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Jack	
  Oughton	
  –	
  03.05.11	
  –	
  THE	
  GREAT	
  BOOK	
  OF	
  TOTTENHAM	
  


              "They say I'm 85, but I don't know how old I am.."

Have you heard of Jay Jay Figgins?

If you've ever lived in Tottenham, you may have. He’s a longtime
resident and true character with stories to tell. How much is man, how
much is myth? I don't know but here's what I've been told..

Brought to the UK by the Americans, Jay Jay Originally moved to West
Green Road from Germany in 1948, where he paid £3.10 schillings a
week for 2 large rooms.

He doesn't know his date of birth. He claims to have been raised in a
camp where from a young age he was trained in lethal skills. His
specialties? martial arts, marksmanship, interrogation… And “5 degrees
in cooking”.

When asked about his martial arts background, he was eager to
demonstrate. I agreed, and let him do some joint locks on me.
Apparently squeezing my thumb in a certain way would make me a
'cabbage’ for life. Yikes.

Asides from war stories, Jay Jay talked a bit of his memories of
Tottenham. He recalls days where there were just one grocer, and one
fishmongers on West Green Road.

The highpoint of living here? "5 people have tried to mug me in the
20/30 years and 'come unstuck!"

Hell of a tale. But I need proof.
Jack	
  Oughton	
  –	
  03.05.11	
  –	
  THE	
  GREAT	
  BOOK	
  OF	
  TOTTENHAM	
  


Transcript: Jay Jay's Best quotes
Due to the recording ending early and limited time to transcribe, I have
collected some of the best of Jay Jay’s responses.

No I didn't move from Germany to Tottenham…I was pushed around..

I used to get up at 5 o clock in the morning, cold shower, soup, dried
bread, an hours PT in shorts, out in the yard, all weathers. And If I didn't
do as I was told, I got no food. wasn't bad was it? and it carried on with
the no food, after 3 or 4 times, if I didn’t bear it all, they put me in a box..

Ireland and England is the same Tottenham isn't it?

Between 1922 to 1929 we was born...from there we was treated
like..I’m not gonna be rude to ya.. like animals. if we didn't do what we
was told..

(They treated us badly)Especially the martial arts people, they were the
big Chinese blokes...like 28 stone.

We don't know where we was living, we didn’t know nuffink where was
living..

From there Adolf Hitler came in. who was an Austrian person, I ain't
gonna tell you what personality yet...and his father was an aural painter.
aural. ceilings. He married 3 ladies, he had 15- 16 children. i don’t know
the precise of it. but then from there he (Adolf Hitler) was the oldest
son...Adolf Hitler wasn't his proper name.

I became a high class bodyguard for Hitler.

Hitler was a marvelous man..He was a talker on a stool in the square of
Germany. from there he became an MP, then he became a prime
minister. From being a prime minister he took his life to be…[recording
ends]

America bought me and I became a special man of the world, then I
was introduced to England. I was introduced to England to teach!..
	
  

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  • 1. Jack  Oughton  –  03.05.11  –  THE  GREAT  BOOK  OF  TOTTENHAM   "They say I'm 85, but I don't know how old I am.." Have you heard of Jay Jay Figgins? If you've ever lived in Tottenham, you may have. He’s a longtime resident and true character with stories to tell. How much is man, how much is myth? I don't know but here's what I've been told.. Brought to the UK by the Americans, Jay Jay Originally moved to West Green Road from Germany in 1948, where he paid £3.10 schillings a week for 2 large rooms. He doesn't know his date of birth. He claims to have been raised in a camp where from a young age he was trained in lethal skills. His specialties? martial arts, marksmanship, interrogation… And “5 degrees in cooking”. When asked about his martial arts background, he was eager to demonstrate. I agreed, and let him do some joint locks on me. Apparently squeezing my thumb in a certain way would make me a 'cabbage’ for life. Yikes. Asides from war stories, Jay Jay talked a bit of his memories of Tottenham. He recalls days where there were just one grocer, and one fishmongers on West Green Road. The highpoint of living here? "5 people have tried to mug me in the 20/30 years and 'come unstuck!" Hell of a tale. But I need proof.
  • 2. Jack  Oughton  –  03.05.11  –  THE  GREAT  BOOK  OF  TOTTENHAM   Transcript: Jay Jay's Best quotes Due to the recording ending early and limited time to transcribe, I have collected some of the best of Jay Jay’s responses. No I didn't move from Germany to Tottenham…I was pushed around.. I used to get up at 5 o clock in the morning, cold shower, soup, dried bread, an hours PT in shorts, out in the yard, all weathers. And If I didn't do as I was told, I got no food. wasn't bad was it? and it carried on with the no food, after 3 or 4 times, if I didn’t bear it all, they put me in a box.. Ireland and England is the same Tottenham isn't it? Between 1922 to 1929 we was born...from there we was treated like..I’m not gonna be rude to ya.. like animals. if we didn't do what we was told.. (They treated us badly)Especially the martial arts people, they were the big Chinese blokes...like 28 stone. We don't know where we was living, we didn’t know nuffink where was living.. From there Adolf Hitler came in. who was an Austrian person, I ain't gonna tell you what personality yet...and his father was an aural painter. aural. ceilings. He married 3 ladies, he had 15- 16 children. i don’t know the precise of it. but then from there he (Adolf Hitler) was the oldest son...Adolf Hitler wasn't his proper name. I became a high class bodyguard for Hitler. Hitler was a marvelous man..He was a talker on a stool in the square of Germany. from there he became an MP, then he became a prime minister. From being a prime minister he took his life to be…[recording ends] America bought me and I became a special man of the world, then I was introduced to England. I was introduced to England to teach!..