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hi all ime hoxtonchris,have defected from a thread forum called fiddlers hoof also from friends reunited,ime 55 years old,from east london and ime here with my ladey carolley,to find a thread we can post on together.i enjoy debate,and gentle argument but hate abusive folk.glad to be here and meet you all!

Hi again Chris and welcome to the garden.

Welcome to you & Carol, am sure you'll be a breath of fresh air in the garden

Hiya Chris.

Are you really from Hoxton? I spent many a happy evening in the Bass Clef when I lived not far off.

Enjoy your time here, it's a fun board.

yes ime from hoxton,carolley and i are both from there,when it was a real rough house,we moved out in the 70s,we see that today it is becoming yuppy land,we visited it together over xmas and found it changing a lot but spose it has to be for the good,but do miss the camaraderie that we were famous for back in the old days.

hoxtonchris;504693 wrote: yes ime from hoxton,carolley and i are both from there,when it was a real rough house,we moved out in the 70s,we see that today it is becoming yuppy land,we visited it together over xmas and found it changing a lot but spose it has to be for the good,but do miss the camaraderie that we were famous for back in the old days.Gentrification, that used to be called. I remember it from the 70s and 80s, I never felt unsafe walking around there at night though it wasn't as well lit as Oxford Street.

Did you move out far?

Hiya Chris!:)

glad to have you in the garden Chris.....:-6

Hi Chris! Welcome and thanks for joining us!

hoxtonchris;504677 wrote: hi all ime hoxtonchris,have defected from a thread forum called fiddlers hoof also from friends reunited,ime 55 years old,from east london and ime here with my ladey carolley,to find a thread we can post on together.i enjoy debate,and gentle argument but hate abusive folk.glad to be here and meet you all!
Welcome to our Garden, enjoy!

Welcome chris!

spot;504702 wrote: Gentrification, that used to be called. I remember it from the 70s and 80s, I never felt unsafe walking around there at night though it wasn't as well lit as Oxford Street.

Did you move out far?


I thought it still was called gentrification Spot?

Welcome Chris, nice to meet you and your old china, or 'er indoors.

You've got Spot reminiscing about his favourite rub-a-dubs now! :wah:

Hope you have fun in the garden. :-6

:-6 Welcome! Your going to love it here!

We are always around to welcome new members of the Garden. Pull up a couple of chairs and stay a while.

Hi Chris , welcome to FG, see you around:-6

Welcome Chris. I was going to welcome you in my own special way but I have already upset your wife so I will just say Hey.

HELLO AND WELCOME!!!!!:)

thanks all for the welcomes,in reply to the matter of hoxton not being an unsafe place to venture heres a story from my childhood.when i was a young lad it was my job to fetch the coal in my small brothersd pram,now to get this i had to go threu the roughest part of hoxton,if the urchins heard the cash in my pocket they would have taken it from me(didnt call it mugging then)so i had to hide it in my mouth to stop it jingling,well they would shout abuse and ide mumble an answer,they new i was very hard of hearing too and used to shout,"THERES THE DEAF AND DUMB KID WITH HIS PRAM"!ide run like a greyhound to get home in one peice.another time they found a police officer dead ,he had been put into a drain hole upside down till he drowned!

Chris i noticed you were looking for member pics, check out this thread but i warn you it might take a few hours

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7169