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Memories of Wapping 1900-1960: Couldn't Afford the Eels
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Product Description
Whilst working as a GP in Wapping for twenty years, Martha Leigh became fascinated in the first-hand memories from people who had lived and worked in the area between the First and Second World Wars. As well as recreating a view of working-class life in an enclosed community during the period, the book covers the decline of the docks, family life, work, housing and leisure as well as tackling more esoteric subjects such health, gender roles and attitudes towards Jews. This heart-warming read will bring both smiles and tears to its readers and provide a well-documented nostalgic record of Wappings past.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #74478 in Books
- Published on: 2008-07-04
- Format: Illustrated
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 160 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
MARTHA LEIGH has worked as a GP in Wapping for twenty years and is an East Ender . Although this is her first publication, she is currently contributing to a book about General Practice due to be published by Blackwells in 2008.
Customer Reviews
An enlightening trip down memory lane.
Very well written with lots of real life stories and anecdotes from erstewhile residents of the area. I have lived in Wapping myself for the past 15 years and I found the book gave me a good insight of how people lived and in most cases just survived, from the pre war years until the demise of the docks.
Fascinating record of a vanished world
A fascinating and timely record of an extraordinary community and a way of life which has vanished, except in the memories of the elderly contributors to this book. I had never realised how separate Wapping used to be even from its surrounding East End communities. Martha Leigh provides us with a rounded picture, uncluttered by her own judgements: a close-knit community with strong families and neighbourhood networks to cope with poverty, at the same time a 'closed shop' rife with anti-Semitism and suspicion of the wider world.
Wouldn't the NHS be good if all doctors were so interested in their patients' stories!
