Comments on: Return To Long Forgotten London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/04/16/return-to-long-forgotten-london/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 17 May 2020 18:29:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Juliet Sebestyen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/04/16/return-to-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1338645 Sun, 17 May 2020 18:29:31 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=111632#comment-1338645 I agree,the bun house 18th c. But what a wonderful collection..thanks very much..

]]> By: Keith H. Shepherd https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/04/16/return-to-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1149109 Tue, 09 May 2017 20:22:23 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=111632#comment-1149109 I think the date on the picture “Chelsea Bun House in 1810” is wrong. Looking at the men’s fashions I would put the date at around the 1770 – definitely in the 18th Century.

]]> By: The Greenockian https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/04/16/return-to-long-forgotten-london/#comment-292505 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 06:17:57 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=111632#comment-292505 Fabulous!

]]> By: Graeme Webb https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/04/16/return-to-long-forgotten-london/#comment-291226 Sat, 19 Apr 2014 07:42:23 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=111632#comment-291226 I’m in the process of doing a refurbishment of 5 of the volumes I have picked up so far. Its great to publish these on line as it brings the books to a much wider audience, they also make fascinating reading.
Thanks Graeme

]]> By: alison homewood https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/04/16/return-to-long-forgotten-london/#comment-287292 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 11:53:57 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=111632#comment-287292 I honestly think these Walter Thornbury postings are among my favourite Spitalfields Life postings, there is just SO much detail in them. Beyond lovely. Can we buy the books somewhere?

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/04/16/return-to-long-forgotten-london/#comment-287085 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 08:32:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=111632#comment-287085 Grand! These engravings are more informative than any photo… Very significant & meaningful!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Mary bluer https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/04/16/return-to-long-forgotten-london/#comment-287062 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 08:10:37 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=111632#comment-287062 Thankfully High gate cemetery has not changed…apart from the odd lolly paper and swathes of longish grass.

]]> By: Greg Tingey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/04/16/return-to-long-forgotten-london/#comment-287039 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 07:41:14 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=111632#comment-287039 The accuracy of the pictures varies. Unfortunately the very first one contains a representation of something that never existed – the lower locomotive shown in the picture of the “Grid-Irons” just N of Farringdon Station – another site that is still recognisable.
Yes, one or two scenes are still identifyable today, even so ….
The Ferry-Boat crossing of the Lea, St Dunstans & one or two others.

]]> By: John Ryan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/04/16/return-to-long-forgotten-london/#comment-287033 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 07:34:45 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=111632#comment-287033 Know its a typo but rather fond of Primorose Hill. I’ll never look at it the same way again.

]]> By: Melanie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/04/16/return-to-long-forgotten-london/#comment-287009 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 07:02:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=111632#comment-287009 How amazing! Now I understand where these names came from. Seven Sisters, the name of those trees, Primrose Hill so steep I can’t believe that I used to walk up that hill with those grand buildings lined with gorgeous plane trees when I was small. What happened to Columbia market’s building? Kensington High Street so quaint. How I wish I could step back in time to see what London was really like.

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