Comments on: Women Of Hackney At Work https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/10/women-of-hackney-at-work/ 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, 10 Nov 2022 13:17:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/10/women-of-hackney-at-work/#comment-1490836 Thu, 10 Nov 2022 13:17:21 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193699#comment-1490836 Optimism, focus, dedication, gumption (in heaping portions!), service, contribution. I could go on and on. These two posts, with Sarah Ainslie’s portraits of women, have lifted my spirits.

We just had elections here in the US, and I noticed that every poll worker in our community voting station was female. They volunteered for long hours with welcoming smiles and sensible
professionalism.

Sisterhood! “You go, girls!”.

]]> By: stephanie brann https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/10/women-of-hackney-at-work/#comment-1490819 Thu, 10 Nov 2022 09:59:31 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193699#comment-1490819 I recognise so many people I knew back then, when I too was a working woman of Hackney. Why were those were better times, even though our Governments tell us they were worse? I think it was because people could do all kinds of jobs with dignity and expect to be paid enough to live. We had greater equality, were more relaxed, and less anxious. Our smiles were more genuine because the world had hope.

]]> By: Bernie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/10/women-of-hackney-at-work/#comment-1490817 Thu, 10 Nov 2022 09:25:56 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193699#comment-1490817 Somehow very touching. An admirable range of activities.

]]> By: Paul Loften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/10/women-of-hackney-at-work/#comment-1490815 Thu, 10 Nov 2022 08:51:20 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193699#comment-1490815 Wonderful women of Hackney! They have kept it going throughout the ages . I was born in the Hackney Hospital in 1950 . During the blitz my mother was an air raid warden . I have a photo of her in her black uniform doing a knees up with her mates . I recently learned from my sister that one night as the bombs were falling on Hackney she was in an air raid shelter where an Irish lady was giving birth. There was no help available and nobody could come so she stayed with her and it came into the world with her help . Eventually an ambulance arrived in the morning and she was able to go home and sleep

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/10/women-of-hackney-at-work/#comment-1490814 Thu, 10 Nov 2022 08:41:28 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193699#comment-1490814 The diversity of women’s professions is amazing. A beautiful article!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/10/women-of-hackney-at-work/#comment-1490773 Thu, 10 Nov 2022 00:25:50 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193699#comment-1490773 Take a bow ladies!

Would be lovely to know what happened to them all, what they’re doing today.

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