https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/04/02/the-tower-of-old-london-ii/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:40:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/04/02/the-tower-of-old-london-ii/#comment-1990009 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:40:17 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206535#comment-1990009 I really must try to re-visit The Tower. I think the last time there was when my youngest son was about 8 yrs old, and he’s now approaching age 56!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/04/02/the-tower-of-old-london-ii/#comment-1989689 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:08:57 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206535#comment-1989689 Brings back memories
Many Sundays in St Peters and the bar.
I was christened here in 1965.
My dad went to John cass and school friends lived in Tower.
Oh forgot bowls in the moat.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/04/02/the-tower-of-old-london-ii/#comment-1989513 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:11:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206535#comment-1989513 At the start of World War 2 we had a Yeomans pike propped against our staircase in South London. My father had joined the Home Guard at the start of the war , and these Pikes were their first issue from the Armoury in the Tower.
I remember my mother asking “George , what are you going to do with that Pike?”
And my father explaining that they had been instructed “to run at the descending German Paratrooper and get him with the Pike before he had a chance to use his rifle “
And that’s how we won the war

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/04/02/the-tower-of-old-london-ii/#comment-1989509 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:02:41 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206535#comment-1989509 Lovely photos

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