninety-nine-years-at-syds-coffee-stall/#comment-1202906 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 12:26:36 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165298#comment-1202906 “Syd’s Coffee Stall is a piece of our social history that does not draw attention to itself, yet deserves to be celebrated.” It certainly does – thank you for telling us about these good people GA.

]]> By: Paul Loften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/08/ninety-nine-years-at-syds-coffee-stall/#comment-1202905 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 12:01:58 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165298#comment-1202905 Credit is due to the local authority for keeping the tradition going and allowing the licence and preservation of the space. Long may it be there !

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/08/ninety-nine-years-at-syds-coffee-stall/#comment-1202904 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 11:42:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165298#comment-1202904 Greetings from Boston,

GA, what a great story of human endurance, continuity, and success at Syd’s Coffee Stall and its modern iterations. Wonderful pics too. May it be ever thus…

]]> By: Sue https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/08/ninety-nine-years-at-syds-coffee-stall/#comment-1202901 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 10:27:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165298#comment-1202901 What a wonderful story, long may Syd’s continue.

]]> By: Victor shack https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/08/ninety-nine-years-at-syds-coffee-stall/#comment-1202896 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 09:36:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165298#comment-1202896 Worked with Syd Jrn on many a wedding, the best caterer around. Always a true gentleman and always beautifully dressed

]]> By: Caroline Bottomley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/08/ninety-nine-years-at-syds-coffee-stall/#comment-1202892 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 07:11:17 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165298#comment-1202892 I’ll stop by next time. Great history!

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