"Memoirs of an
East End Guttersnipe" by Brian Walker
3.00 p.m. on Saturday 28th
at the Levy Centre, 18-24 Lower Clapton Road, E5
(part of the annual
Clapton Festival).
Brian's personal recollections and anecdotes date back over seventy years and are documented on his website "Tales of the Old East End" <http://www.tales-of-the-old-east-end.co.uk>. Essentially this is the history of the life of a riverside community in Hackney filtered through the author's earliest memories and experiences.
Born in 1938 in the family home overlooking the River Lea, Brian still lives close to his former Lea Bridge home. His stories are told with wit, warmth and emotion and are filled with the everyday dramas which his family and their neighbours faced during the period encompassing World War II and the aftermath of war in the 1950s.
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