Comments on: Geoffrey Fletcher’s Pavement Pounders

By: gabrielle

gabrielle — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 09:21:13 +0000

Nice to have the text to accompany the pictures…really brings the people to life. I was born in Islington and there are more people sleeping rough and begging now than in the 1950s. Gap between rich and poor wider than ever and the chap who rented a room in Islington for less than £1 a week, well, he’d pay £400 average now! Wouldn’t be so bad if wages had kept up. Nothing seems to change.

By: StephenH

StephenH — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:42:42 +0000

I can see why Geoffrey Fletcher’s work would be an inspiration to you, GA. He certainly had an ear for capturing the essence of people’s stories – each of those captions is a beautiful little novel in itself. And thanks to you, GA, for your well-written blog so full of genuine humanity.

By: Virginia

Virginia — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:38:02 +0000

I always enjoy your wonderful posts that remind me of my years in London in the early 70’s. I’m usually pressedf or time and so skim over the text and view the photos, but this one had me spellbound. It certainly carried with it the flavor of London’s street vendors. oh-bla-dee, oh-bla-da!

By: Joanna Moore

Joanna Moore — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:45:51 +0000

Thank you, G.A…. These are lovely and so refreshing to see after all his architectural drawings. Humane, considered, respectful portrait studies. Very inspiring.

By: Sarah Lily

Sarah Lily — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:47:04 +0000

Beautiful!!

By: Margaret

Margaret — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:26:53 +0000

I used to love ‘The London nobody knows’. I would go off to discover some of the places Geoffrey Fletcher talked about when I lived there. But I remember some of these characters too: the sandwich board men, the women selling heather, the pavement artists.