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park chan wook 11:28 Thu Jun 16
tales from the Two Puddings Documentary.

Director Rob West said he read the memoirs of the pub’s landlord, Eddie Johnson, and decided to make a film, called Tales from the Two Puddings, about Eddie’s experiences in the famous Stratford pub.

He said: “Eddie didn’t see much of the Swinging Sixties, he missed that, but instead he experienced the Sixties through the pub.”

The documentary covers many interesting and quirky stories from the pub and features an interview with Barrie Keeffe who wrote the 1980 gangster film The Long Good Friday.

Rob said: “He used to work for the Stratford Express and he used to go to the pub at lunchtime with a whole host of journalists.

“He used to pick up a lot of the stories that appear in The Long Good Friday. Helen Mirren’s character was based on Eddie’s wife, Shirley. If you look at photos of the Two Puddings she really was a glamorous woman.”

However, the documentary doesn’t just document the glossy side of the pub, it also delves into the murky characters that used frequent it.

“There certainly were some gangster types if you did go there. Some fights would break out but in the film we talk about how Eddie, and his brother Kenny, were very good a stopping violence.

“There was a story of a person at the bar spilling a drink on Reggie Kray, but we didn’t want to exaggerate the violence.”

Other tales range from Harry Redknapp meeting his wife to the Small Faces avoiding paying for their rehearsals and Jackie Charlton celebrating England’s 1966 World Cup success.

The Two Puddings had to close down in 2000 and Rob believes this is to the detriment of the community.

“Eddie himself was a community minded person, as was his brother.

“They were very aware of their community and conscious of providing a service to their community.”

“There still seems to be a lot of affection for the pub, people from Stratford and Newham still speak fondly about it,” Rob said.

The documentary will premiere at the Stratford Picturehouse on Saturday, June 25.

CasualKen 11:14 Sun Jun 19
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Hayzer. The gay bar was around the corner above the Pigeons pub on Romford Rd. Didn't you have a regular stint playing your Rod Steward records there?

Hermit Road 7:50 Sat Jun 18
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The gay bar was weird. Just round the corner. Half gay bar, half straight birds and blokes from Canning Town. Proper enlightened.

Hayzer 7:08 Sat Jun 18
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Ken was that the gay bar

holyhandgrenade 5:26 Sat Jun 18
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CasualKen 10:18 Sat Jun 18

Yeah mate, great little club Angel Lanes was. Loved going up there in the early 90's, very unpretentious and easy going bar. Got some points on the board quite easily there too, which was nice at the time :-)

joyo 2:58 Sat Jun 18
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In the 80's. the club upstairs was called snobs, met the missus in there

joyo 2:58 Sat Jun 18
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In the 80's. the club upstairs was called snobs, met the missus in there

ted fenton 2:15 Sat Jun 18
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percyd 1:57 Sat Jun 18


I was supposed to have gone to that at Stratford mate but my son got married :-)
My good mate Kevin played there though.

percyd 1:57 Sat Jun 18
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ted fenton 9:02 Fri Jun 17

Here you go Ted.......from 2 years ago. Hardly changed at all, except for the absence of a ginger barnet. Sorry to hear he has died.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOSGHX35ek0

CasualKen 1:07 Sat Jun 18
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Cheers boys, it's funny cause I spent most of my youth in Stratford but not on the Broadway, the Baytree was my regular haunt

ted fenton 12:17 Sat Jun 18
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In the 60's the upstairs was called "Devils Kitchen"

Hermit Road 11:39 Sat Jun 18
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Yep. That was the Puddings.

CasualKen 10:18 Sat Jun 18
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Was it the Puddings that had the upstairs club called Angel Lanes early 90's?? Remember as a 16-17 year old getting back from alway days on Lacey's coaches they'd drop a load of us off there.

Stranded 9:19 Fri Jun 17
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Ted. All this was before my time, and I didn't grow up in East London, but I'm a fan of the music of that era.

Nice article about the Two Puddings
http://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/08/08/at-the-two-puddings/

Couple more bits that might bring back some memories..

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2899/14341209622_a608e7d79a_b.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YIbkMV8QvT0/UPqE5n3nEAI/AAAAAAAAAvE/DMPPCX2eFgw/s1600/M&DDevilsKitchen.jpg

charleyfarley 9:06 Fri Jun 17
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My first visit was upstairs in the Devils kitchen the bouncer was just recovering from a glass pint tankard smashed in his face, blood everywhere. For quite a while stayed downstairs in the puddings, bloke over the road to me used to play in there Johnny Stuart can't remember the name of the band. crazy but good times.

ted fenton 9:02 Fri Jun 17
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, 4:34 Fri Jun 17
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Ted, I remember Sean Buckley and the Buccaneers playing around the Fiddlers, Hinds Head, Royal Oak etc. back in the day.


,

Definitely the Breadcrumbs !!

I lived about 300 yards from the Royal Oak.

ted fenton 8:58 Fri Jun 17
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Hahaha Stranded !!

Spot on sir !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3WbTrvTaAg

Sadly Sean died last year.

Stranded 4:43 Fri Jun 17
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'I told my papa, lives in Hollywood
He told Hedda Hopper, she told Natalie Wood
Everybody knows, everybody but her..'

, 4:34 Fri Jun 17
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Ted, I remember Sean Buckley and the Buccaneers playing around the Fiddlers, Hinds Head, Royal Oak etc. back in the day.

Nutsin 4:27 Fri Jun 17
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I always thought the two puddings was a poofs pub!

Davenport 1:46 Fri Jun 17
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Proper Gavros this.

ted fenton 1:14 Fri Jun 17
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My mates group who played there 1965 to early 70's was "Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs"

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