https://spitalfieldslife.com/2009/09/25/the-bollards-of-spitalfields/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:29:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2009/09/25/the-bollards-of-spitalfields/#comment-24896 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:29:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com.s83288.gridserver.com/?p=607#comment-24896 There’s something very poignant about them and their stories.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2009/09/25/the-bollards-of-spitalfields/#comment-16571 Wed, 18 May 2011 18:52:54 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com.s83288.gridserver.com/?p=607#comment-16571 This Sunday I’ll be at the Quay in Exeter, I’m going to look for it.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2009/09/25/the-bollards-of-spitalfields/#comment-682 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:13:18 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com.s83288.gridserver.com/?p=607#comment-682 Now you mention it Dermot, it reminds me that in my childhood there used to be a very fine one at the quayside in Exeter made from a cannon captured in the Napoleonic wars.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2009/09/25/the-bollards-of-spitalfields/#comment-681 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:04:09 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com.s83288.gridserver.com/?p=607#comment-681 interesting fact, if you like that sort of thing – bollards were originally made from decommissioned ships guns, there are still quite a few original ones around ‘nautical london’, and the shape has remained pretty much unchanged to this day.

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