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2 days ago · When I first published David Hoffman’s photography of Fieldgate Mansion on Spitalfields Life back in 2013, I did not know where it might lead. But over the years I published more and more of his superlative pictures of the East End until we arrive, more than a decade later, at publication day for his monograph, ENDURANCE & …
The Fogs & Smogs Of Old London | Spitalfields Life
1 day ago · In old London, the city resounded with a symphony of fog horns on the river and thousands of people coughing in the street. Looking at these glass slides of a century ago, once used for magic lantern shows by the London & Middlesex Archaeological Society at the Bishopsgate Institute, the fogs and smogs of old London take on quite another meaning.
Charles Keeping’s Cockney Ding Dong | Spitalfields Life
6 hours ago · In 1975, Keeping published ‘Cockney Ding Dong,’ in which he collected songs he remembered sung at home as a child. Illustrated with tender portraits of his extended family, the book is an unusual form of autobiography, recreating an entire cultural world through drawing and popular song. I visited the Keeping Gallery at Shortlands in Kent ...
Human Life - Spitalfields
Nov 3, 2016 · 84.13.22 Udham Singh, The Patient Assassin. 64.12.22 Vera Hullyer, Parishioner of St Dunstan’s. 94.5.22 Sally Flood, Poet. 54.1.22 People From Spitalfields’ History. 53.25.22 Carol Burns, Dogsbody. 43.21.22 Laurie Allen Of Petticoat Lane.
At 37 Spital Square - Spitalfields Life
Sep 2, 2023 · This magnificent tottering pile is the last surviving Georgian mansion of the entire square once lined with such dwellings, which traced the outline of the former Priory of St Mary Spital that was established in 1187. Indeed, pieces of Medieval stonework from the old Priory buildings are still visible, tucked into the foundations of 37 Spital Sq.
The Roundels Of Spitalfields | Spitalfields Life
Sep 4, 2024 · The roundels have acquired a history of their own. For example, the weaver’s shuttle and reels of thread marking the silk weavers in Folgate St were cast from a shuttle and reels that Dennis Severs found in his house and lent to Keith. And there was controversy from the start about the roundels, when two were mistakenly installed on the City ...
So Long, Moyra Peralta | Spitalfields Life
Jun 13, 2024 · Photographer Moyra Peralta (1936-2024) died on 8th May aged eighty-eight. Men sleeping outside Itchy Park “I felt Spitalfields was my home at one time, even though I was never resident there apart from staying at Providence Row for the occasional night.” admitted photographer Moyra Peralta when she showed me these pictures, taken while working in the shelter in Crispin St during the ...
Marie Iles, Machinist | Spitalfields Life
July 23, 2024. by the gentle author. Click to book your ticket for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF SPITALFIELDS this Saturday. . Apart from memorable excursions outside London as an evacuee, Marie Iles lived her entire life within a quarter mile of Stepney and it suited her very well. Those wartime experiences taught her the meaning and ...
The Doors Of Old London - Spitalfields Life
Oct 10, 2024 · These are the doors of old London. Some are inviting you in and some are shutting you out. Doors that lead to power and doors that lead to prison. Doors that lead to the parlour, doors that lead to the palace, and doors that lead to prayer. These are the doors that I found among hundreds of glass slides once used for magic lantern shows by the ...
Marie Lenclos’ Still Light | Spitalfields Life
September 23, 2024. by the gentle author. Artist Marie Lenclos introduces her new exhibition of paintings Still Light which opens at Townhouse this Saturday 28th September and runs until Sunday 13th October. Blue Door, Fournier St. ‘When I first came to London in the nineties as an Erasmus student, Spitafields immediately became a favourite ...