Comments on: Time Out with John Claridge https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/07/02/time-out-with-john-claridge/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 11 Sep 2025 20:09:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Pat Jolky https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/07/02/time-out-with-john-claridge/#comment-1797706 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 20:09:37 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=65847#comment-1797706 ]]> Hi John
Just to say the passport photo shop was not in E16. It has Royal as the telephone exchange that woukda been up the Wapping area about.
I used to be a telephonist. 😂

]]> By: David https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/07/02/time-out-with-john-claridge/#comment-1222515 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:59:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=65847#comment-1222515 Nice to see some proper art photography…such a far cry from all the Instagram sh*te that’s pushed in our faces.

]]> By: Cindy S. https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/07/02/time-out-with-john-claridge/#comment-55786 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 18:39:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=65847#comment-55786 As the late Freddie Mercury so beautifully reminded us:

‘You can’t turn back the clock you can’t turn back the tide
Ain’t that a shame
I’d like to go back one time on a roller coaster ride
When life was just a game’

Love them all JC.

]]> By: Ashley Bovan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/07/02/time-out-with-john-claridge/#comment-55623 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:21:21 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=65847#comment-55623 Enjoyed these !
‘Some People I Knew’ is brilliant
and as for ‘Don’t Ask’…well…:-)

]]> By: jens marott https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/07/02/time-out-with-john-claridge/#comment-55515 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:20:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=65847#comment-55515 The moment I heard John Claridge was showing some images he took of the East End I knew they would be special, and by looking at these images it just gets better and better, can someone please explain why these prints are not hanging up in a cool gallery in London at the moment? because that’s where they belong.
I am in awe of John’s prints, they fill me with joy and sadness, it’s like being on a rollercoaster, BRILLIANT, it’s not every day that happens.
Keep em coming John, I look forward to the next round.

]]> By: Marien de Goffau https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/07/02/time-out-with-john-claridge/#comment-55490 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:27:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=65847#comment-55490 Beautiful moments. Beautiful prints. Beautiful Time Out.

]]> By: David Drakes https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/07/02/time-out-with-john-claridge/#comment-55423 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:08:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=65847#comment-55423 JC’s vivid depiction of “Time Out” in Spitalfields all those years ago contrasts strongly
with the current sedentary i-dominated pursuits of the current era . . . a telling reminder by
way of his by now familiar creative capture of all those fascinating personalities that they had to seek their own (mostly!) leisure activities before the advent of SmartPhones, i-pads,
i-pods, games consoles and whatever else persuaded the current generation(s) to stay home and guzzle obese enhancing burgers and coke!

]]> By: Olga Secerov https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/07/02/time-out-with-john-claridge/#comment-55342 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:41:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=65847#comment-55342 I love The Ring and Cornerman. I can almost feel the tension. They are so unique and yes they are a big part of London’s social history.

]]> By: john edwards https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/07/02/time-out-with-john-claridge/#comment-55328 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:47:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=65847#comment-55328 Hit me with your best shot- or rhythm stick – ‘Talent’ night at the Deuragon / Iron Bridge …
Stan the ex-lightweight that kept the once lovely ‘Green Man’ corner of Cambridge Heath/
Bethnal Grn Rd. Pete Samuels & me were cornered in there by the Newman Brothers who took a shine to us & made Stan deliver us [ bit hazy here ] about 6 pints apiece – before they let us stagger into the night. That beautiful possibly georgian bar is now a squalid 24 hour hooch shop with a vile ‘ Park View’
flop hotel bolted on.
Walthamstow dog track under Percy Chandler was the only straight run track in England, and remained under V ic & Annie when Perce went to the Great White City in the Sky ….
Great of your Pa up on the boards – Wish you had one of yr Mama giving out too – Cracker of the Cable St pals …… whew! And the Angel on the Bridge too Far – looks as if she fell it wouldn’t leave a mark on her Pac-A-Mac or crack the Max Factor slap. I note the mast in the mist at the end of the tunnel. Let there be light – & bitter. Terrific.

]]> By: Jan Davis https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/07/02/time-out-with-john-claridge/#comment-55298 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:55:58 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=65847#comment-55298 Its getting difficult John to come up with more superlatives regarding this amazing portfolio of images!! They are wonderful and my favourites have to be “Cornerman” and “Sunday morning” which could have come straight out of West Side story – but I love them all.

Personal favourite are the dancers as my mum and dad went to classes (Arthur Murry I believe) only because dad needed to relearn how to dance after having been somewhat side tracked by the war and every now and then they would dress up (all tuille and water silk) and take off for the night very happy I have to say – happy memories thankyou John

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