Comments on: Milly Abrahams, Dressmaker

By: Ian SILVERTON

Ian SILVERTON — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 19:54:36 +0000

Anybody remember the Abrahams Family,who lived in Gosset Street Bethnal Green, next door too the Westminster Arms Pub at 163 Gosset Street? Namely, Alan, Hendry, Charlie ,Vic? Let me know please. Iansilverton@aol.com thanks GA.

By: Akkers

Akkers — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 17:55:18 +0000

Well done on another great article. Milly seems like a lovely woman and has a smile that lights up the room.
I agree with Anku above that you should do a follow up article with Milly.
I loved the photos in this piece and also thought like Cherub that Milly and her husband looked like film stars on their wedding day as did my own parents in their wedding photos.
Milly and her generation, my relatives included, certainly are what the East end is about.
Once again well done Gentle Author.

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 15:07:26 +0000

This is like a compilation of my family’s history & I have the exact same pose of a Boris photograph of my late parents

By: Adele Lester

Adele Lester — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:59:17 +0000

Her family, and those like her, were the backbone of the East End. Wonderful post.

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:57:24 +0000

Thank you, GA. I am sure many other readers will comment about this wonderful story, but I wanted to salute you for including these amazing photos. I am always so moved to see old photos (no matter who/what/where/when) that have survived against all odds. Clearly these have been jammed into drawers, pockets, and suitcases…….and yet they abide. Time almost seems to be chomping away at the edges of some — but the stalwart people remain. These faces! What a
beautiful, remarkable archive of family images.

Thanks for shining a light.
Stay safe, all.

By: Cherub

Cherub — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 11:39:53 +0000

Millie and her husband look like movie stars on their wedding day, she is gorgeous, her hair, gown and flowers just beautiful.

I have been thinking about Ukraine constantly this past week, my late uncle was born in Lviv but brought up outside Warsaw in Poland so he considered himself Polish. He was displaced as a teenager in WW2 and joined the Polish army in Scotland with his cousin.

Everything is so sad at the moment.

By: Anke

Anke — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 08:17:21 +0000

Thank you for the wonderful read about lovely Milly.
I would love to hear more about her… what happened to her brother Joey, how did she eventually become a dressmaker, what became of her children
Milly seems a beautiful woman, inside and outside, and I would love to get to know her better.
Is there any chance there will be a „Milly, the Dressmaker, Part 2?“

Thank you very much and take care,
Anku

By: Judith Page

Judith Page — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 07:12:53 +0000

My lovely Auntie – the last remaining relative of my parents generation. So glad her parents came to London all those years ago.