Comments on: Neville Turner Of Elder Street https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/13/neville-turner-of-elder-street/ 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, 04 Aug 2020 21:04:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Bill https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/13/neville-turner-of-elder-street/#comment-1348430 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 21:04:53 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173618#comment-1348430 I think Neville resembles Laurence Olivier, and I think his mother looked quite like a star, too.

]]> By: Yvonne Cheyney https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/13/neville-turner-of-elder-street/#comment-1281235 Wed, 17 Apr 2019 04:17:10 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173618#comment-1281235 I lived at 20 Elder Street from 1953-1958 when we were evicted by our landlord. My mother and sister moved to Stoke Newington. I have lived in the US since 1964, but have been back to Elder Street a few times. The last time was in 2017. I was pleased to see how the street has been preserved and, of course, cleaned up. Only millionaires can afford to live there now. No. 20 has been knocked down at least twice. It has been offices and is now living accommodation again. The whole area certainly is very upmarket and nothing like it was when we lived there. I was one of the children playing in the street and may have played with the author or, at least, have seen him. We lived in the house that had a bathroom since the builder of some of the houses had lived there – 100 years before – and wanted the best for himself with servants quarters in the basement. There were intercom tubes set up and my sister and I used to play with them by whistling into the tubes and calling to each other. The house was not in good shape, but we did our best to keep it livable. As you mentioned, the landlord did nothing and we did all our own painting and repairs.

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/13/neville-turner-of-elder-street/#comment-1281009 Tue, 16 Apr 2019 07:30:45 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173618#comment-1281009 Always fascinating to read about real London lives, especially when accompanied by such great family photos.

And thank goodness Dan and his gang saved the houses from demolition. It must break their hearts to see what is happening at the other end of Elder Street at Norton Folgate – grrrr!!

]]> By: aubrey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/13/neville-turner-of-elder-street/#comment-1280666 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 11:34:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173618#comment-1280666 Neville’s mum was just great. She always welcomed me whenever I called and, more, I was always offered food or even a proper meal. I remember a long conversation with her (can’t remember the subject) when Neville wasn’t there; she leaning out of the first floor window and me, standing out on the pavement beneath, and peering up at her.

]]> By: Susan Martin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/13/neville-turner-of-elder-street/#comment-1280645 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 09:29:36 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173618#comment-1280645 What a wonderful story of Nevilles life and the photos too

]]> By: Di Corry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/13/neville-turner-of-elder-street/#comment-1280552 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 18:38:19 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173618#comment-1280552 Thank you Neville for sharing your heart warming story of East End family life, especially the Christmas photos with all the generations squeezed around the table and plenty of food. …..not forgetting the ‘mini bar’ on the sideboard for Christmas cheer, happy memories.
I also have a few childhood photos taken at Griffiths of Armagh Road as do many Eastenders I’m sure.

]]> By: gkbowood https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/13/neville-turner-of-elder-street/#comment-1280546 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 16:43:56 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173618#comment-1280546 Another slice of life that make you hunger for more! I would like to know more about his wife, Margaret and son, Minas- Neville Turner part two please!

]]> By: Bernie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/13/neville-turner-of-elder-street/#comment-1280514 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 13:41:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173618#comment-1280514 Ah! Brand’s A1 Sauce. Only a week or two since I remembered it; a nice change from HP (which I am sure tastes nothing like it did when I was a boy!). I have not seen A1 on the grocer’s shelves for many a year, alas!

]]> By: Eric Forward https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/13/neville-turner-of-elder-street/#comment-1280513 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 13:40:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173618#comment-1280513 As already said, another great story. I must say that Neville has aged well, and I certainly hope I look that good if I’m lucky enough to reach 80! Just out of interest, I wonder what those houses are worth now? It does show the importance of saving select slices of history though, so well done all who did. I also wonder what the houses look like inside now?

]]> By: PaulLLoften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/13/neville-turner-of-elder-street/#comment-1280491 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 12:16:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173618#comment-1280491 Thank you both for this riveting history. I know the area and the streets so well although my childhood was in Stoke Newington and Clapton. Neville’s story has a common thread for many Londoner’s like myself who never had a bathroom with hot running water. I can recall my mother washing me in the kitchen sink standing in a tub. Oh the day we moved and had hot water coming coming from the tap !! You don’t know what ecstasy is until you don’t have to fill a tin bath without boiling 10 kettles on the stove, one after the other.

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