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Topic: Where in London? (Read 719 times)
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majdrew
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Well I made it along there today. Yes, the Cordelle building has been replaced, but the rest seems to be the same. Funny feeling to be standing in the spot they were 50 odd years ago.. good though!
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majdrew
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Haha! Yes I know! The parrot belonged to the street photographer, not my parents.. you probably realised that. Apparently they were walking along and someone plonked the coat and parrot on his shoulder before they knew it.. and, well, there you are! I was parrot-less today..
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carol8353
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Is this the right bin to put my kit kat wrapper in
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I have a picture of me as a child taken in London about 50 years ago,where I have a Monkey on my shoulder( as ya do!). I also had just lost all my front teeth to the tooth fairy 
I wonder how many other strange animals you could be photographed with back then?
Carol
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richarde1979
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Great photos and story Mark!
All this talk of East End Markets and exotic animals, puts me in mind of one of the more interesting stories dug up on my own family research, a newspaper report on my great uncle, who was 19 at the time, and along with his little brother, my great grandad spent most their working lives as Spitalfields Market Porters:
The Police Guardian Friday August 8 1884
"At the Worship-street Police Court recently a youth named John Tomkins, living at 12 Corbits Row, Spitalfields, was charged with gambling of a somewhat unusual charachter. It appeared that on Sunday afternoon the prisoner was watched by Police Constables in plain clothes, who saw him drive a brisk trade in selling tickets bearing certain numbers at penny each. When a dozen were disposed of, round balls, bearing similar numbers were placed in the cylinder, which a monkey, trained for the purpose, turned round, and then inserting his paw, pulled out one, which was declared to be the winning number, and the holder paid ten pence, two pence deducted for commission. Furthermore, the officers noticed only certain young men, who appeared to be the prisoners confederates, were succesful in the draw. After having seen him dispose of several shillings worth of tickets the officers arrested him, and the monkey, which, amid considerable laughter, was produced in court. Mr Hannay ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of 40 shillings, in default to be imprisoned for a month."
Makes you realise how enterprising these market lot were, the prototypes for the 'Del Boy' type charachters, dodgy wheelers and dealers of latter days. I just love the description of the primate 'accomplice' being produced in court (to the obvious merriment of all involved), and would kill to have a photo of uncle John and his monkey!
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Bellenger, Sebire, Soubien, Mallandain, Molle, Baudoin - Normandy/London
Deverdun, Bachelier, Martin, Ledoux, Dumoutier, Lespine, Montenont, Picard, Desmarets - Paris & Picardy/Amsterdam/London
Mourgue, Chambon, Chabot - Languedoc/London
Holohan, Donnelly, McGowan/McGoan - Leitrim, Ireland/Dundee, Scotland/London.
Gordon, Troup, Grant, Watt, McInnes - Aberdeenshire, Scotland/London
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majdrew
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Yes the London markets' are great. My local is North End Rd, Fulham. Fresh fruit & veg so cheap .. and characters from yesteryear.
No parrots or monkeys though.. shame about that perhaps .. ! Plenty of wild parrots in the parks all the same.. they seem to love it here.
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