Comments on: The Thames Of Old London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/30/the-thames-of-old-london/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:02:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Duncan Mirylees https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/30/the-thames-of-old-london/#comment-1454501 Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:02:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87764#comment-1454501 For what it’s worth, I think the photo of the Customs House is far earlier than 1910. Given the kinds of ship you can see, I should say nearer 1870 – 1880.

]]> By: Terence Saunders https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/30/the-thames-of-old-london/#comment-1296652 Fri, 05 Jul 2019 08:06:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87764#comment-1296652 I’ve just recently found this amazing site.

The images are wonderful but I’m saddened at how many architecturally-stunning buildings have been pulled down and replaced by concrete and glass monstrosities, especially on the river and in The City.

]]> By: Helen J https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/30/the-thames-of-old-london/#comment-107804 Sat, 04 May 2013 23:08:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87764#comment-107804 These are great! The first image is mirrored though, I think? The view is looking downstream, not upstream.

]]> By: Janine Evelyn-Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/30/the-thames-of-old-london/#comment-107642 Sat, 04 May 2013 10:34:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87764#comment-107642 Wonderful old photos! Where do you find them? Nostalgia and a sense of loss – but important to remember the smells! And the social context. Thanks for your offerings.

]]> By: Hilary Peters https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/30/the-thames-of-old-london/#comment-107263 Fri, 03 May 2013 12:06:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87764#comment-107263 I did see the Thames when it looked like that.
It was very beautiful
When Celia Feines saw it in the 1690’s, 80 sailing ships passed in an hour, the river was full of fish and lined with gardens and the industrial Thames was as unimaginable as it is now.

]]> By: Susan Goldman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/30/the-thames-of-old-london/#comment-106412 Wed, 01 May 2013 09:05:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87764#comment-106412 Another great post, such wonderful pictures, thank you.

]]> By: Alison Sye https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/30/the-thames-of-old-london/#comment-106289 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:54:49 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87764#comment-106289 Another great post, thank you

]]> By: sprite https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/30/the-thames-of-old-london/#comment-106284 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:07:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87764#comment-106284 vieille ville –
tout ces muscles de rivière
qui prennent
qui rejettent

old town –
all those river-muscles
taking
rejecting

(sounds better in French…)

sprite

]]> By: Chris F https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/30/the-thames-of-old-london/#comment-106272 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:04:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87764#comment-106272 What an amazing variety of ships & boats. I did however pause for a minute over the photo of the boat race (1910) and thought that only a few years after that race, nearly all of those young rowers would more than likely have been young officers on their way to the trenches.

]]> By: Phil Maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/30/the-thames-of-old-london/#comment-106239 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:13:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=87764#comment-106239 An amazing collection of photographs. Thanks for showing them.

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