https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/06/07/in-old-soho-with-leslie-hardcastle/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 30 Sep 2020 22:16:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/06/07/in-old-soho-with-leslie-hardcastle/#comment-1353968 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 22:16:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=90884#comment-1353968 A very late reply to Graham Bould’s question about the raising of the height of the land in Saint Anne’s in Soho. It’s true, but rather ghoulish: bodies of the dead. So many people died in the plague that the bodies filled the grounds to overflowing, and bodies were buried in mass pits, piled high – so to this day the ground level is much higher than it should be. No digging in the Churchyard grounds therefore, as the Black Plague bacteria can live a long time… Its probably one of the key reasons that St Anne’s has never been developed.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/06/07/in-old-soho-with-leslie-hardcastle/#comment-1330196 Sun, 16 Feb 2020 12:12:34 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=90884#comment-1330196 Walkers Court is no longer there unfortunatly.The bridge too has been demolished,it is now all office buildings as of 2019.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/06/07/in-old-soho-with-leslie-hardcastle/#comment-465566 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 21:05:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=90884#comment-465566 Hello
I just wondered if you may be able to put me in touch with Leslie Hardcastle from the NFT.
My Uncle was Chief Projectionist there in the 50’s and i would like to talk to Leslie about him.
Kind Regards
Howard Francis

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/06/07/in-old-soho-with-leslie-hardcastle/#comment-177133 Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:28:04 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=90884#comment-177133 lestlie hardcastle gave me an updated email address on his business card but cannot
read the hanwriting. could my email get passed on or collect the propper email
thanks

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/06/07/in-old-soho-with-leslie-hardcastle/#comment-119468 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:33:40 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=90884#comment-119468 Somewhere …Greek st or thereabouts is a building which was a naval officers club in Nelson’s time and as I remember had a rather splendid contemporary mural warships. In the stairwell.When I visited it was occupied by an ad agency.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/06/07/in-old-soho-with-leslie-hardcastle/#comment-116651 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:09:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=90884#comment-116651 As usual, this is a fascinating entry, but I’m puzzled about the statement concerning the raising by two metres in 1740 of the ground level in Soho. What would have been the reason(ing) behind that? It’s a lot of infill to find!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/06/07/in-old-soho-with-leslie-hardcastle/#comment-116595 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:13:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=90884#comment-116595 Another great read and some brilliant photos. Love the carving in the wood. Every time I walk down Berwick Street another stall has gone.

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