and enjoyed it, please visit this site. Here you will find additional tales of the East End and other areas of London. My father was born in Dulwich in South London and my mother in Bethnal Green. She was a real Cockney, as I am. Since my father was not born in the East End, I was limited in what I was able to write about him on the site. As a result, tales of him and of his area of London may now appear here. My father was a 'colourful character' as you will learn.
I hope that you will find this site of interest to you.
The last additions to EAST END MEMORIES were two stories under the general title, Carve their Names with Pride. This series is continued here with four more stories of inspiring people.
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The last additions to EAST END MEMORIES were two stories under the general title, Carve their Names with Pride. This series is continued here with four more stories of inspiring people.
Should you wish to comment on anything that appears here or if you have an additional tale to tell, please contact me. I will be happy to upload your comments and additions to this site.
Should you find any errors, please contact me and let me know about them.
This site is not meant to be an accurate history of London, but a reflection of my memories and how I see things today.
For those readers who have enjoyed both websites, I am also able to offer you more of my writings and photograph taking. I have written some histories including my memories of various one-time cinemas that appear on the Playing Bingo website.
Included here is a piece on perhaps the most glorious cinema ever built in Britain, the erstwhile GRANADA THEATRE TOOTING, which is the only Grade 1 listed building (i.e. buildings of exceptional interest) of its type. This honour puts the building on a par with Westminster Abbey, The Tower of London and The Houses of Parliament. To see the majesty of this building, please see my story and also the PHOTO GALLERY at the Playing Bingo website. So that you may sample a taste of the glories of this building, please enjoy the photograph here:
The Gala Slough - November 2011
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For those readers who have enjoyed both websites, I am also able to offer you more of my writings and photograph taking. I have written some histories including my memories of various one-time cinemas that appear on the Playing Bingo website.
Included here is a piece on perhaps the most glorious cinema ever built in Britain, the erstwhile GRANADA THEATRE TOOTING, which is the only Grade 1 listed building (i.e. buildings of exceptional interest) of its type. This honour puts the building on a par with Westminster Abbey, The Tower of London and The Houses of Parliament. To see the majesty of this building, please see my story and also the PHOTO GALLERY at the Playing Bingo website. So that you may sample a taste of the glories of this building, please enjoy the photograph here:
The Stage and Auditorium of the Granada Theatre/Gala Tooting
Montage by Peter Kurton
This photograph proves that it is possible to make a silk purse from three pig's ears! The photographs were taken on a cold November afternoon during a visit to the glorious building. The manager and staff of the now-Gala Bingo Tooting graciously allowed me the freedom of the building, and from the circle area and with a hand held camera and with very little light, I was able to take three ordinary photographs, which were then magnificently joined with diligence and care to produce, what I like to call ....... that Cinerama effect!
Also at the Playing Bingo website, there are my memories of the Adelphi Theatre, now Gala Slough. The Adelphi was one of the cinemas that I used to go to once we left. I hate to admit that I was never fond of this building, but when I returned to it for the first time in almost fifty years, I was pleasantly surprised by it unassuming charm and delightful plasterwork and lighting. Please see my story and the PHOTO GALLERY at the Playing Bingo website.
The Gala Slough - November 2011
The Playing Bingo website has recently uploaded my story on THE LUXOR EASTBOURNE. This erstwhile cinema became a Bingo Hall, but has since closed and now sits empty and without use. This cinema/Bingo Hall holds a special place in my memory as it was the first Bingo Hall that I dared enter. There is also a PHOTO GALLERY of the photographs I took during my visit.
It wasn't that I was scared to enter a Bingo Hall, it was that I had not looked favourably on the game since I once saw it as the enemy of the cinema. However when it was announced recently that the glorious Odeon Hackney Road had now survived longer as a Bingo Hall than it did as a cinema, I felt it was time to revise my opinion on the value of such conversions. Of course, my endorsement may come too late for so many erstwhile cinemas-cum-Bingo Halls are now closing, as patrons take to playing on-line or else patronising custom-built halls.
The Luxor Eastbourne - October 2010
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Many thanks.
Charles S.P. Jenkins.
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Copyright Charles S.P. Jenkins 2010. All rights reserved.
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NOIRS FOR SALE - BOOK ONE - A KNIGHT OF THE ROUND TABLE
NOIRS FOR SALE - BOOK TWO - WHAT PRICE LOYALTY
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