Was was all one - documentary about cockney Peckham/Bermondsey

[Louisa]

Made in 1972 I think, "we was all one" - this is part one of five parts available to view on YouTube. Gives a very interesting insight into working class culture in Bermondsey/Old Kent Road/Peckham/Walworth/E&C in the post war years after the famous docks had closed, long before gentrification was even a word, this documentary talks directly to the old cockney characters from the area, a part of our social history now almost extinct.

Louisa.

[Earl Aelfheah]

Interesting film

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Those Bow Bells sure have a long range.

Edited to add:

Dear Wiki says:

"A study was carried out by the city in 2000 to see how far the Bow Bells could be heard, and it was estimated that the bells would have been heard six miles to the east, five miles to the north, three miles to the south, and four miles to the west."

That's approximately to Albany Road, so Bermondsey, Walworth and OKR are in, don't think Peckham makes it - which would be a relief to my dear, departed Granny, she would have been insulted by the term.

[Jeremy]

Louisa Wrote:

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> long before gentrification was even a word

I liked that bit

[edhistory]

> long before gentrification was even a word

OED has 26 September 1973.

John K