Hard not to envy what they had back then, a REAL sense of community, there will always be bad people but these days neighbours dont talk to eachother and everyone is wary of one another. I for one will not die in this country (if I have a choice) because of what it has become, instead I will stack my money and sod off with someone and make a life elsewhere. People dont try as much anymore, family values and even relationships are suffering for it.
@trippy119 Have to agree may have been shabby and run down but the streets were ours. We didn't spend hours in doors stuck on some machine or another. We grew up having the time of our life making our own fun and went for miles to do it. No fear of being mugged then. The east end was full of gangsters but they did not harm their own.
@eturfrey the art of parenting has diminished, family values have crumbled, lack of dicipline in the home & at school etc, kids are spoilt today & they look down they're noses at adults, back in the 70's/80's if you crossed the path of an unsavoury element the worst you got was a slap & told to fu@k off, now you get stabbed to death!?. weve lost the human touch, mankind has become greedy, vain & aggressive & the working mans pleasures are now run by the corperate machine. soulless times indeed
I remember much of this from my youth. Not the real old stuff but the pics at the beginning. Bought the beatles white album from the row of shops in the pic of Green st. Some great memories no matter what anybody says.
I feel sorry for the old eastenders born in this parts, how their world has changed, how their childhood playgrounds and sites have been replaced by horrendous tower blocks full of unfriendly new neighbours, loitering youths with no respect . Defaced walls with graffitti and general squalor.
Great
Leehammer1000 3 weeks ago
As a kid i used to love going to Victoria Park where they used to put shows on
for children on a Sunday afternoon,then back home with a couple of pints of
winkles to eat with our tea.
richard68ization 1 month ago
Hard not to envy what they had back then, a REAL sense of community, there will always be bad people but these days neighbours dont talk to eachother and everyone is wary of one another. I for one will not die in this country (if I have a choice) because of what it has become, instead I will stack my money and sod off with someone and make a life elsewhere. People dont try as much anymore, family values and even relationships are suffering for it.
ConsTheManWhore 2 months ago 3
@ConsTheManWhore leave if you want but you can hardly complaining about people not trying as much anymore if you do
PraecoNoctis 1 month ago
@ConsTheManWhore SPOT ON!!! YOU ARE SO RIGHT! N YOUR NAME IS FUNNY
MrMabloz 1 month ago
What a nice place the east end used to be my grandad wAs born in bow he would have been absolutely horrified to see how the east end is now
elflain 2 months ago
@Dumpypoppy24 The long gone old un's like my dad must be turning in their graves.
eturfrey 4 months ago 2
It brings a tear to my eye seeing how nice the east end used to be and seeing what a shithole it is now
elflain 4 months ago
@trippy119 Have to agree may have been shabby and run down but the streets were ours. We didn't spend hours in doors stuck on some machine or another. We grew up having the time of our life making our own fun and went for miles to do it. No fear of being mugged then. The east end was full of gangsters but they did not harm their own.
eturfrey 4 months ago
@eturfrey the art of parenting has diminished, family values have crumbled, lack of dicipline in the home & at school etc, kids are spoilt today & they look down they're noses at adults, back in the 70's/80's if you crossed the path of an unsavoury element the worst you got was a slap & told to fu@k off, now you get stabbed to death!?. weve lost the human touch, mankind has become greedy, vain & aggressive & the working mans pleasures are now run by the corperate machine. soulless times indeed
trippy119 4 months ago 6
I remember much of this from my youth. Not the real old stuff but the pics at the beginning. Bought the beatles white album from the row of shops in the pic of Green st. Some great memories no matter what anybody says.
eturfrey 4 months ago
Fuck you Norman Foster
xdalleman79 4 months ago
I feel sorry for the old eastenders born in this parts, how their world has changed, how their childhood playgrounds and sites have been replaced by horrendous tower blocks full of unfriendly new neighbours, loitering youths with no respect . Defaced walls with graffitti and general squalor.
PhallusFlaccidus 4 months ago 2
What a Great place the old East End was!!!
clare6572 5 months ago
@Dumpypoppy24 Its a sorry sight now, but sadly thats what happens when people move away in their droves and new people come in.
DagenhamHammer 8 months ago 2