Comments on: Adam Dant’s Map of Industrious Shoreditch

By: John OConnor

John OConnor — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 15:40:43 +0000

I left school in 1957 to begin my engineering apprenticeship at T Kendall & Sons at French Place Shoreditch. I left there on the day of my 21st birthday and the end of my apprenticeship. I still have many memories of my time there, even though it was over 60 years ago.

By: Liana

Liana — Fri, 21 May 2021 16:39:26 +0000

Re Tim Crawley’s post, we are a printing machinery and history museum, located in Canada. We have just completed the restoration of an embossing press made by T.Kendell & Sons. We’d love to send a couple of photos of the press.

By: Susie

Susie — Sun, 28 May 2017 18:33:32 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing this incredible map. I can’t begin to imagine how long it must have taken you to complete it. I am working on the profile for Henry Ashpole, my 2x Great Grandfather on https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ashpole-46. He was a sawyer at one of the mills and his sons were cabinet makers and this provided a perfect aide to my research.

By: Tim Crawley

Tim Crawley — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 21:24:21 +0000

The name of the company was T E Kendell and Sons.

By: Tim Crawley

Tim Crawley — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 21:22:25 +0000

My family had a factory in French Place (?). They manufactured cutting knives for the glove and stationery industries until the early 1970’s. If anybody has any information I’d love to hear from you.

By: Gary Crease

Gary Crease — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:00:05 +0000

I wonder if anyone can tell me if Gina’s Restaurant used to be a Hairdressers back in the 1930s? Directories show that my relatives, James and Maria Sale, were at 61 Church Street (later Bethnal Green Road) at least between the years of 1901 and 1934. It also shows that they were the fourth premises from Club Row. I believe that their business is shown on the map but I ca’t quite read it.
From the 1934 PO Directory:
….here is Chance Street…
45 & 47 Coor & Cohen, who. cabnt.makers
49 Murray A who. Cabinet Mkr
51 Isenshtadt Morris, who. Cabinet Mkr
55 & 29 Bloom (Cabinet Makers) Ltd.
57 Green George, cane dealer
59 Withrington Thos. Jn. Wood Turner
61 Sale James, Hairdresser
63 Schacter Saml. Baker
65 Ferrari Vettara, dining rms
67 Gordon Jsph, Boot repr
…here is Club Row….
If anyone has any information I would be delighted to hear. I have a picture of then taken in the 1930’s if anyone is interested
Thanks
gary.crease@ntlworld.com

By: Gary Cook

Gary Cook — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:51:47 +0000

Very special post. Anyone with good info, photos of stories about the woodworking and furniture trades in east London in the late 1800’s/early 1900’s, would also be most welcome at http://www.hackneytools.com. Thank you!

By: Paul Vincent

Paul Vincent — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:12:57 +0000

Fantastic map.

Wonderful.

But no sign of Cleve Workshops I noticed. Anyone know why?

By: Damien Carr

Damien Carr — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:53:49 +0000

Beautiful map, really useful too – been doing some family research and it seems a number if ancestors were French Polishers in the Shoreditch furniture industry. Great stuff!

By: Pamela

Pamela — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 07:18:29 +0000

My Spitalfields map was well used during my last trip to London. Unfortunately, the street addy for Gardners is wrong. It says it’s at 49 Commercial, which is a lingerie shop! I thought perhaps Paul had branched out. 🙂