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A Child of the East End

By: Jean Fullerton
Narrated by: Annie Aldington
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Sorrow and joyin London's oldest suburb...

Welcome to the East End.

Life in Cockney London was tough in the post-war years. The government's broken promises had led to a chronic housing shortage, rampant crime and families living in squalor. But one thing prevailed: the unbeatable spirit of the East End, a tight-knit community who pulled through the dark times with humour and heart.

Drawing on both family history and her own memories of growing up in the 1950s and '60s, as well as her working life as a district nurse and local police officer, Jean Fullerton vividly depicts this fascinating part of London—from tin baths, to jellied eels, to tigers in a Wapping warehouse.

A Child of the East End is an eye-opening, heartfelt and atmospheric portrait of life in the East End after the war, and is perfect for fans of My East End by Gilda O'Neill, Four Meals for Fourpence by Grace Foakes and Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth.

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such an interesting book pity it didnt include how she actually ended up as a written maybe shes saving that for her next autobiography

writers life

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So much to learn,London story was great and my fav narrate .
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Lovely,could not put it down

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Well written, very engaging and very well narrated. Any person over sixty will find this book brilliant! Now looking forward to hearing any or all of Jean’s books. Thank you.

Excellent

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Really enjoyable look back to London's East end. The challenges of life in the tenements and poor housing. The struggles of poverty and how the indomadouble East End people overcome their problems. All this and a touch of Heaven as well

The every day lives of ordinary working folk in post war London

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Fabby book. What a memory Jean has to remember everything from childhood to adulthood. Loved hearing her her story about the old east end that is nothing like the streets she grew up in

East end girl

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