Comments on: Adam Dant’s Map of the Journey to the Heart of the East End https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/04/15/adam-dants-map-of-the-journey-to-the-heart-of-the-east-end/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:39:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Chris https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/04/15/adam-dants-map-of-the-journey-to-the-heart-of-the-east-end/#comment-46081 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:39:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=60117#comment-46081 The heart of today’s East End is a twenty first century dustbin?

I would argue that the original heart of the real East End was the area around the Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel Road. As well as being the Kray twins’ manor, it was where William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, first preached in the open air. In 1853, Whitechapel, Bethnal Green and Stepney were in Middlesex, Stratford was further east, in Essex. The unofficial border of the East End during the 20th century was the River Lea and the Westfield Shopping Centre falls on the wrong side of the Lea.

]]> By: Ade Clarke https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/04/15/adam-dants-map-of-the-journey-to-the-heart-of-the-east-end/#comment-44478 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:58:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=60117#comment-44478 Alan is quite right – everything east of the River Lea is suburbia. The East End is Spitalfields, Whitechapel, Bethnal Green, Wapping and Stepney. Stratford isn’t even IN the East End, let alone at it’s centre.

]]> By: Simon https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/04/15/adam-dants-map-of-the-journey-to-the-heart-of-the-east-end/#comment-44358 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:21:22 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=60117#comment-44358 Super post – really engaging. Puts me in mind of Constantine Cavafy’s superb poem “Ithaca”.

]]> By: joan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/04/15/adam-dants-map-of-the-journey-to-the-heart-of-the-east-end/#comment-44263 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:11:25 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=60117#comment-44263 This made me laugh out loud – it’s wonderful. I live in Stratford – about ten minutes walk from that bin. Having been born in Wapping and grown up in Stepney I often joke to friends that, to me, Stratford is semi-rural. I see that I am going to have to rethink!

Joan

]]> By: Miss Gherkin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/04/15/adam-dants-map-of-the-journey-to-the-heart-of-the-east-end/#comment-44216 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:04:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=60117#comment-44216 I’m sure that Mary Portas’ PR company, which represents Westfield Stratford, will waste no time utilising this piece of information. Wouldn’t be surprised if the bin gets a plaque.

Never before has the saying ‘travelling is more important than arriving’ held more truth.

]]> By: M https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/04/15/adam-dants-map-of-the-journey-to-the-heart-of-the-east-end/#comment-44203 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:58:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=60117#comment-44203 Absolutly Wonderful…Adam is by far one of our best Artists!!!

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