Comments on: Chinatown, the Death of Billie Carleton and the ‘Brilliant’ Chang

By: Day 9 « ragingcalmproductions

Day 9 « ragingcalmproductions — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:57:24 +0000

[...] and Billie Carlton (a star of the swing scene). You can read up on this fantastic story here: http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2009/10/chinatown-the-death-of-billie-carleton-and-the-brilliant-c…. There’s so much great material, the scene ended up being 14 minutes long! Perhaps a bit too [...]

By: Jeff Green

Jeff Green — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:26:01 +0000

A friend born London 1922 or so was a sailor and he told me that Brilliant Chen was back in London in the late 1930s. For the fact-free newspaper reports linking blacks and Chinese with drugs in 1920s London see my website jeffreygreen.co.uk under Eddie Manning, whose entry I contributed to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (on line at many public libraries). The ODNB is to publish my articles on John Hochee (died 1860s) and a Liverpool murderer of 1904 who was Chinese.
My website also has a piece on the “Chinese Giant” who died in the 1890s in Bournemouth.
Best wishes – Jeff Green 8 Sept 2011

By: nickelinthemachine

nickelinthemachine — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:31:52 +0000

@sorcha Oh well, tried to help but to no avail.

By: Sorcha

Sorcha — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:11:18 +0000

Hi; I was doing some research into the Chinese community in Limehouse & came across your site. I’m putting together some schools learning materials for a museum and am keen to find out where you sourced a couple of the old photos you use with the article, and whether it would be possible to get hi res copies to print and use. Any information you can email me with would be appreciated. Thanks

By: celine

celine — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:15:35 +0000

This is a great blog and very engaging too. Excellent work! That’s not really much coming from an amateur publisher like me, but it’s all I could think after enjoying your posts. Excellent grammar and vocabulary. Not like other blogs. You really know what you’re talking about too. So much that you made me want to explore more. Your blog has become a stepping stone for me, my friend. Thank you for the articulate journey. I really enjoyed the 4 posts that I have read so far.

By: Adila Golam

Adila Golam — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:23:56 +0000

Hi I am so interested in the images you have found of Brillian Chang and Freda Kempton. And also of the letter Chang wrote. how did you go about finding this information? Please get back to me. Adila

By: Annie @ Chinese Laundry Shop

Annie @ Chinese Laundry Shop — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:02:35 +0000

Hello, just doing some browsing for my Chinese Laundry website. Amazing the amount of information on the web. Wasn’t exactly what I was looking for, but very nice site. Take care.

By: Sue

Sue — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:20:15 +0000

Hi.
I found this blog while researching my family history. I had been told that someone in my family had married a Chinese woman, *Aunt Suey”. Also my great grandfather lived at 58 Pennyfields. After reading this I realise where the Chinese link comes from. Very interesting.
Thanks.

By: Barbara Kates

Barbara Kates — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:59:48 +0000

What a find! I stumbles across your website. Absolutley fantastic!

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:32:47 +0000

I found your blog by chance while looking up some information on Errol Flynn, and stated reading out of curiosity. Curiosity and chance… the devil’s brew. And then throw in some coincidence – I’ve just read a few Sax Rohmer novels from the thrities. An excellent post. Chin-chin