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2 days ago · Contributing Photographer David Hoffman sent me these glorious pictures of a party he attended at St Hilda’s Community Centre, Club Row, in 1975. ‘St Hilda’s East was established in 1889 by former pupils of Cheltenham Ladies College as ‘a community of people bound together in the service of the poor’.
Remembering A Hoxton Childhood | Spitalfields Life
22 hours ago · Remembering A Hoxton Childhood. November 22, 2024. by the gentle author. I present these extracts to give you a flavour of AS Jasper’s memoir of growing up in the East End at the beginning of the twentieth century, A HOXTON CHILDHOOD, which was acclaimed as a classic when it was described by the Observer as ‘Zola without the trimmings.’.
At St Botolph Without Aldgate - Spitalfields Life
2 days ago · St Botolph without Aldgate was declared unsafe and demolished in 1739, making way for construction of the church we see today. This church by George Dance the Elder was built between 1741 and 1744 and aligned so the entrance and the tower faced the Minories. “Without Aldgate” references the location of the church outside the walls of the ...
David Hoffman At St Hildas - Spitalfields Life
4 days ago · Contributing Photographer David Hoffman sent me these glorious pictures of a party he attended at St Hilda’s Community Centre, Club Row, in 1975. ‘St Hilda’s East was established in 1889 by former pupils of Cheltenham Ladies College as ‘a community of people bound together in the service of the poor’. I came across it by chance in 1975.
Dennis Anthony’s Petticoat Lane | Spitalfields Life
5 days ago · One Summer Sunday in the nineteen fifties, Dennis Anthony took his camera down Petticoat Lane to capture the heroes of the epic drama of market life – all wearing their Sunday best, properly turned out, and even a little swanky. There is plenty of flash tailoring and some gorgeous florals to be admired in his elegant photographs, composed ...
Vivian Betts At The Primrose | Spitalfields Life
Feb 11, 2024 · Demolished finally in 1987, The Primrose had existed in Bishopsgate at least since 1839. “My brother Michael was born in 1942, while Bill my father was away in the war, and Violet my mother got a job as a barmaid, and when he came back she said, ‘This is how I want to spend my life.’. Their first pub was The Alfred’s Head in Gold St ...
The Interregnum In Spitalfields
Feb 2, 2024 · Today Philip Marriage introduces this series of photographs published for the first time here. “These photographs were taken almost thirty years ago, 1994-5, during what I think of as ‘The Interregnum’ – the period after the old Spitalfields Market had moved to Leyton but before the wholesale redevelopment of Brushfield St and its inexorable gentrification.
At Mile End Place | Spitalfields Life
At Mile End Place. April 7, 2024. by the gentle author. CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR TICKET. . Mrs Johnson walks past 19 Mile End Place. Whenever I walk down the Mile End Rd, I always take a moment to step in through the archway and visit Mile End Place. This tiny enclave of early nineteenth century cottages sandwiched between the Velho and the ...
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.
Visit The Secret Gardens Of Spitalfields
June 2, 2024. Gardens in Spitalfields are open for visitors this year on Saturday 8th June from 10am – 4pm. Find details at the website of the National Gardens Scheme. I have just four tickets remaining for The Gentle Author’s Tour of Spitalfields at 2pm that day, so if you are clever you can fit both in on the same day.