By Robyn Travis
Written by way of the boy who was once there whilst it begun, Robyn Travis, this is often the true tale of the postcode wars. Robyn grew up correct at the borders while it kicked off in Hackney, E8. For the 1st time ever he tells his tale and his half in it - the fights, the stabbings, the shootings. the tale that hasn't ever been instructed.
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Mum asked. “No reason. ” “Nothing, mum. ” Mum stood up. “Hear me good, I’m your mum,” she said in a firm voice. “I gave birth to you. I didn’t do that so that other people can beat you. Now go outside and don’t come back until you win that fight. ” I was shocked. Mum’s giving me permission to fight. Rah! I went back downstairs with butterflies in my stomach. I was scared to start with but compared to how my brother whupped me, I couldn’t see how this boy my age could cause me any real pain. In fact I wiped the floor with him.
Me and his brother Mannix were friends in school. Aaron was a mad one. He used to chase me and Mannix from their house into London Fields park around the corner for jokes. Being out with my brother and Aaron had me acting up like I was some big man. It seemed like the right time for this to happen as I was due to start secondary after the summer holidays. We walked the back streets and ended up on Bethnal Green Road, outside an under 18s rave. I was only 11 years old and was about to step into my first rave.
Before that the only ‘war’ was ‘Arsenal or Tottenham’ coz the estate was halfway between the two football stadiums. Apart from that friends were just friends and postcodes didn’t matter. I don’t remember much about nursery, except for the red and yellow toy car you drove with your feet like them Flintstones cartoons. My one bad nursery experience involved a sandwich a teacher gave me. I took one bite. Yuck! This is disgusting! ” “It’s not jam, it’s Marmite, Robin,” the teacher said. To this day, Marmite makes me think of nursery.