Comments on: In Search Of C A Mathew https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/04/in-search-of-c-a-mathew/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 02 Mar 2018 21:55:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Kathryn card https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/04/in-search-of-c-a-mathew/#comment-1197651 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 21:55:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=108796#comment-1197651 Charles Arthur Mathew was my 1st cousin 3x removed. in other words, his father was the brother of my great, great grandfather Edwin james mathew. Its interesting that he was a photographer as my sister is a keen photographer and art runs through our family. Thank you for giving me this insight into a special relative

]]> By: Graham Bould https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/04/in-search-of-c-a-mathew/#comment-254808 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:10:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=108796#comment-254808 This is a sad story evocatively told and illustrated by Vicky. I was born in Romford and grew up in Brightlingsea (many years ago) so it was doubly fascinating to see and read this story. Thank you.

]]> By: Susan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/04/in-search-of-c-a-mathew/#comment-254788 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:28:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=108796#comment-254788 I also found the cemetery visit to be very touching. One naively believes that, being buried in a cemetery plot, that the marker would be there forever. But no – now he is just buried in midst of a little forest. That is quite lovely unto itself, however.

]]> By: Moy Peralta https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/04/in-search-of-c-a-mathew/#comment-254784 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:07:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=108796#comment-254784 Ah, thank you, Vicky. Nice one. I particularly liked the description of your cemetery visit. A rewarding outing, the final para of which paints an especially poignant picture (for me).

]]> By: Carrie Kitkat https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/04/in-search-of-c-a-mathew/#comment-254717 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:42:02 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=108796#comment-254717 Such a sweet post. Bitter sweet. You bring these characters to life and then I saddened by such tragic life events. This is a lovely follow on from yesterday’s post, thank you Vicky (and the Gentle Author). I am glad you left some flowers x

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/04/in-search-of-c-a-mathew/#comment-254705 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:00:53 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=108796#comment-254705 Very interesting research — thanks for it!

Love & Peace and NO WAR in the Ukraine!!
ACHIM

]]> By: Hardy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/04/in-search-of-c-a-mathew/#comment-254704 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:00:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=108796#comment-254704 How extraordinary that the life of C A Mathew, with its successes and tragedies, could so easily have disappeared without trace and yet has beee revealed to us through a chance acquisition of his pictures and your historical research. Bravo!

]]> By: Good Gentlewoman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/04/in-search-of-c-a-mathew/#comment-254702 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 08:56:09 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=108796#comment-254702 A beautiful post to accompany the evocative photographs C A Mathew left us. Many thanks.

]]> By: valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/04/in-search-of-c-a-mathew/#comment-254679 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 07:44:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=108796#comment-254679 He had a sad and difficult life, and I am glad Vicky Stewart was able to find out more about him. Valerie

]]> By: Jeannette Smyth https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/04/in-search-of-c-a-mathew/#comment-254649 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 05:52:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=108796#comment-254649 thank you for rescuing him. i love the daffodils.

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