I worked in Poplar from1973 onward (until 1980) and I knew the nuns who lived at Pope John House very well. In fact, one of them, Sister Teresa, was my headmistress and she actually got me my flat at Robin Hood Gardens, where I lived until late 1976, the year I got married, 42 years ago today. I drank many a pint in the pubs at Whitechapel, but my favourite watering hole was the Exmouth Arms, popularly known as The Hollands, down Commercial Road, sadly no longer there. I wonder whether you were there then, though I'm sure I'm much older than you. ;-)
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