Comments on: In a Lonely Place

By: Graham Clarke

Graham Clarke — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 01:13:57 +0000

John Edwards’ comments (see above) from eight years ago: what a fabulous poem! Thank you from the bottom of my soul.

By: keith kelly

keith kelly — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 01:57:41 +0000

are the gravestones still standing i wonder

By: colin magraw

colin magraw — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:45:58 +0000

i remember many a night going from bethnal green to my home in Deal Street across the pedley street rail way bridge or the train steps as we called them .

I pass them every day still when my train going into and leaving Liverpool street station to and from work always think of my happy childhood in the east end .

dont know if anyone has photos of my old buildings they were very old they were called Howard and Albert family dwellings.

Brings back lots of memories

By: marie james

marie james — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:28:58 +0000

These photographs have an honesty and integrity which is truly beautiful. Thank you for sharing them with us, John.

By: David Drakes

David Drakes — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:21:07 +0000

John’s right . . . there really is no lonely place on earth unless you wish it so . . . his graphic images may show the East End ravages of World War II but they capture, as ever with John, the craggy majesty of the desolation . . . let’s hope the Olympic architects carve out a fitting lasting legacy worthy of the people whose good humour (just go to a West Ham football match to see what I mean!) enabled community survival against all the odds all those years ago (somehow I doubt it but maybe in a few years’ time John’s camera lens will let us know!).

By: John in Paris.

John in Paris. — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:48:26 +0000

What the heart feels,the eyes see.Claridge is life.

By: jeannette

jeannette — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:32:13 +0000

there isn’t any place any of us would rather have been in the early 60s than london. these photographs make me feel as if i had been there.
she loves you, yeah yeah yeah yeah.

By: Marien de Goffau

Marien de Goffau — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:14:23 +0000

Beautiful and impressive, powerful and simple, black and white, the main line and detail, symbolic and surprisingly, strong and impactful, original and mature, historical and young, brave and bold, balanced and subtle, special and unique, a story and hushed, from that time and tight, God’s will and talented, contemporary and forever, emotionally and innovative, John Claridge and John Claridge,

By: Cindy S.

Cindy S. — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:27:59 +0000

“When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone”
TW.

Thank you John, a very special and insightful collection of images.

By: Chris F

Chris F — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:47:02 +0000

Photographs like these act like a time machine for me. the early 1960’s was the era of my own childhood. My father left my mum for another woman when I was a few months old and she struggled to keep a roof over our heads (Three jobs and no maintenance handouts). We lived on streets just like these and I remember vividly going with my mum to fetch bags of coal on a pushchair from the gasworks. People were always advising my mum to put me in a home and to think about herself but she wouldn’t dream of it. I don’t remember having a sad or deprived upbringing and I’m pleased to report that my mum is still with us (82 & fighting fit) however, I think that the swinging 60’s completely passed us by! Thanks for posting these photos.