[…]what sort of schooling had you had up to that time?Jack Rockett: I went to central school, grammar school.Sidney Cole: Where?Jack Rockett: Oh at - in Walthamstow, Essex.Sidney Cole: So you were sort of Londoner.Jack Rockett: I am a Londoner yes. I was born in Walthamstow.Sidney Cole: When were you b[…]
[…] and unashamed opulence, and Nigel’s main base at the Granada Walthamstow was very much in this vein. Built in 1930, […]
[…]getting rid of them and I think a lot went to Essoldo. Highams Park was a white elephant - had been when he had it, it was in a bit of a backwater in Walthamstow area of east London. Sydney Shurman had tried to run bingo there without any success and he'd handed it back to Southan Morris. At the tim[…]
