Download or read book Hackney Memories written by Alan Wilson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2004-04-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1930s were a troubled era, and England was a land of contrasts. This work gives a vivid impression of growing up in a working-class family in the East End at this time. It should be of interest to anyone who remembers the interwar years, and anyone interested in London's social history.