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Description: | John Curtis (b 1929) grew up in the East End in the 1930s and 1940s. Here, in conversation with Nancy Langfeldt-Flory of Bishopsgate Institute, he recalls the East End as it was when he was young. In particular, he recalls the pub culture of the time, and the songs which used to be sung. Pubs were popular locations for nights out, as they were relatively cheap and provided a social venue. Singing songs in pubs, often, as in this case, songs from music halls or films, has long been a part of Cockney pub culture. It is notable that one of the pubs Mr Curtis frequented was a "homosexual pub" at a time when homosexual relations between men were illegal. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Bishopsgate Institute | Rights holder: | Bishopsgate Institute | Subjects: | Leisure Identity and Icons | Temporal: | 2008 | Source: | Bishopsgate Institute | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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