https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/05/08/bill-the-ostler-of-spread-eagle-yard/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 11 Jan 2017 19:04:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/05/08/bill-the-ostler-of-spread-eagle-yard/#comment-1129146 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 19:04:25 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com.s83288.gridserver.com/?p=7612#comment-1129146 Interesting blog. I possess the book “The Real East End” by Thomas Burke and Pearl Binder, which contains the first two of the above illustrations. First published 1932, it contains many more amazing illustrations by this lady. The book itself contains many more East End stories, including from Spread Eagle Yard.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/05/08/bill-the-ostler-of-spread-eagle-yard/#comment-618 Mon, 10 May 2010 20:54:19 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com.s83288.gridserver.com/?p=7612#comment-618 What a sad, sweet story. Bill would normally be only a statistic — jobs lost in transition to the modern world — if not for you and Pearl Binder. Now I can see him brushing the coats of the horses until they shown like satin one last time.

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