Comments on: Lost In Long Forgotten London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/05/19/lost-in-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 Sat, 02 May 2020 09:15:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Phil Stodart https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/05/19/lost-in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1337355 Sat, 02 May 2020 09:15:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=113533#comment-1337355 Hello, I have long been searching for an old drawing of 401 Strand, circa 1780’s to 1839. If any one knows of one please contact my email address. Thanks Phil Stodart.

]]> By: Nick Whitsun-Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/05/19/lost-in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1063636 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 11:00:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=113533#comment-1063636 Wonderful post and illustrations and so evocative of past times. A tragedy to have lost so many fine buildings, replaced with so much ugliness.

]]> By: Melamie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/05/19/lost-in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-343973 Tue, 20 May 2014 07:29:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=113533#comment-343973 Utterly fabulous! I wish there was a time machine where I could go back in time and see those wondorous buildings, but you can see these Tudor buildings littered around the Country. There are just a few of Tudor buildings in Coventry before it was bombed in 1944 and Stratford on Avon, Shropshire and perhaps elsewhere.

]]> By: Gary Arber https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/05/19/lost-in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-343566 Mon, 19 May 2014 20:59:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=113533#comment-343566 It was a pity that you could not see the famous knocker on the picture of Newgate Prison.
When a I was a child, if you came in covered in dirt you would be said to be “Black as Newgate’s knocker”
Gary

]]> By: Chronica Domus https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/05/19/lost-in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-343563 Mon, 19 May 2014 20:54:22 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=113533#comment-343563 Thank you for sharing these with your readers. I found them fascinating and could look at them for hours. Such fine detail of some fine landmarks.

]]> By: Pauline Taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/05/19/lost-in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-343438 Mon, 19 May 2014 17:31:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=113533#comment-343438 I have my own set of these books (well I am a bookseller) and can spend hours lost in the illustrations and the text, wonderful stuff. Some of my long ago Tiro, Tyroe family had property in Thieving Lane, I wonder how it got its name.

Nice to see Mr Lawrence mentioned, our wood engraving tools and blocks came from him.

]]> By: Patricia Ledwith https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/05/19/lost-in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-343395 Mon, 19 May 2014 16:02:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=113533#comment-343395 Wonderful images. Thank you.

]]> By: Richard Sintchak https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/05/19/lost-in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-343382 Mon, 19 May 2014 15:42:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=113533#comment-343382 My god what a treasure! My favorite is “Milford Lane, off the Strand, 1820”, being an avid serious amateur B&W photographer I can see a wonderful range and subtleness of tonality in this engraving almost like a fine B&W photograph.

]]> By: Phyllis Oberman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/05/19/lost-in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-343351 Mon, 19 May 2014 14:52:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=113533#comment-343351 As a born and bred Londoner I found these fascinating and nostalgic. So enjoyable. I am glad I subscribed to Spitalfields Life.

]]> By: Philip Marriage https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/05/19/lost-in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-343153 Mon, 19 May 2014 09:53:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=113533#comment-343153 Lovely detailed engravings of times past. Your mention of Bleeding Heart Yard brings back to me memories from over fifty years ago, of visiting old Mr Lawrence who ran a business selling handmade Japanese and other exotic papers, boxwood blocks and wood-engraving tools. I remember climbing the rickety wooden stairs up to a locked door and, upon knocking, a small shutter slid open and Mr Lawrence demanded to know what you wanted. If your explanation wasn’t worthy enough the shutter slid back and that was the end of the conversation. Thankfully I was able to gain entry and managed to find a fine selection of Swedish papers suitable for the end papers of a prestige book on which I was working.

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