Comments on: At the Smithfield Christmas Eve Auction https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/25/at-the-smithfield-christmas-eve-auction/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 22 Dec 2015 21:52:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Eileen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/25/at-the-smithfield-christmas-eve-auction/#comment-79491 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:32:54 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77180#comment-79491 My Granddad, who would have been 100 this year if he was still alive, as a child would take a jug of beer to his father who was a refrigeration engineer at Smithfield Market. The jug would then be stuffed with meat, usually bacon but whatever they could stuff in the jug, and my Granddfather would take this home to his mother. Sadly his father eventually got the sack, not for stealing but for being drunk on the job! Odd since the fetching of a jug of beer from the pub did not appear to be frowned upon, just taking too much drink and not being able to do his job I suppose. To help support the family my Great Grandmother worked at Covent Garden (the original market not the new one) peeling onions and shelling peas through the night. My Grandfather also had a job as a child delivering horse drawn coffee stalls to the night markets. Thank you for your Blog which reminds me of the family stories handed down by my lovely Grandparents.

]]> By: Gerry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/25/at-the-smithfield-christmas-eve-auction/#comment-79467 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:14:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77180#comment-79467 That picture at the top is me… Lovely experience… Back again next year!!!!

]]> By: William https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/25/at-the-smithfield-christmas-eve-auction/#comment-79455 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 09:36:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77180#comment-79455 What a strange post for Christmas Day! It looks like the scene of a murder! Which, since these were all once living animals, I guess it is …

]]> By: andrea https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/25/at-the-smithfield-christmas-eve-auction/#comment-79385 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 18:43:37 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77180#comment-79385 Weird, wonderful, and grotesque.

Best wishes to the Gentle Author!

]]> By: mlleparadis https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/25/at-the-smithfield-christmas-eve-auction/#comment-79382 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 18:20:21 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77180#comment-79382 That put a smile on my face! Thx Gentle Author! Happy Christmas!

]]> By: StephenH https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/25/at-the-smithfield-christmas-eve-auction/#comment-79379 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 17:35:04 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77180#comment-79379 I love the atmosphere of joyous, controlled mayhem that you convey so well.
Thanks for this post and the gift which you bestow on us each day. Happy Christmas GA. Wes du hal

]]> By: Ellen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/25/at-the-smithfield-christmas-eve-auction/#comment-79376 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 17:23:37 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77180#comment-79376 Love love love your daily posts. Thank you. Look forward to your wonderful pics of life in the new year….

]]> By: Steve Plumb https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/25/at-the-smithfield-christmas-eve-auction/#comment-79329 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 09:56:09 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77180#comment-79329 Great post. Make the most of Smithfield before it finally dies on its feet. Getting smaller and smaller.

]]> By: Annie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/25/at-the-smithfield-christmas-eve-auction/#comment-79326 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 09:37:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77180#comment-79326 I’d love to go one year! It sounds like a Dickensian frenzy – he must have gone at least one year, surely?

Have a very Merry Christmas, Gentle Author, and I look forward to another blissful year of daily magic.

]]> By: Barbara https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/25/at-the-smithfield-christmas-eve-auction/#comment-79317 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 07:50:12 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77180#comment-79317 Thank you for this Dickensian post and for all the others you’ve posted throughout the year. I really enjoy them. Happy Christmas!

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