Comments on: Marie Iles, Machinist https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/07/14/marie-iles-machinist-o/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 22 Jul 2021 08:03:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/07/14/marie-iles-machinist-o/#comment-1387826 Thu, 22 Jul 2021 08:03:17 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=187800#comment-1387826 A lovely story, and sounds like a life well lived.

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/07/14/marie-iles-machinist-o/#comment-1385568 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 19:20:40 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=187800#comment-1385568 I was very interested by Marie’s story because many years ago I read a book called “No Time To Say Goodbye”. It was the personal accounts of people who had been evacuees as children during WW2, Sir Michael Caine contributed the experiences he had with his brother (not good, as the lady they were with beat then and shut them in a cupboard – his mother took them back to London when she found out).

Marie’s story mirrors many of the others, and many had experiences of being taken in by very kind people they kept in contact with as adults.

My father in law who is 87 now was evacuated from the coast of Kent with his brother. They were sent to Suffolk but were returned to Kent for getting up to all sorts of boyhood mischief!

]]> By: Mark https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/07/14/marie-iles-machinist-o/#comment-1385550 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:36:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=187800#comment-1385550 Cracking stories.
Denham, Suffolk?

]]> By: Diane https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/07/14/marie-iles-machinist-o/#comment-1385548 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:05:10 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=187800#comment-1385548 What a fabulous storey. I’ve looked up some of the locations and Dunstan House is still there.

]]> By: Anders Bellis https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/07/14/marie-iles-machinist-o/#comment-1385546 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:56:49 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=187800#comment-1385546 Yet another riveting memoir, which I personally find an extra bit engrossing since I’ve read Far From the East End by Iris Jones Simantel, who during WWII was an evacuee in Wales. Mrs. Iles’s memoir gives me a totally different perspective on what this – in itself laudable, of course – scheme could lead to, and I greatly admire the decisive actions taken by Mrs. Iles’s at such a tender age.

As per usual, Spitalfields Life continues to be a source of fascinating, interesting, and informative stories from real life.

]]> By: Di Corry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/07/14/marie-iles-machinist-o/#comment-1385512 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 07:15:28 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=187800#comment-1385512 A wonderful, poignant story and a beautiful lady who has stayed close to her East End roots and family memories.
They don’t make them like that anymore……

]]> By: Eithne Nightingale https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/07/14/marie-iles-machinist-o/#comment-1385509 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 06:47:06 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=187800#comment-1385509 Lovely story, beautifully told. A natural storyteller.

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