Comments on: An Astonishing Photographic Discovery

By: D holmes

D holmes — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 16:25:40 +0000

The photos of the young children made me shed a tear their clothes were no more than rags , when I think what today’s children have I feel so humble.

By: Tina Ravenscroft

Tina Ravenscroft — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 11:08:22 +0000

I have recently discovered a picture of my great uncle Thomas Neale who is one of the children in these photos. But he lived in the village if Adpenden in Hertfordshire and wasn’t in Spitalfields at this time. So I don’t know why he’s featured. Does anyone know why children who didn’t live there are included?

By: Lisa Whitmarsh

Lisa Whitmarsh — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 07:48:37 +0000

Love these photos, I have just discovered that my Great Grandmother on my dads side was born and lived in Union Place between 1881 and the 1891 census, by the 1901 census she and her family had moved to Rotherhithe in Bermondsey, her name was Ellen White and her father Was Joseph William White, she was married in 1905/6 having moved to a rural town of Bruton in Somerset

By: Ruth

Ruth — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 14:23:02 +0000

Fabulous pictures. Have just ordered the book and can’t wait to go through it.

By: susan carroll

susan carroll — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 17:58:30 +0000

My nan was born Gun Street Artillery Lane in the 1890s. Love these photos

By: Sally Turner

Sally Turner — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 09:47:32 +0000

My Nan was born in Mile End in 1997 to Mary elizabeth Roberts. My Nan was May Elizabeth Roberts, and I’ve been trying to do a family tree. To find these pictures has opened my eyes to where she came from.

By: Gary Millar

Gary Millar — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 14:57:01 +0000

Can you tell me if its possible to get these pictures as images or large format files i can get printed

Thank you

By: Leanne Teves

Leanne Teves — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 07:20:28 +0000

Oh London… how I miss you. How I long for you.

By: Ron Bunting

Ron Bunting — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 11:16:56 +0000

I love looking at pics of the East End of this era. my Great Grand parents had connections everywhere there. My Great grandmother was Lillian Maud Defee and the Defees were of Huguenot decent. My GG grandfather, Joseph Benson Bunting,son of the Rev. Jabez Bunting ,married Charlotte Cazeley ,Another Huguenot Family from the west end and through them i am related to lots of different old time east end Families, Bonds, Hazels, Paines and so so on, all Huguenot names. The Buntings, being methodist were interest in Social reform with many of my relatives,especially the women being known as “social activists” at time when such things were considered a bit unseemly. It is interesting to note that Huguenot were refugees ( there presence coined the name) and bought with them many skills such as silk weavers, makers of fine shoes and watch and clock making.All of which helped Britains economy ,then in a cruel twist,after over 100 years of prosperity imports of silk from China saw the east ends decline begin .

By: Thomas Compton

Thomas Compton — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 15:04:39 +0000

I think I am related to Celia Compton, my great great granddad James Compton had a son Charles and in the old days they would keep the names going and keep it in the family. celia Compton had a dad named Charles who was a wood chopper. On doing the famly tree most of the Compton’s are wood choppers including the women. Just have to do a little more work on this to be 100%