Irish Emigrants in London- Ashford Place

[@72mossy]

My Dad was in Cricklewood in the 60s. Returned to Tipperary in 69

[@freemindthinkerezrapound5071]

I was a barman in the crown in cricklewood 1982 it had a electrifying atmosphere today it's like the moon, it's got no atmosphere

[@khiggins7231]

Did you change the cheques? How did that work ? Did the Crown take a fee or a percentage?

[@Gommerell]

@@khiggins7231I have it in my head they took 2.5% as it worked out you paid £10 to get a £400 cheque paid.
Mind you am going back through the years here and it could have been 1988 that I did that.
At the time you had your week in hand then you were paid on the Thursday after, by cheque.
I was outraged at the fees and soon got on my feet and paid cheque into the ATM of the Abbey National.
I am sure a 3 zone travelcard was £10 a week at the time, so £10 was something.(just to give you an idea of value then).

[@khiggins7231]

@@Gommerell Hang on Stuart are you not forgetting how much you put over the bar after you cashed the cheque?

[@lianshiels7208]

My ex husband used to drink in their back in the 1980s brendan shiels

[@BigRedJed]

I enjoyed listening to their stories.

[@davidohara3219]

Wonderful
Thank you

[@viviennedsilva3047]

Oh lovely, they looked like they enjoyed talking about themselves as young people, especially Bill

[@marioflavin2141]

Bless the Irish.

[@irishboer7124]

That`s a great name- Mario Flavin.

[@mjh5437]

@@irishboer7124 Why?

[@khiggins7231]

Boston or New York would have been a better alternative.

[@tuberjr]

Why,most of America is a poverty striven country riddled with gun crime on a daily basis,even the priests and nuns are carrying guns and are ready to use them.

[@proudman6598]

And what makes you think that are you a expert on where people should live mabe you should find out how many irish millionaires live in london it might wise you up.

[@khiggins7231]

@@proudman6598 I lived in the U.K. and the US so I know .
You have a chip on your shoulder and I suspect by your attitude you regret
the decisions you made. You hadn’t the balls to go to the US and instead
you wound up a loser in the U.K. . Keep your regrets and bitterness to yourself.

[@mjh5437]

@@proudman6598 How many? I`ve never seen or heard any.

[@seamusdavis9441]

It was expensive to get to America in those days and cheap to get to England so that's where most of the Irish emigrated to in that era.