Les The Window Cleaner

Could be a man called Derek White, he was a commercial (shops) window cleaner in Barking & Longbridge Road. He was also a musician,he played the drums in Len Bells Quartet. Derek was a bit of a "Flash Harry" he drove a brand new MK10 Jaguar when I knew him.

I knew Derek through Len Bells daughter, her name was June. They lived in Somerville Hastings House maisonettes in Longbridge Road. Before that June and her parents lived at 20, Axe Street just by R.Whites soft drinks. They were the last family to be moved out of Axe Street.
Len Bell was an engineer who had an engineering business (called Janown Engineering) in Howard Road just off Movers Lane in Barking. He was great pals with another engineer named Alf Layco,from Abbey Road, Alf and his wife also owned a florist shop I think it was in Gascoigne Road. I still talk to June after all these years even though we live miles from each other. Happy days of dancing at the Barking Town Hall, Ilford Palais and drinking in the Captain Cook pub.

My parents owned the greengrocers opposite The Abbey School. Charlie Holmes & his sister in law Gladys (my mum) ran it.
I remember Les the window cleaner. my memory is that he doubled as a bookie as there were no betting shops in those days.