Comments on: Maxie Lea MB, Football Referee https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/08/09/maxie-lea-mb-football-referee-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 Sat, 10 Aug 2024 19:05:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Geraldine https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/08/09/maxie-lea-mb-football-referee-i/#comment-1602087 Sat, 10 Aug 2024 19:05:12 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200390#comment-1602087 What lovely photos of Max’s childhood, lots of adventures and outdoor activities. And a well deserved MBE for all the time and love he put into the Boys club and youth sport.

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/08/09/maxie-lea-mb-football-referee-i/#comment-1601447 Sat, 10 Aug 2024 06:58:28 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200390#comment-1601447 What a wonderful insight, and some amazing photographs too. Well done Max MBE on a life well lived.

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/08/09/maxie-lea-mb-football-referee-i/#comment-1600475 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 10:36:18 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200390#comment-1600475 A good example of a typical life story from the pen of the Gentle Author, as only he can tell it in this way: exciting, interesting and impressive. — Max Lea was quite rightly made an MBE by the Queen.

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: aubrey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/08/09/maxie-lea-mb-football-referee-i/#comment-1600467 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:15:23 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200390#comment-1600467 It’s nice to read about the old days. I remember maxi. I also remember the tented camp we attended somewhere in surrey, I think, but i can’t remember its name or location. Those camps were a real boon to us Shoreditch boys: we had such fun.

]]> By: Jill https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/08/09/maxie-lea-mb-football-referee-i/#comment-1600465 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 08:58:28 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200390#comment-1600465 Wonderful pictorial illustration and record of a beautiful active outdoor life.
Greatest photography, captures the very spirit of the day. Thankyou for another great step back in time.

]]> By: Karen Rennie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/08/09/maxie-lea-mb-football-referee-i/#comment-1600462 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 08:50:00 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200390#comment-1600462 Thankyou for sharing this lovely memoir.
The Boy’s Clubs helped so many children from their
poor backgrounds. Brilliant photos of these cheeky
boys.

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