Comments on: The Spitalfields Nobody Knows (Part Two)

By: Jim Herbert

Jim Herbert — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:33:50 +0000

I have been researching the Town Hall in Berwick-upon-Tweed. The planning of the present structure was commenced in 1750. The Guild asked George Temple (brother of our Mayor, William) to find an architect to look over some plans drawn up by the Berwick “carpenter”, Joseph Dodds. In October 1750, a record reads, “Mr Worrell the Architect of London’s Plan of a Town house and Steeple being disapproved of by the Committee, and Mr Joseph Dodds’s plan with a portico that is of Mr Joseph Patterson’s Drawing being approved of, It is agreed that Mr Joseph Dodds Shall be the Undertaker” Worrall received some renumeration for his efforts.
I am guessing this must be Samuel Worrell. However, another source has written that a John Worrell was involved.
I wondered if you know anything of John Worrell or indeed, if any of Samuel’ plans still exist!
http://www.freemenofberwick.org.uk/townhall.html

By: colin magraw

colin magraw — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:02:23 +0000

I used to live in Howard Building you also had Albert Buildings that backed on to the cottages in Deal street great memories of growing up there i lived there until they pulled them down i was born in the bedroom of 16 Howard buildings ,as they were called family dwelling you had to have a family member to vouch for you i had at one time 3 aunts 3 uncles 4 cousins my sister and my first wife all living in the buildings also one of my uncles parents and his 2 sisters.

By: Catherineap

Catherineap — Wed, 04 May 2011 00:11:20 +0000

It was Fletcher who made me fall in love with London and want to get to know it better. Even though many things he drew and wrote about are gone, I’m grateful for the record he made of them. These drawings are as expressive and lovely as Fletcher’s.

By: Jane Young

Jane Young — Tue, 03 May 2011 11:42:39 +0000

Lovely post and beautiful illustrations from Joanna Moore

By: Joan

Joan — Mon, 02 May 2011 08:10:22 +0000

Reading this this morning prompted my partner Peter to pull Ian Nairn’s 1966 ‘Nairn’s London’ off the shelf. Such a gloom laden prediction about the future of Spitalfields – bet he’d be thrilled to be proved so wrong. Nice to read something positive about Peter Shore – even growing up in a Labour supporting family in Stepney I was given the impression – probably unfounded – that he was not a good constituency MP.