Comments on: David Prescott Of Commercial St

By: Linda Hayes. Was Bristow

Linda Hayes. Was Bristow — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 16:57:14 +0000

Very interesting I lived at 102 Commercial st 60yrs + ago My parents and grandparents had cafes oppersite Spitalfields mkt. The first one was next door to 102 Commercail st mostly looking after the market boys with there food , then my Grandparents moved further down Commercial st pass the church and park going to wards the lane , sorry don’t know dates , was not important then .
My parents opened Jacks Cafe in Hanbury st approx 65 yrs ago the property was owned by Trumans and when they took the property’s back to rebuild a new part of Trumans Brewery my parents Jack and Glen Bristow moved across the road still in Hanbury street to take over the building that Bud Flanigan lived before . Not that we cared who lived there before. Now it’s still a restaurant with a blue plaque outside stating Bud Flanigan lived there , Funny our history seems much more important now ,

By: kevin wragg

kevin wragg — Wed, 15 May 2019 11:40:44 +0000

my family worked at prescotts in the sixties as drivers and used to park there vans down our street they had dark blue vans and i remember riding in them

By: Sophie

Sophie — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 06:57:27 +0000

My family has been living in David’s old flat for the past 18 years and we had the pleasure to have him and his wife for tea one Sunday afternoon.
How lovely to hear all his stories about his time at the flat and about the neighbourhood.

By: christine andrew

christine andrew — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 07:18:30 +0000

My family lived at the flat at 103 Commercial Street for many years, my father worked in the market for W.H.Arnold. We left there in 1949 when I was 3 yrs old.

By: karyn friend

karyn friend — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 14:23:38 +0000

my great grandparents had several restaurants late 1800’s till 1917 GOLDBERGS COFFEE TEA AND DINING ROOMS
upstairs was a billiard room and library. one was 25 hanbury, one brick lane and the other commercial road. They were Annie and Solomon GOldberg

I would love to see Photos of the area then and now I know that there is tremendous history of Hanbury st especially since they there business was 25 hanbury and jack the ripper killed annie CHapman at 28. I do have a photo of that business. I would submit it to you but dont see a way

thank you Karyn Friend

By: Adele

Adele — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:36:32 +0000

Such a fascinating area. Didn’t really appreciate it back in the day.

By: Richard Smith

Richard Smith — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 09:17:59 +0000

I am a similar age to David and although I was brought up in rural Lincolnshire his story still resonates with me. I enjoyed reading his story very much.

By: Tony Brady

Tony Brady — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 09:16:28 +0000

I nursed David’s late dad in St Joseph’s Hospice, Hackney Mare Street. I worked there
before I was The Administrator in Providence Row, Night Refuge 50 Crispin Street Spitalfields.