Comments on: At the Drapers’ Hall https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/11/22/at-the-drapers-hall/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 09 Feb 2018 16:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Lesley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/11/22/at-the-drapers-hall/#comment-1194598 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 16:46:33 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=75179#comment-1194598 I suppose we should be glad it isn’t at Euston.

]]> By: Pamela https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/11/22/at-the-drapers-hall/#comment-74594 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:44:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=75179#comment-74594 “The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Guild or Fraternity of the Blessed Mary the Virgin of the Mystery of the Drapers of the City of London.”

You’d be hard pressed putting that on a t shirt. Love that women are included in the Guild.

]]> By: andrea https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/11/22/at-the-drapers-hall/#comment-74412 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:57:10 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=75179#comment-74412 I find myself asking: what is the source of all this wealth?

]]> By: Hardy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/11/22/at-the-drapers-hall/#comment-74387 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:35:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=75179#comment-74387 A must-go place of pilgrimage for devotees of Thomas Cromwell via Hilary Mantell’s WolfHall and Bring up the Bodies. I’d wrongly located Thomas’s home on the other side of Austin Friars. So thank you for the information and pictures of his garden.

]]> By: mc https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/11/22/at-the-drapers-hall/#comment-74383 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:48:49 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=75179#comment-74383 I visited this magnificent building during Open House and thoroughly recommend anyone to visit if they can. One of the guides was a young man who had recently been successful in his application to join the Drapers and explained the process. There are three ways to join-if you can prove your forebears were members, you are automatically entitled. If you have appropriate trade links, you may also get a place, or you can apply if you have an interest in its charitable work and be offered an interview. The Guild has a long history of supporting retired and disabled workers from the trade, but these days most of its activity is directed to charitable work, especially providing access to music for those who may not otherwise have much opportunity to enjoy it. From memory, they spend about £3m a year on instruments, school suppport with musical instruments, scholarships for musically gifted etc. Members have the benefit of an annual dinner in the hall and networking

]]> By: Vicky https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/11/22/at-the-drapers-hall/#comment-74374 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:25:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=75179#comment-74374 Jeez! Just think, in 832 years the East End Trades Guild could have premises like these.

]]> By: Andy Willoughby https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/11/22/at-the-drapers-hall/#comment-74364 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 07:41:08 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=75179#comment-74364 An amazing place, like a palace. Magnificant. And a very well written piece. The colour photos show how grand it really is, which you don’t get from the old old black & white photos. Such a contrast! It makes me wonder how a Guild of Drapers would want to lavish such expence on a meeting place! – as you say, as grand as any palace in Europe! They must have had a few bob! Many thanks for sharing with us.

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