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Silvertown by Melanie McGrath
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An East End Family Memoir
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The story of one East End family, across three generations, living on the fringe of the Thames. Silvertown itself is a ribbon of marshland that sits beside the King George VI dock near Bow Creek. In 1944 Melanie McGrath's grandfather Lenny, bought the Cosy Cafe in Silvertown. From here Lenny, his mistress, his wife and his daughter served egg and chips, liver and bacon, eels and jellied custard to the passing trade from the thriving docks. Business was good. By the late 1940s Lenny was the only cafe owner in the East End to drive a Cadillac. Like many others on the fringes of the Thames in East London, the story of Melanie McGrath's family is a tidal one. Originating from other parts, her family spilled into the area to take advantage of the docks and, having made a little money, spilled back out to the west again. Fifty years on, Silvertown stares the Millennium Dome square in the eyes. In the past half-century the Docklands terrain has been bombed, rebuilt, renovated, slum-cleared and finally razed pending "regeneration". Overlooked by successive enterprise projects that have created the City Airport, Canary Wharf and the Dome itself, the waters of Silvertown sleep, awaiting a future that remains undecided. In this book Melanie McGrath has, through the story of her family, recaptured this slip of land from its post-industrial depression, and with it the traditional heartlands of East London, before each fades quietly from memory.

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Melanie McGrath is the author of two previous books, 'Motel Nirvana', and 'Hard, Soft & Wet'. She is a regular contributor for the Guardian, Independent and the Express. She lives in Vauxhall, London
Release date NZ
February 3rd, 2003
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
256
Dimensions
129x198x16
ISBN-13
9781841151434
Product ID
1706226

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