WONDERFUL NEWHAM..4

[billyboy]

   I posted a article about the birth rate in WONDERFUL NEWHAM it seems to have been erazed .....What is that old saying .....THE TRUTH HURTS>>>>

[Bert]

There's another saying, Billyboy - "He who pays the piper calls the tune." The "piper" here is The Newham Story, paid for by the Newham Council Tax payers. You will have to find another outlet for your question. "The UK Debate Forum", perhaps.
http://www.ukdebate.co.uk/forums/index.php

[billyboy]

  my question was about WONDERFUL NEWHAM ...not about the rest of the UK ...what are they afraid of ....

[Bert]

Sorry, Billyboy. I mistakenly assumed that you were hoping for comments on your original, Newham-censored question, from whatever source. Past observations of The Newham Story should have hinted to you that such a question as yours would be gobbled up for the Newham wheelie bin.

Sorry to have wasted your time - and mine.

[billyboy]

    BERT thanks for your reply ....IT is that what ever question someone asks about WONDERFUL NEWHAM if it is not about the blitz or "pie n mash ..it gets  censored....

[romytoes]

billyboy, without spelling it out I think we could all see the connotations of your original post.

This is an excellent site and long may it stay so.

[nellanhoj]

It was lovely to see Green Street featured on TV tonight. Still thiving and bustling like I always remember it.   

[serena7]

Where did they show Green Street?  I remember a stall at the very top which sold great Gor Ray skirts and Rob Roy dresses at a very cheap price,  that was in the 50.s. There was a hairdresses on the right walking down from main Road, I went there when I was 14 for my first perm.  Unfortunately the hairdresser found some unwelcome visitors ,  so sent me home.  I still remember the shame of it.  But then there were many around then, and bed bugs,  which I recently read have made a comeback.  Does anyone remember going to the Leccy Board to change the old light bulbs for new?  It was top of Vicarage Lane  I think.

[billyboy]

  May be i should do what most of you on this site do  ....bury my head in the sand and  say nothing about WONDERFUL NEWHAM........

[nellanhoj]

They showed Green street tonight on the BBC News. It was a feature seeking the views and opinions of the local residents on the subject of the current cricket "no ball" problem.
Yes, I remember the Leccy board in Vicarage Lane, the building is still there but I don't know what it's used for. Vicarage Road and Ham Park Road still have some wonderfull trees lining both sides of the roads. I have lovely memories of living in Vicarage Road after the war for fourteen years. I walked from there to Whitehall Place School for nearly four years until I left school. It never occurred [or maybe it wasn't an option] to attend Water Lane School.  

[Bill Sharpe]

From one Billy boy to another - I have composed a little poem based on the Irish song ' Dublin in the rare old time'. I think that it expresses how you feel:-

 ALWAYS BLOWING BUBBLES

I was raised on songs and stories,
Of folk of great renown.
And tales of former glories
That once was Canning Town.

The hallowed docks at Custom House,
The firm’s in Silvertown Way.
Was all a part of West Ham,
In the grand old day.

Always blowing bubbles
They never fade away
Like memories of my childhood
and friends now gone away.

My name it is Alf Stubbins,
As cockney as you please.
Born long ago in Varley Road
In a house that ceased to be.

I married Bonnie Simmons
We had a son aged four,
When I joined the Royal Navy
And went away to war

Always blowing bubbles
They never fade away
Like memories of my childhood
With friends now gone away

I wasn’t there to help them
On the first day of the Blitz
When they sheltered in old Hallsville School
And all were blown to bits.

My darling son was Johnny,
His hair was black as coal
When God took him and my Bonnie,
He took away my soul.

Always blowing bubbles
They never fade away
Like memories of my childhood
With friends now gone away


By trade I was a cooper
Lost out to redundancy
When they closed the docks for progress
and made my trade a memory.

My friends all moved down Essex way
and strangers took their place.
I can’t go to the pub for a drink and a fag,
I never see a friendly face.

Always blowing bubbles
They never fade away
Like memories of my childhood
With friends now gone away

The years have made me bitter
And the booze has dimmed my brain,
Cos’ West Ham keeps on changing,
There’s nothing seems the same.

The ‘Prince of Wales’ and ‘Nott’ have gone.
The ‘Steps’ is long pulled down.
and posh flats and apartments
Now make up Silvertown.

Always blowing bubbles
They never fade away
Like memories of my childhood
With friends now gone away

So fare thee well my dear old docks,
I can no longer stay.
To watch hotels all made of glass
Spring up along the quay.

My mind’s too full of memories,
Too late to learn new ways.
I’m a part of what was West Ham,
In the grand old day.

[Robert Rogers]

That was Fantastic, as a fan of Irish Folk Music and knowing the original version, I can amaging this being sung, not certain about Copyrights, but just amaging somebody like Joe Brown singing this. This song would challang the likes of `London Pride` and `Street of London`, to sum up what being a Londoner means.

[Robert Rogers]

With all this talk of Green Street, I though somebody might like a view of the street taken from the Team Balconey at Uniteds ground.

[carol price]

Bill ,
   that is a lovely poem , thats what this site is all about ..memories of times gone by .
 The people that made this area what it was . No matter how people feel aboiut the area
 as it is today it has nothing to do with a history site, it has nothing to do with people turning
a blind eye or being too worried to comment it has more to do with using the Newham history board for what it is intended.. HISTORY. There are plenty of sites that can be used to give your opinion on the area but they have nothing to do with the areas history.     Did you know that The Streets of London as mentioned in the other posting was actually written for Paris but they didnt want those lyrics used about their city ..so it was changed to London .
  The past is what it is you cant change it to suit yourself, and I wouldnt want to.
                                     Carol.

[billyboy]

   bill s.....that was a nice poem of times gone by. What will i tell my my grand kids if and when they ask about then and now  in WONDERFUL NEWHAM Tell them "porkies" about how nice it is now.....I thought this site was called The Newham Story Forums..I never read the word history only in the title....