Here are some photos from Irene's early life
Stepney
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Petticoat Lane Market is just round the corner from where Irene was born...
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...in White's Row London E1)
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Here is 2-4 White's Row-the area has been gentrified!
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Irene was born in Flat 2a (Top, rear)
Apparently she cried so loudly that they were going to call her Tempest!
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Dagenham
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Irene lived near Dagenham Heathway as a child...
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...at 5 Pettits Place-the house on the left.
As part of a large family, she had an unhappy childhood due to an abusive father.
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