Comments on: Alex Pink’s Spitalfields, Then & Now

By: Sambalsotong

Sambalsotong — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 09:44:55 +0000

Lovely comparisons – I wonder if a sense of place will remain in 30 years time when we look back at another part of this area, Norton Folgate, and evaluate its change over time. My worry is that it will be unrecognisable and that British Land will have destroyed a unique and distinctive part of our city – an area, supposedly in a ‘conservation area’ that is subject to 70% demolition. It is still possible to object to this so called redevelopment – sign the petition at: http://bit.ly/1wcZYID

By: Kay

Kay — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 09:59:31 +0000

Seriously awesome. Lots of observations to be made:

– Gentrification has the good and bad sides. Both very evident here.
– Some lovely buildings got razed only to be replaced by eye sores (Chicksand St is a good example)
– You cant see the Tower 42 in the 60s 🙂
– Halal shop in 1981 – Hilarious
– Yakee Doodle burger place on Petticoat Lane Market – sounds lovely
– People now wear animal onsies on the streets of Brick Lane casually.
– Beards – the timeless manly tool
– Yeah things are cleaner now – but that’s the case for all of London, especially the areas that saw super gentrification. EC1 to E1 is probably one of the most changed areas demographically since the 60s!

By: Alan Bevan

Alan Bevan — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 18:37:05 +0000

My late father told me about the Jewish Community who lived in this area before the Second World War, and who subsequently moved out of the East End to North London and beyond.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:43:38 +0000

Great pictures. I love the comparisons and I also noticed how much cleaner the area looks now.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:32:46 +0000

Some wonderful images

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:50:59 +0000

Great photos. Can the bollard on the right hand side of Fashion Street 2013 be the same one as pictured in 1965 ? Positioned at the same spot and leaning at the same angle…..if only it could speak…..what changes. As others have said, many changes have been for the better and it is comforting to know that so much has survived.

By: Peter Holford

Peter Holford — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:36:14 +0000

I love the before and after shots. Sometimes it’s depressing to see how much has been lost to mediocre new buildings but there are many positive examples of conservation here. More please.

By: Phil Maxwell

Phil Maxwell — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:41:52 +0000

Great combination of old and new.

By: Ros

Ros — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:22:25 +0000

These are great. I love to run my eye over all their detail. Thank you.

By: Darryl

Darryl — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:52:31 +0000

Great pictures – it’s amazing how much more colourful everything is now…