Comments on: Peter Stanton, Empress Coaches https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/01/18/peter-stanton-empress-coaches/ 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, 28 Feb 2023 22:26:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Bob Langley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/01/18/peter-stanton-empress-coaches/#comment-1502981 Tue, 28 Feb 2023 22:26:03 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=54045#comment-1502981 My sincere condolences on this sad news, I’am sure that Peter will be a great loss to all the family, I’am only sorry that I was not able to show my respect to a throughly decent man and grand boss.
Bob Langley
Mechanic 1982/2006

]]> By: trevor barnes https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/01/18/peter-stanton-empress-coaches/#comment-1498696 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:37:19 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=54045#comment-1498696 hi could you put on this article the sad parsing of peter stanton on the 19/12/22

]]> By: Kitty-Alice Alena French https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/01/18/peter-stanton-empress-coaches/#comment-1388094 Fri, 23 Jul 2021 09:35:18 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=54045#comment-1388094 My uncle Vincent worked as a coach driver here, so nice to see the area again and find some of its history. Great article!

]]> By: Dave Wright https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/01/18/peter-stanton-empress-coaches/#comment-1387288 Tue, 20 Jul 2021 08:22:40 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=54045#comment-1387288 We used Empress Coaches during the 1980s when I was working at Stepney Green School , I have one particular memory and some photos somewhere of a ”Beano ” weekend trip to Amsterdam , around 1985 maybe ! Happy Days.

]]> By: Susan Stanton https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/01/18/peter-stanton-empress-coaches/#comment-1332419 Thu, 12 Mar 2020 22:39:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=54045#comment-1332419 Bit late but I loved reading this article! Edward Thomas Stanton was my granddad, my dad William Thomas (Bill) was Peter’s brother. Lovely to see the old photos!

]]> By: Alastair https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/01/18/peter-stanton-empress-coaches/#comment-1262620 Mon, 18 Feb 2019 08:13:34 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=54045#comment-1262620 Glad to stumble across this and learn a bit about the street I’ve been working on for the last four years. Unfortunately work is already well underway levelling much of the coachyard.

Proposed development below:

https://www.cma-planning.co.uk/news/503-corbridge-crescent-appeal-success

]]> By: Joe Kavanagh https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/01/18/peter-stanton-empress-coaches/#comment-1242130 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:19:31 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=54045#comment-1242130 Don’t ever let anyone knock that house down!

]]> By: JOHN RIDER https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/01/18/peter-stanton-empress-coaches/#comment-1232120 Tue, 16 Oct 2018 21:04:28 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=54045#comment-1232120 My Grandfather John Wynn worked for Empress in the 1930s. His picture is on the wall at HQ.He drove an Ambassador vehicle on the 42a route from Holloway to Camberwell Green.He and Empress are featured in a very rare book which I own titled LONDONS BUSES VOL 1 1922-1934 by Ken Blacker.My Grandfather fought at Mons and was well treated by Empress and the Company is dear to my heart.I always look out for the offices when I come up to London on the Liverpool Street line always hoping it has not been pulled down.Great memories.

]]> By: Alan Shields https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/01/18/peter-stanton-empress-coaches/#comment-1131297 Fri, 20 Jan 2017 13:30:33 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=54045#comment-1131297 The Empress HQ appeared in “Silent Witness” on TV on Wed 18th Jan.
An internet search brought me here to your blog.
Many thanks for your great story about the history of Empress Coaches.
I’ll have to visit the area one day.

]]> By: celt https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/01/18/peter-stanton-empress-coaches/#comment-1118976 Thu, 01 Dec 2016 07:39:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=54045#comment-1118976 Wonderful post!
What a beautiful, hidden area, such a nice building. It would be interesting to hear more of it’s history. Who built it? Who lived there?
Any chance of an article on the last bombsite ?

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