https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/02/09/dickens-in-spitalfields-3-in-the-streets/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 02 Jul 2013 05:39:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/02/09/dickens-in-spitalfields-3-in-the-streets/#comment-123854 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 05:39:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com.s83288.gridserver.com/?p=3915#comment-123854 I may visit here today in Pelham St ( nowWoodseer St.) still exists.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/02/09/dickens-in-spitalfields-3-in-the-streets/#comment-122038 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:52:38 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com.s83288.gridserver.com/?p=3915#comment-122038 So happy to have found this! What a description of the life and times of my Huguenot ancestors living in Pelham Street.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/02/09/dickens-in-spitalfields-3-in-the-streets/#comment-74643 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:29:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com.s83288.gridserver.com/?p=3915#comment-74643 Nearly three years after this was posted I have come across it. What a find! Thank you. My ancestors were silk weavers on the street (Pelham Street) shown at the top. Although they moved out to Shoreditch well before Dickens visited it is a fascinating insight into the life of the weavers. I would love to read ‘the next installment’ mentioned at the end.

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