Comments on: So Long, ‘Smilin’ Sammy McCarthy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/13/so-long-sammy-mccarthy/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 04 Apr 2021 03:48:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Joseph Ward https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/13/so-long-sammy-mccarthy/#comment-1372772 Sun, 04 Apr 2021 03:48:36 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179678#comment-1372772 Complex man who was always a welcome visitor. Sammy and I shared life’s taperstry. RIP Sam.

]]> By: Craig Hamilton https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/13/so-long-sammy-mccarthy/#comment-1363996 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:58:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179678#comment-1363996 Proud to say Sammy was my Grandads cousin, I went to his send off last year and it was such a great turn out, hundreds of people came. He had the Rocky theme tune as he was carried into the crematorium. God rest his soul x

]]> By: Sandra Thomas https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/13/so-long-sammy-mccarthy/#comment-1333007 Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:34:27 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179678#comment-1333007 Arh what a lovely write-up. I just listened to the broadcast about Sammy on Radio 3 and thought I would do a bit of research. He appeared to be a lovely man, given all his sorrows. May he rest in peace.

]]> By: Aidan Walsh https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/13/so-long-sammy-mccarthy/#comment-1332452 Fri, 13 Mar 2020 13:27:42 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179678#comment-1332452 Fittingly, a brilliant piece of journalism for a brilliant sportsman and hero.

]]> By: Harry Terms https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/13/so-long-sammy-mccarthy/#comment-1331575 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 09:04:17 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179678#comment-1331575 Give a man a gun and he robs a bank. Give a man a bank and he robs the world. Sammy was less of a crook than the people who govern us. The difference is he served his time.

]]> By: Mike Kelly https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/13/so-long-sammy-mccarthy/#comment-1330438 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:36:04 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179678#comment-1330438 Great story about Sammy Mc Carthy its the type of life that a film should be made of it
it seemed he was i great character i remember boxing stories from my old friend Frankie
Black RIP when i would sometimes have a drink with him and from some of my fathers
old Boxing Magazines .

]]> By: Edwin Humphries https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/13/so-long-sammy-mccarthy/#comment-1329930 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:28:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179678#comment-1329930 Great story, thanks for sharing it with us. RIP Sammy

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/13/so-long-sammy-mccarthy/#comment-1329928 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 14:53:46 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179678#comment-1329928 Mr ‘Smilin’ Sammy McCarthy — R.I.P

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Moyra Peralta https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/13/so-long-sammy-mccarthy/#comment-1329922 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:48:55 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179678#comment-1329922 Beautiful story, beautifully written :-))

]]> By: paul loften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/13/so-long-sammy-mccarthy/#comment-1329913 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:39:43 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179678#comment-1329913 Sad to hear of Sammy’s passing, To look at him you wouldn’t believe he was a professional boxer. It
shows along with his record, what must have been superb movement., speed and ability to avoid being hit yet deliver a stunning counter. I must say I am not a fan of modern-day boxing particularly as it is now. Far too much hype, but being an old Eastender I can’t help being drawn into watching a good bout with my two sons. It’s something of a family tradition I remember sitting up with my dad at three o’clock in the morning listening to Don Cockel fight Rocky Marciano broadcast from America when I was about 5 years old in the kitchen of my old house in Stoke Newington . There’s Eastenders for you. A good scrap is far more important than the kid going to bed !
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