The old days

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Roy Wild, Loving Son | Spitalfields Life

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Bit about my people long read but very interesting! 
 

my grandfathers wrote a book being released shortly all about his life boxing family the war ect here’s a little snippet. 
 

proper cockneys 

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My father Andrew Earnest Wild was born in 1907 in Clerkenwell, within the sound of Bow Bells, and he lived in Bastwick St (known as ‘the Bass’) off Central St. His father was Andrew Benjamin Wild and his mother was Ellen Leach. He was the eldest of four brothers and two sisters – Emmy and one he lost – and another half sister, Maggie.
 

this will be my great grandfather 

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He put down 1906 but he was actually born in 1907, on 13th of September. He was shipped to India and was there for the whole of his service, which was I think eleven years, in Madras and Calcutta. He took up boxing there, became regimental champion and fought in the all-India finals. I have a solid silver medal that he won in Madras for bayonet fighting. It is my most prized possession, upstairs in my jewellery box.

My Dad was a bit of a rough handful before he mellowed. One of my relations who knew my Dad when they were young told me, ‘I saw your Dad have a fight down the Bass, he knocked the guy out and grabbed him by the back of his neck and dragged him across the tramlines for the tram to run over him.’

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Just now, lurcherman 887 said:

He put down 1906 but he was actually born in 1907, on 13th of September. He was shipped to India and was there for the whole of his service, which was I think eleven years, in Madras and Calcutta. He took up boxing there, became regimental champion and fought in the all-India finals. I have a solid silver medal that he won in Madras for bayonet fighting. It is my most prized possession, upstairs in my jewellery box.

My Dad was a bit of a rough handful before he mellowed. One of my relations who knew my Dad when they were young told me, ‘I saw your Dad have a fight down the Bass, he knocked the guy out and grabbed him by the back of his neck and dragged him across the tramlines for the tram to run over him.’

news to me 

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Something interesting comes on for a change and not one reply all too busy arguing like kids about masks. 
 

poxy wankers 

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I think all those Spitalfields Life stories may be of interest to folk from other areas but growing up in these places im not sure you would read them ive flicked through one the odd time but nothing really out of the ordinary....on a positive note i see after the closing down of The Boleyn its re opened not as a block of flats or a Mosque....not even a bookies.......but as a pub !!!...long live The Boleyn !

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9 minutes ago, gnasher16 said:

I think all those Spitalfields Life stories may be of interest to folk from other areas but growing up in these places im not sure you would read them ive flicked through one the odd time but nothing really out of the ordinary....on a positive note i see after the closing down of The Boleyn its re opened not as a block of flats or a Mosque....not even a bookies.......but as a pub !!!...long live The Boleyn !

My old girl moved from Bethnal Green when she was younger I grew up in Herts my old mans side is a bit unknown as his grandfather was a yank! so any bit of history I can get on my lot is great! Fell out of contact with mums side years back and all of this was new to me and my brother so made for good reading hearing what type of man my great grandfather was!! Put a smile on my face today ! 

 

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3 minutes ago, lurcherman 887 said:

My old girl moved from Bethnal Green when she was younger I grew up in Herts my old mans side is a bit unknown as his grandfather was a yank! so any bit of history I can get on my lot is great! Fell out of contact with mums side years back and all of this was new to me and my brother so made for good reading hearing what type of man my great grandfather was!! Put a smile on my face today ! 

 

Thats nice to hear good stuff.....the East End always threw up characters me and my pals are always talking about old times and old families,stories etc....like any area whats " normal " to some folk is strange to others and round here back then if you didnt fight,thieve or kick a ball there wasnt really much else to talk about 

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Seems he was a bit of a handful so explains why the old girl is a bit fiery she suffers no ones shit lol ! 

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A few rhyming slang stems from our lads in India at that time , I like to hear them sort of story’s from back then wat they gave up to give 

Edited June 25, 2021 by green lurchers

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The older we get it’s most humbling to here about them days wat it was like  how they cracked on what they ate lived and got a pound note I love it , they should really teach history to these kids of today instead of all the bullshit maybe it might make them think just a little bit  

Edited June 25, 2021 by green lurchers