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A Grocery Shop and a Brewery in Wartime Whitechapel

Kempton Court (2 Durward Street and 7-23 Brady Street) | norman

I am a product (pre-war) of Whitechapel. Mid 1930s, my father, Wolf Goldenberg, rented a shop at 7 Brady Street, from a Mr. Cockerell an…

Our air raid shelter

Albion Yard (formerly Albion Brewery) | norman

I was a child living on Brady Street when the Blitz started. My family were lucky in that we avoided the bombs by using the basement of …