Carollleys and Hoxton Chris Memorys

We both come from The East End as some of you already know. We would like to share some of our memories and take some of you round our old haunts. To get the ball rolling I will let Chris put a posting on.............................over to you baby lol.

[hoxtonchris]

thanks babey,well the first pub that me and carolley spoke of when we met is the HORNS near shoreditch church,one time haunt of the Kray twins,carolley used to sing in there when a sixties singer named ricky stevens stated out.i used to prop up the bar and listen to the warblings of the "artistes"over the road was a huge pub called the spread eagle run by mr vic andreeti,light weight boxing champ of england,all the old fighters would hang out in there,and the pub was the same "eagle "featured in the kids nursery rhyme,half a pound of tuppenny rice,half a pound of treacle,thats the way the money goes pop goes the weazle!anthoney newley sang it too.oppisite there was the town hall at shoreditch where my dad used to take me to see wrestling,all the gangsters of the 50s and 60 swould be there in their camel crombies and homburgs...they would rub my head for luck and if i was lucky chuck me a half crown!.......just a taste of the type of area in the era of our childhood,next posting ill tell of the night i had to take my grandad out of a krays firm meet!

[hoxtonchris]

in the early to mid sixtys ronnie and reg kray,were nicked ,that following saturday night i was in a pub in the east end of london with my grandad,i was just 16,and i was learning to socialise the way they did back then,there were certain codes of dress as well as behavoir.suits had to be worn,italian cut mohair,whits shirts definatly no coloured ones,ties of course,hanky in top pocket,one inch of cuff had to show out of the coat sleeve,trousers with a razor sharp crease.now all of a sudden some heavy came in and cleared the bar,the firm were needing to meet,i said to the heavy that my grandad was in there and with only 1 leg needed me to get him out,ok he said be quick.in i went and came face to face with the lambrianou brothers,kray twin enforcers,i stood there in a wine red 3 ply tonic mohair suit,whit shirt,all the trimmings and chris lambrianou winked at me!not another poof i thought ,then i looked in a huge mirror and saw him looking almost identical to me,then i realised he was winking at himself years prior to then!

Originally Posted by hoxtonchris

in the early to mid sixtys ronnie and reg kray,were nicked ,that following saturday night i was in a pub in the east end of london with my grandad,i was just 16,and i was learning to socialise the way they did back then,there were certain codes of dress as well as behavoir.suits had to be worn,italian cut mohair,whits shirts definatly no coloured ones,ties of course,hanky in top pocket,one inch of cuff had to show out of the coat sleeve,trousers with a razor sharp crease.now all of a sudden some heavy came in and cleared the bar,the firm were needing to meet,i said to the heavy that my grandad was in there and with only 1 leg needed me to get him out,ok he said be quick.in i went and came face to face with the lambrianou brothers,kray twin enforcers,i stood there in a wine red 3 ply tonic mohair suit,whit shirt,all the trimmings and chris lambrianou winked at me!not another poof i thought ,then i looked in a huge mirror and saw him looking almost identical to me,then i realised he was winking at himself years prior to then!

PMSL What you like Mr............oh those were the days lol xxx

[princessNicky]

Do you have any more stories that would wouldn't mind sharing

My uncle was a Ted. This is a good read

[hoxtonchris]

i have many stories,mostly from when i was a young man in east london ,ill tell a few soon ,thanks for the interest it means a lot!

Chris - not putting you on the spot but I think the era you are referring to might take in the mid/late 1950s up to the late 1960s????

Oh and - do you have a blog?

[hoxtonchris]

well ime 56 this year i was born in 1951 ,i left school in 67 and started socialising straight away,i never stayed indoors till the late 70s and then reluctantly,,anyay are you sayin its of no interest to young uns.

[hoxtonchris]

whats a blog????