Comments on: Tom Ridge & the Jewish Maternity Hospital

By: Judith Samuel

Judith Samuel — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 19:51:51 +0000

It’s a sad story to hear that these beautiful buildings were demolished. My mother was a midwife at the Jewish Maternity Hospital in the 1930’s. We have similar situations in California when often historic properties are demolished.

By: Bob Holden

Bob Holden — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 05:13:57 +0000

Can you please supply Tom Ridge,s e-mail address . Some of his old pals from StPauls rectory WC2 want to get in touch . Thanks ,Bob Holden

By: Jessie Harrington

Jessie Harrington — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 10:43:45 +0000

I just saw this article. Has the house been saved or demolished?

By: Ricky Kelley

Ricky Kelley — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 03:42:33 +0000

Mr Ridge was my Geography teacher from 1972 for 4 years. Wonderful lessons. Also trips to Swanage, etc.

The photographs show him as I remember.

Thanks for attempting to save East End history!

By: jean webb

jean webb — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 20:25:36 +0000

Good on ya mr ridge u was a great teacher and lovely man xxx

By: Adrian Morris

Adrian Morris — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:14:46 +0000

We have been covering this story and we are stunned that the Jewish Maternity Hospital (Mother Levy’s) has been destroyed. We have put details of this act of destruction in the next edition of our magazine to let everyone, home and abroad, know what has happened. We salute Tom Ridge’s zeal along with all other campaigners.

By: Jerri Sones

Jerri Sones — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:27:29 +0000

“If you forget history, you are doomed to repeat it.”

By: Avis

Avis — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:42:07 +0000

The Peabody Trust provides low cost, quality housing for Londoners on low incomes, there is a desperate, desperate shortage of housing in the UK. There people living in appalling, damp, cramped and expensive housing in the East End, that would make Dickens blush, only a short distance from Underwood Road, I love old buildings. but before we try and save all of them and the JMH is an interesting building but it is not that historic we should remember by saving this building we are denying people homes.

By: Julian Duplain

Julian Duplain — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:57:40 +0000

I live at the eastern end of John Pritchard House in Buxton Street, diagonally opposite the old maternity hospital, so this development will have a direct effect on my living environment.
I definitely oppose plans to knock the building down – it is not of “negligible” interest, but in fact a very attractive and historical piece of architecture.
When I heard that Peabody were planning to put flats on this site, I was pleased because I knew this organization does plenty of good work to provide affordable housing in London. But now they have let us all down.
This project isn’t worthy of them – they are just ripping down, like any commercial developer.
They should reconsider.

By: Fiona Smith

Fiona Smith — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:24:24 +0000

Dear Spitalfields Life and Tom Ridge
I happily add my support to your campaign. Let me know if there is anything else I can do beyong signing the petition and writing to Mr Whalley. I work in Publicity and can bring this to the attention of journalists and the media. Please get in contact. Best Fiona