Comments on: Bishopsgate Portraits https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/21/bishopsgate-portraits/ 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, 22 Mar 2014 23:24:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Barbara https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/21/bishopsgate-portraits/#comment-261997 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 17:33:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=109938#comment-261997 Such happy smiling faces on interesting people. As kids, we used to play on bomb sites when visiting grandparents, I think in Mile End. That is where they lived anyway.

]]> By: Lyn Harris https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/21/bishopsgate-portraits/#comment-261973 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:33:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=109938#comment-261973 Would Alan Griver possibly be a relative of a Ken Griver? Ken is an old friend with whom I’ve lost touch.

]]> By: David Davies https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/21/bishopsgate-portraits/#comment-261964 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:04:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=109938#comment-261964 Mum is still alive at 84 and still very active living in Norfolk, not far from where she was evacuated in the war, Docking. She lived her early life in the Peabody Buildings in Whitecross Street and during the war was bombed out three times. I have a copy of the claim for loss and what it amounted to (£90 I think) and what her mum received in compensation – about £25! She and her two sisters vividly remember the bombing, and at times having to take shelter in Smithfield, in the The Central Cold Storage Depot.

Mum and her two sisters (both deceased) have written their stories independently of each other, about the war years and how each saw their own situation. Mum went on to raise 5 children, study for her nursing examinations and ended up as a specialist theatre nurse at the Burns Unit in Billericay, Essex.

Mum was born in 1930 in real poverty, but she and her siblings managed to conquer their tough upbringing and I’m sure we don’t make ’em like that any more.

Great stories and it’s good to read about ordinary peoples lives – I’m sure they see themselves as nothing but ordinary but really they are all heroes to my mind.

]]> By: valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/21/bishopsgate-portraits/#comment-261790 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:39:02 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=109938#comment-261790 Wonderful portraits of so many different lives. Valerie

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/21/bishopsgate-portraits/#comment-261766 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:01:14 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=109938#comment-261766 Moving stories and portraits from the wartime generation … they all have my deep respect.

(Would love to purchase the CD — how many portraits are there to find?)

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Janice L-W https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/21/bishopsgate-portraits/#comment-261754 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:27:56 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=109938#comment-261754 I worked with Reg Denny many times in the City of London Information Centre, he’s a lovely man!

]]> By: tanya https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/21/bishopsgate-portraits/#comment-261725 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 08:44:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=109938#comment-261725 what a happy and fascinating post today. Great life stories and the power of the portraits is stunning.

]]> By: Melvyn Brooks https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/21/bishopsgate-portraits/#comment-261670 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 06:41:19 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=109938#comment-261670 What terrific stories-all of those interviewed seem so happy and content. You even managed to get them in the same pose with hands-on-knees. Thanks

Melvyn Karkur, Israel

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