Comments on: Simon Costin’s Dickens Diorama https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/08/simon-costins-dickens-diorama/ 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, 18 Apr 2012 12:56:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: tim griffiths https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/08/simon-costins-dickens-diorama/#comment-44602 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:56:39 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=51081#comment-44602 p.s
on ancestry go to search,…..card catalogue…..in keywords enter clerkenwell and click the only link there, pinks history of clerkenwell, in there you will find a lot about william pettit.

your

tim griffiths

]]> By: tim griffiths https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/08/simon-costins-dickens-diorama/#comment-44601 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:41:01 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=51081#comment-44601 very interesting article,
WPG is also my 2nd great grandfather, and i havent found anything to suggest he lived at 117 guilford street, he lived at number 9 and 16 guilford street ( 1861 / 71 / 81 england census, and marriage banns ), he was married to a miriam jones, a welsh woman by birth, ( denbighshire ), william was born on the 7th july1815, and died 04/09/1884, he was a member of numerous architectual societies and even had a hand in kensal green cemetery. he also has a room named after him in the rookery hotel in london. in 1854 he finished runner up in a competition of the institute of architects winning a silver medal.

]]> By: Anne Bolitho https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/08/simon-costins-dickens-diorama/#comment-36147 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:35:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=51081#comment-36147 Well done Simon, Another triumph! We are looking forward so much to seeing it in person in May. Love the refernces to our Great Grandfather WPG.

Anne & Graham (Australia)

]]> By: AVIS COSTIN. https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/08/simon-costins-dickens-diorama/#comment-35622 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:21:03 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=51081#comment-35622 Congratulations Dear Simon to you and your team. Excellent work. Don’t ever loose your sense of wonder. Lovely to see the drawings and Photo of WPG. Mother.

]]> By: Terence Evershed https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/08/simon-costins-dickens-diorama/#comment-32702 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:08:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=51081#comment-32702 Fantastic work ,much appreciated , excellent Portrait of WPG .

Please Email me , tretrees@blueyonder.co.uk

He is also my Gt Gt Grandfather , through his son John who married
Marie Edith Sparrow (I knew her)

We must meet up .

Thank you Terence Evershed

]]> By: Janine suggett https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/08/simon-costins-dickens-diorama/#comment-32440 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:28:56 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=51081#comment-32440 Superb stuff! Wish i could come down and explore, and hopefully get lost….! How long did it take? Fantastique!

]]> By: jane osullivan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/08/simon-costins-dickens-diorama/#comment-32387 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:29:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=51081#comment-32387 I knew ……I just knew you would have to write about the wonderous cardboard creations of simon and his team…..and I am glad you did !

]]> By: Alena https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/08/simon-costins-dickens-diorama/#comment-32377 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:21:23 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=51081#comment-32377 I wish I was anywhere near London to see this! I find this type of whimsy totally affirming. You don’t have to be cheerful to be whimsical.

]]> By: jeannette https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/08/simon-costins-dickens-diorama/#comment-32369 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:02:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=51081#comment-32369 cardboard cities. guardian angels. umbra sumus.

just. wow.

]]> By: CornishCockney https://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/08/simon-costins-dickens-diorama/#comment-32363 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:23:09 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=51081#comment-32363 The Museum of London is my most favourite museum and Dickens is my most favourite figure, so to have the two combined is a dream come true!
I dearly hope the exhibition is extended as I’m not moving back to my birthplace until next June, and a June 10th closing is going to be pushing it a bit!!

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