Comments on: A View of Christ Church Spitalfields

By: chris dyson

chris dyson — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 11:27:59 +0000

Christchurch spitalfields a building designed to be seen in the round most notably absent are pictures from the churchyard itself …………..

By: Mary Moulder

Mary Moulder — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:53:30 +0000

I love to see the beautiful buildings, especially Christ Church, and know that my Rondeau and other family once saw these places and wondered at these places as much as I do. It keeps family history a living story.

By: Libby Hall

Libby Hall — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:08:02 +0000

Wonderful! What a lovely thing to have thought of doing.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:21:39 +0000

I have a wonderful view of this church. I can sit in bed reading and gaze upon this spire. My view has changed slightly as the area is changing and an ugly building extension has obliterated the lower part of the spire. It is lovely on a sunday morning to see the church and hear the bells.

By: Grant Fleming

Grant Fleming — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:45:21 +0000

Im East London born and bred, and for me this is easily one of the most beautiful buildings I’ve ever seen, anywhere in the world. Somewhere very close to my heart.

From Flower and Dean I see that spire every day, it never fails to lift the spirits.

A great idea wonderfully realised, thank-you.

By: TokyoDon

TokyoDon — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:15:36 +0000

This made me realise – all over again – what a special area Spitalfields is, and how much my own life has been intertwined with it. Everyone of those shots, I recognised. Reminded me that I miss home. Thankyou, GA.

By: jeannette

jeannette — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:24:58 +0000

this is wonderful, very like the blind man describing the elephant they’re feeling. (an elephant is like a fan, says the man feeling its ear. an elephant is like a tree, says the one feeling its leg. etc.)

and the steeple visible through thick and thin to all who work within the sound of its bells reminds me of this:
http://www.jesuswalk.com/greatprayers/images/millet_angelus723x600.jpg

thank you.

By: Emily

Emily — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 05:57:02 +0000

Thank you, GA… This reminds me of Hiroshige’s series of Mt. Fuji views – wonderful!

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:16:10 +0000

How fitting that this ubiquitous spirit of your neighborhood will be the launch pad of “Spitalfields Life” — the book — in a few weeks. For just as Christ Church hovers at the edge of your consciousness only to burst forth unexpectedly around this corner or that, so too does your blog bring a shadow city to my everyday life. I’ll turn the computer equivalent of a corner and there it is, vivid, poignant or exuberant by turns, and sometimes much more engaging than the workaday world around me.

I hope you have a wonderful book launch in that wonderful church. I’ll be waiting here in California for a photo recap of all the festivities.

By: Lesley Law

Lesley Law — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:41:31 +0000

It gives me the goosebumps when I think how many of my ancestors have been baptised, married and despatched from Christchurch Spitalfields.

Thank you for the great photos.