A LIFE IN POPLAR (before and after World War Two)
Danny Wells SpeakerNet Sponsor
- Organisation:
- 'Breathing Life into History'
- Region:
- England
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £75 plus reasonable travel expenses
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 14th January 2025
- Tagged:
- 20Th Century History | Poplar | East End Of London
Aspects of the story of Poplar, East London, are explored through the life of James ‘Pop’ Wells (1918- 1999) of ‘Wells’ Junk Shop’ in the East India Dock Road. We look at Poplar before and after his experiences of fighting in the ‘last great battle of empire’ in the Burma Campaign.
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I have always had a love of history and in 2004 set up 'Breathing Life into History' which is an eclectic mix of social and cultural historical talks, courses and guided tours. On Armistice Day 2022, I presented my 1,000th talk. There is a focus on Victorian Britain and the first half of the 20th century. Art history features, as well as talks on gardening. I come from the East End of London and this has been the inspiration of much of my historical research and writing, as has the Peak District where I have lived for over 40 years in Staffordshire and Derbyshire.
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Danny Wells
- Breathing Life into History
- An Appreciation of the Southern Peak (Derbyshire Dales & Staffordshire Moorlands).
- Art of the Xmas Card
- Art of the Garden
- Art of Derbyshire
- Art of World War 1
- Every Picture Tells a Story
- Joseph Paxton, 'the busiest man in England'.
- Cook's Tours
- Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India
- Catherine Booth, Mother of the Salvation Army
- Our Marie - The Life & Times of Marie Lloyd & the Music Hall
- The English & Gardening
- The Golden Age of Children's Picture Books and Nursery Rhymes
- The Victorians and the Christmas Season
- Cheers! Pubs and drinking
- Lest We Forget
- The City of Dreadful Night
- Florence Nightingale-The Lady with the Lamp
- The Victorian Way of Death
- The Romance of the Derbyshire Dales
- Leek-'The Queen of the Moorlands'
- Art and the East End of London
- East End Life through the lens of a camera (from one World War to another).
- Surviving the Blitz (London in WW2)
- 'A Garden within Doores'
- The Art of Flowers
- NATURE, WAR & REMEMBRANCE
- Christmas in Art
- Christmas in Art
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