Comments on: Roy Wild, Van Boy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/15/roy-wild-van-boy/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 17 Nov 2023 17:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeanette LINEHAN https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/15/roy-wild-van-boy/#comment-1528161 Fri, 17 Nov 2023 17:51:00 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=194722#comment-1528161 Thank you for a very interesting story. I’m from way out west (Chiswick) but I love the east end and all it’s history and characters. Vallance Road…wasnt that where the Krays lived?

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/15/roy-wild-van-boy/#comment-1501805 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 18:40:17 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=194722#comment-1501805 I suppose with the surname of Wild, his employers thought Roy would live up to his name! He certainly sounds an interesting character. The photos made me step back into a totally different world. Fascinating story! Thank you Roy and GA

]]> By: John Cunningham https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/15/roy-wild-van-boy/#comment-1501757 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 21:55:47 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=194722#comment-1501757 Simpler times when unlike today people were generally given a chance at rehabilitation. But clearly this wasn’t the case on Britain’s railways back then… I’m sure that this young man could have gone on to build a worthwhile career if he had been kept on.

]]> By: Mark https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/15/roy-wild-van-boy/#comment-1501748 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:04:47 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=194722#comment-1501748 Long may you flourish Roy.
Social history at it’s finest.
You can keep your king’s and queens and useless blood sucking aristo’s.
Real, living, breathing life.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/15/roy-wild-van-boy/#comment-1501733 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 11:25:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=194722#comment-1501733 One of life’s enduring lessons: ALWAYS take a brick. When we passed the tumbled remnants of the brownstone where my husband was raised, in Hell’s Kitchen, I leaped out of the car and grabbed a couple bricks. One for him, one for his brother. Still have them. Always take a brick.

I let out a yelp at the sight of the damaged records, still stacked into the shelves here. Heck, I
go to a lot of trouble to deliberately make “rusted” papers in my studio for collage. The authentic ones shown in the photo would be a bonanza. (one man’s trash is another artist’s treasure)

Thank you for introducing us to the most fascinating people! I knew absolutely nothing about
these vans, the horrible fire, the “pair horse carmens”, the everything………..and now I do.
Wonderful story telling!

]]> By: Keith https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/02/15/roy-wild-van-boy/#comment-1501720 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 08:26:46 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=194722#comment-1501720 Amazing pictures of Bishopsgate Goods Yard. I’ve been visiting that site and the areas around it for years. I and most of my were born and brought up in Bethnal Green and lived in Whitechapel, as were most of my family, and it’s truly amazing that parts of it remain. Thank heaven!

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