| Description | 1. 'Mainly the High-Bob': 7 pages of typescript reminiscences of life in and around the 'High-Bob' (i.e. High Street, Poplar) in the 1930s, by C. Chisnall. Includes description of childhood pastimes, of Christmas dinner, of Roman Catholic processions, hearing Sir Oswald Moseley speak, meeting Mahatma Gandhi, etc.
2. 'Days That I Knew': 7 pages of typescript reminiscences of life in Poplar in the 1930s, by C. Chisnall. Includes references to going to the 'Troxy' and other cinemas, the first day of the Blitz, Jewish immigrants in Poplar, etc. |