Comments on: Marie Iles, Machinist https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/06/17/marie-iles-machinist-x/ 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, 18 Jun 2019 19:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Carol Himmelman-Christopher https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/06/17/marie-iles-machinist-x/#comment-1293251 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 19:04:19 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175052#comment-1293251 Fred and Marie — all best wishes always!! Beautiful story!

]]> By: Dan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/06/17/marie-iles-machinist-x/#comment-1293116 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 01:24:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175052#comment-1293116 Cromwell Cottage, Crick, on Google Maps.

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]]> By: Di Corry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/06/17/marie-iles-machinist-x/#comment-1293076 Mon, 17 Jun 2019 18:45:36 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175052#comment-1293076 A heart warming and delightful story about a traditional East End family and their stoicism in the face of adversity during the war. Loved the photos! Thank you GA.
May Marie and Fred share many more years of love together.

]]> By: Bruce Mack https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/06/17/marie-iles-machinist-x/#comment-1293043 Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:22:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175052#comment-1293043 Thank you. I was born in the United States in 1944. Marie has the courage and attitude I’ve always admired in the British. Marie and her story have made my day.

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/06/17/marie-iles-machinist-x/#comment-1293040 Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:43:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175052#comment-1293040 Greetings from Boston,

GA, what a poignant reminiscence of a child evacuee’s experience during WWII and of Marie and Fred’s love story. Great pics too. May the happy couple enjoy many more years together. Thanks!

]]> By: Paul Loften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/06/17/marie-iles-machinist-x/#comment-1293037 Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:26:55 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175052#comment-1293037 What a lovely story. A first date failure but a lifetime of companionship was to yet come for Marie. A similar thing happened with my wife. We arranged to meet at Seven Sisters Station but both turned up at different entrances. Fortunately we worked together and discovered the mistake later on.

]]> By: aubrey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/06/17/marie-iles-machinist-x/#comment-1293031 Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:29:45 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175052#comment-1293031 Memories; what memories!

]]> By: Mathilde Grange https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/06/17/marie-iles-machinist-x/#comment-1293024 Mon, 17 Jun 2019 09:56:19 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175052#comment-1293024 What a nice story. Dear G.A., please tell Marie that love at first sight does exist, she’s proved it.

]]> By: Rosie Dastgir https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/06/17/marie-iles-machinist-x/#comment-1293020 Mon, 17 Jun 2019 09:01:34 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175052#comment-1293020 What a wonderful story, hooray for Marie and her husband Fred. And what gorgeous photos too. Fascinating glimpse too of the prefab on Ashfield Street, where I used to live!

]]> By: Sharon Carr-Wu https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/06/17/marie-iles-machinist-x/#comment-1293018 Mon, 17 Jun 2019 08:55:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175052#comment-1293018 Fabulous! I just love reading people’s personal stories. What a marvellous woman who’s been through so much in the War as a child evacuee. She’s certainly got chutzpah! Thank you O Gentle Author sharing her story with us.

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