Comments on: Stepney Old People’s Welfare Association https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/14/stepney-old-peoples-welfare-association-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, 15 May 2024 14:18:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/14/stepney-old-peoples-welfare-association-i/#comment-1572993 Wed, 15 May 2024 14:18:26 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199712#comment-1572993 People didn’t expect so much from life back then, but they all look so happy, lovely to see.

]]> By: Saba https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/14/stepney-old-peoples-welfare-association-i/#comment-1572738 Tue, 14 May 2024 12:49:33 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199712#comment-1572738 How lovely to see all these smiling faces! You are right that everyone is nicely dressed which I see as an indication of pride and contentment. Thank you.

]]> By: Mark https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/14/stepney-old-peoples-welfare-association-i/#comment-1572708 Tue, 14 May 2024 09:41:16 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199712#comment-1572708 Old People’s Welfare Ass. Ho ho.
The fashion’s, the fashion’s!
Interesting snaps. The working class finally reaping the benefits of Socialistic policies, even Churchill couldn’t reverse.

]]> By: Bailey Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/14/stepney-old-peoples-welfare-association-i/#comment-1572696 Tue, 14 May 2024 08:50:36 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199712#comment-1572696 Lovely photograph of the Father at the end. Long may the good work of the Foundation continue.

The people in these photos are of my grandmother’s generation. They were a doughty lot, who endured a great deal: two world wars, the Great Depression. They also saw the setting up of the welfare state, which transformed their lives through access to universal medical, as shown in the photograph of the gentleman undergoing podiatry treatment.

]]> By: Greg T https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/05/14/stepney-old-peoples-welfare-association-i/#comment-1572676 Tue, 14 May 2024 07:28:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=199712#comment-1572676 A Bedford “Dormobile” van (!)
Ghastly things, rubber in the steering & 3-speed column gearchange, that – sometimes – worked.
I had to drive one, just the once – never again, thank goodness….

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