Comments on: Vivian Betts At The Primrose https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/11/vivia-betts-at-the-primrose-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 22 May 2024 09:36:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Jim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/11/vivia-betts-at-the-primrose-i/#comment-1575187 Wed, 22 May 2024 09:36:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198916#comment-1575187 Wonderful.
My Dad was born Primrose Street,in 1927.

]]> By: Michaelhardie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/11/vivia-betts-at-the-primrose-i/#comment-1565113 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:09:25 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198916#comment-1565113 My then girlfriend now wife for 61 years lived in peabody buildings and we used to go to the primrose on a Saturday night we they would have a band.
Used to go with gwen and cissie judge.
Used to go to Robert mont with her brother.
Great memories.

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/11/vivia-betts-at-the-primrose-i/#comment-1549376 Sun, 18 Feb 2024 14:59:42 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198916#comment-1549376 Rich memories

]]> By: Amanda https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/11/vivia-betts-at-the-primrose-i/#comment-1547076 Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:42:11 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198916#comment-1547076 What an interesting lady – she saw so much change in the City, she’s like a living history.

I was thrilled to see the photo of Prince Charles’ visit to Lloyd’s Register of Shipping as I worked there for many years and remember the day of his visit. This photo was taken in our stunning marble entrance hall. Sadly, I wasn’t introduced to the Prince that day!!

Thank you for your fascinating blog.

]]> By: Dorothy V. Malcolm https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/11/vivia-betts-at-the-primrose-i/#comment-1546789 Sun, 11 Feb 2024 22:17:44 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198916#comment-1546789 STILL love all your blogs, Gentle Author, I read each and every one of them every single day throughout the years that I’ve been a satisfied and delighted subscriber.

This story about Viv Betts is great, photos too. Reminded me of my own years in the ‘60s. Thank you for all your East End offerings to us devoted readers.

Warm regards from Boston (US),
— Dorothy

]]> By: Adele https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/11/vivia-betts-at-the-primrose-i/#comment-1546724 Sun, 11 Feb 2024 18:14:27 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198916#comment-1546724 Went to school in Spital Square, so knew the area well. The picture of the parents and friends in Italy – extreme right Alf and Doris Shekora – was friends with their daughter. Alf at one time was Mayor of Hackney.

]]> By: aubrey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/11/vivia-betts-at-the-primrose-i/#comment-1546639 Sun, 11 Feb 2024 12:59:20 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198916#comment-1546639 The pub was a veritable landmark: sorry it’s gone. I’ve walked past the place innumerable times as a youngster. I may have actually entered the place as a teenager; but my memory is dim nowadays.

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/11/vivia-betts-at-the-primrose-i/#comment-1546637 Sun, 11 Feb 2024 12:58:23 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198916#comment-1546637 An impressive pub story. And I can understand the sadness at the loss of the old neighbourhood. That’s the disadvantage of urban development: everything usually gets uglier and more inhuman… But still: the memories remain. They are the only paradise from which we cannot be banished!

Vivian & Toto — a bit like a future Marilyn Monroe!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Mark https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/11/vivia-betts-at-the-primrose-i/#comment-1546606 Sun, 11 Feb 2024 10:56:42 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198916#comment-1546606 Great story, great pics.
And Vivian still looks great.
Hard bloody graft running a boozer.

]]> By: Miriam https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/02/11/vivia-betts-at-the-primrose-i/#comment-1546575 Sun, 11 Feb 2024 09:21:41 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198916#comment-1546575 What a beautiful woman. What a rich life. Thank you again, Gentle Author, for seeking out the extraordinary in the everyday and giving Vivian a voice beyond the Snug.

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