https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/04/charles-goss-photographs/1-savage-gardens-aldgate-5-june-1911/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 18 Feb 2023 22:11:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/04/charles-goss-photographs/1-savage-gardens-aldgate-5-june-1911/#comment-1501940 Sat, 18 Feb 2023 22:11:02 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/1-Savage-Gardens-Aldgate-5-June-1911.jpg#comment-1501940 The Post Office London Directory for 1899 named the businesses at 1 Savage Gardens as Antony Barthés & Co and Roberts & Son who were both listed as Cork Merchants & Importers.
By inspecting the photograph it can be deciphered that a polished brass plaque mounted on the door is inscribed ‘A Barthes & Co’.
At the left of the door:
the top plaque gives a sign for ‘A Barthes & Co, Cork Merchants’, and the plaque below gives a sign for ‘Roberts & Son, Cork Merchants’.

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