Comments on: Betty Levy Of Petticoat Lane https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/02/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane-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 Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:31:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/02/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane-x/#comment-1486459 Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:31:43 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193270#comment-1486459 What wonderful photos, and I especially love the one of the young Betty with her head of curls. She sounds like a very special lady.

]]> By: Jane Abraham https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/02/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane-x/#comment-1485790 Mon, 03 Oct 2022 19:49:31 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193270#comment-1485790 Hi, my mum is also a Betty, sister in law of The late Betty Myers ( nee Brandon )
Who was in the land army with Betty. She sends her love. I also knew Stephen & Irene from the Stepney Jewish School.
Where is mum living now ? Would love my mum to meet up with her xx

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/02/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane-x/#comment-1485694 Mon, 03 Oct 2022 08:21:24 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193270#comment-1485694 Doesn’t Betty look lovely in her Land Army photograph?

]]> By: Susan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/02/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane-x/#comment-1485605 Sun, 02 Oct 2022 18:04:50 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193270#comment-1485605 Thanks to you and Betty for this wonderful profile. I especially love her lyrics to “On Mother Kelly’s Doorstep” (which was written in 1925, when she must have been a tot).

]]> By: Christine https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/02/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane-x/#comment-1485599 Sun, 02 Oct 2022 16:32:13 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193270#comment-1485599 What a super life and story Betty has let us share! They certainly don’t make ladies like this anymore x

]]> By: Adele Lester https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/02/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane-x/#comment-1485587 Sun, 02 Oct 2022 14:12:34 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193270#comment-1485587 Great article, and especially enjoyed seeing those old photos. I remember walking through Millard Street with my mum as we lived nearby. Be well Betty.

]]> By: Mary Gillender https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/02/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane-x/#comment-1485569 Sun, 02 Oct 2022 11:11:40 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193270#comment-1485569 The clothes are wonderful. Those girls are dressed with real style. They must have turned heads wherever they went.

]]> By: Sally Hinckley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/02/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane-x/#comment-1485562 Sun, 02 Oct 2022 08:56:06 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193270#comment-1485562 Thank you Betty !
Loved reading this story. My family also lived in the area around the same time and it made me think of how their lives must have been. So many beautiful memories and lots of history shared here. Great pictures too, thank you for sharing.

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/02/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane-x/#comment-1485556 Sun, 02 Oct 2022 07:27:21 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193270#comment-1485556 That’s a really great story. It’s always an adventure to go back to childhood. And it’s amazing that Betty still remembers the days of her curly-headed childhood — very nice the new song lyrics!

All the best for dear Betty!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Andrew https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/10/02/betty-levy-of-petticoat-lane-x/#comment-1485539 Sun, 02 Oct 2022 05:49:20 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193270#comment-1485539 Hello Betty,
I sure hope you get to see this.
I am sure you remember me, Andrew, of Milward street.
I shall ever forget you being friends with my Mum Rosie Strowman, nor Stephen and I playing in the street eith Steven Grant.

You and my Mum washing Rosie Bocher down when she had Cancer and me sitting in Rosie’s house as a little boy and Rosie Bocher saying I could stay.
Imagine nrighbours doing that now.?

I got told before the Americans landed on the moon, you invited some kids playing in Milward street in and got them to wash their hands. Then gave them a snsck an a drink and they all saw it.

I hope the Gentle Author can give you my details. It would be lovely to see you, Irene and Stephen again. Remember my Dad and my Auntie Rae and my brothers Howard and Paul?.
How I miss the kindness we gave each other then
Sweet days,
Andrew Strowman
andy.strowman1@gmail.com

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