Comments on: Andy Strowman, Poet https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/12/andy-strowman-poet-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 Mon, 12 May 2025 17:24:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: ANDY STROWMAN https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/12/andy-strowman-poet-i/#comment-1722024 Mon, 12 May 2025 17:24:12 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203229#comment-1722024 I appreciate your comments . All of you .
I can say that they mean so much to me .

There is as you can guess so much more that I learnt and went through .
There are good people out there still and now each day I try to find ways to do good deeds .

Much of my adult life I struggled as I never got the tools from the schools and home life was hard .
Thankfully our Auntie Rae who lived with us sacrificed most of her life to care for.

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/12/andy-strowman-poet-i/#comment-1721992 Mon, 12 May 2025 15:33:26 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203229#comment-1721992 What a sad and cruel world that young boy grew up in. I loathe any sort of bullying and cruelty, some of which I experienced from one of my own teachers in my junior school, but hope all those who meted it out back then, got their come-uppance.
I AM IN AWE OF YOU ANDY STROWMAN!

]]> By: Adele https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/12/andy-strowman-poet-i/#comment-1721957 Mon, 12 May 2025 13:35:47 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203229#comment-1721957 So typical of places of ‘higher education’ back then, where bullying was rampant. Mr Strowman’s story brings back vivid memories of the East End I grew up in. My parents were also rehoused to an area that bore no resemblance to the warmth and security they found in their old neighborhood.

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/12/andy-strowman-poet-i/#comment-1721941 Mon, 12 May 2025 12:49:42 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203229#comment-1721941 Thanks for telling us Andy’s story, it was a very interesting read. I’m touched by the lovely family photographs.

]]> By: mary woodward https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/12/andy-strowman-poet-i/#comment-1721900 Mon, 12 May 2025 10:13:58 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203229#comment-1721900 so interesting…..lovely people….but that so called grammar school was a disgrace

]]> By: ANDY STROWMAN https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/12/andy-strowman-poet-i/#comment-1721851 Mon, 12 May 2025 07:26:34 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203229#comment-1721851 I would like to commend Gentle Author for being the only person in the world to publish my childhood story .

Looking at my life now so much has changed .
Nelson Street Synagogue is now permanently closed . ( Its formal name is East London Federation Synagogue) .

Some people cannot believe , and I am one of them , that I survived so much in my life.
However , the renown fighting spirit instilled by mother , grandmother and other members of my family , made me who I am .

If anyone knows a place of religious worship or non religious that would like me to tell my story it would be a honour to do so . Thank you again Gentle Author .
Andy Strowman

Ps May I kindly request anyone to type in the search bar ROSE STROWMAN and you will see her story too .

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