https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/01/sights-of-wonderful-london/cheapside/ 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, 02 Jan 2019 19:08:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/01/sights-of-wonderful-london/cheapside/#comment-1248883 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 19:08:09 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Cheapside.jpg#comment-1248883 The photograph shows numbers 125, 124 and 123 Cheapside in front of the plane tree. Number 123 at the junction with Wood Street was demolished around 1902 when Wood Street was widened and the shop next door is now numbered 123-4 Cheapside. Between 1828 and 1834 number 123 was the business premises of G.S. Tregear a seller and publisher of prints, before he moved to new premises at 96 Cheapside. Prints were displayed in the windows of print sellers and offered free entertainment to passers by, thereby attracting crowds. In 1832 Mr. Tregear was hauled up before the magistrates and charged with causing a nuisance since the crowds outside this little shop were so large.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/01/sights-of-wonderful-london/cheapside/#comment-1248798 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 07:47:48 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Cheapside.jpg#comment-1248798 I think the tree is still there, I photographed it last week as I work nearby.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/01/sights-of-wonderful-london/cheapside/#comment-1081228 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 20:21:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Cheapside.jpg#comment-1081228 This is an interesting photo by the plain tree in Cheapside because the Salmon and Gluckstein families were the founders of the worldwide J Lyons & Company Ltd.

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