Comments on: So Long, Ray Newton https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/08/so-long-ray-newton/ 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, 08 May 2024 13:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/08/so-long-ray-newton/#comment-1571493 Wed, 08 May 2024 13:44:00 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199659#comment-1571493 The hand gently touching the plaque. What a wonderful photographic remembrance.
Thank you for sharing this gent’s story — I feel honored to have “met” him via Spitalfields Life.

]]> By: Mike Tyrrell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/08/so-long-ray-newton/#comment-1571489 Wed, 08 May 2024 13:16:47 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199659#comment-1571489 So sorry to hear about Ray. Always enjoyed talking to Ray about our beloved East End and of course as a real East Ender, Millwall FC. Ray went to school with my Dad and uncle and I will always cherish the photo he gave me of him and my uncle in the Nicholss Gibson school football team.

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/08/so-long-ray-newton/#comment-1571458 Wed, 08 May 2024 09:43:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199659#comment-1571458 What a story of a lifetime! — MR RAY NEWTON — R.I.P.

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Jonathan Madden https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/08/so-long-ray-newton/#comment-1571445 Wed, 08 May 2024 07:36:41 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199659#comment-1571445 I am always sad to hear this, another true East Ender gone, also because his life and family share many similarities with mine. He sounded a really interesting man, I would’ve loved to have the chance to chat and ask him about Shadwell and his past. This is real history and many, like Ray, who have experienced and lived this history are gone now and unless we listen these stories will be lost forever. Thank you GE for another excellent post.

]]> By: Bailey Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/08/so-long-ray-newton/#comment-1571443 Wed, 08 May 2024 07:18:06 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199659#comment-1571443 A lovely insight into an interesting man, which also reveals the importance of adult education to individuals and community.

]]> By: Di Corry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/08/so-long-ray-newton/#comment-1571442 Wed, 08 May 2024 07:13:46 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199659#comment-1571442 “Once upon a time we were all in the same boat, we all went to the same school, we all went to the same pub, we all had the same doctor and everybody knew everybody”.
A real East Ender’s words about an East End that sadly, is no more.
R.I.P Ray

]]> By: Bill Brown https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/08/so-long-ray-newton/#comment-1571435 Wed, 08 May 2024 06:53:43 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199659#comment-1571435 So sad to hear of Ray’s passing he was a true East Ender.
Always willing to give a talk and never change much just enjoyed doing what he love, shearing his knowledge.
Sweet dreams Ray
Bill Brown Newham history society

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