Comments on: In Search Of Val Perrin’s Brick Lane https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/02/in-search-of-val-perrins-brick-lane/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:01:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Andrea Kirkby https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/02/in-search-of-val-perrins-brick-lane/#comment-809101 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:01:46 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126648#comment-809101 Wonderful detective work. But it’s sad to see how few people there are in the modern shots – and none of those robust characters that define some of the earlier photos, just fleeting cyclists and solitary walkers with their heads down and shoulders to the wind. Have we lost the wonderful East End way of living in public – the buskers, the markets, chatting in the street? I do hope not; the characters are as much the East End as any of the built heritage.

]]> By: Val Perrin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/02/in-search-of-val-perrins-brick-lane/#comment-738415 Wed, 07 Jan 2015 17:49:55 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126648#comment-738415 Well done – excellent detective work linking my photos of the street scenes in 1972 with the views today. Interesting to compare what has changed and what remains. I must go back and see the area again myself !

]]> By: Bob D https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/02/in-search-of-val-perrins-brick-lane/#comment-728351 Sat, 03 Jan 2015 08:41:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126648#comment-728351 Curious the way that lampposts come and go. I’d have expected that these – or at least their sites – would be pretty much a constant in the streetscape.

]]> By: Ros https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/02/in-search-of-val-perrins-brick-lane/#comment-727242 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 21:41:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126648#comment-727242 Good detective work and interesting comparisons, not always the ones you’d expect. Perhaps you should photograph the same spots every five years.

]]> By: Martin G https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/02/in-search-of-val-perrins-brick-lane/#comment-727158 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:35:39 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126648#comment-727158 Difficult to fathom that in 1972 the Overground didn’t exist and the former East London Line served Shoreditch during the rush hour only. And, Covent Garden station was closed on Sundays!

]]> By: Richard Sintchak https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/02/in-search-of-val-perrins-brick-lane/#comment-727024 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 18:41:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126648#comment-727024 I love stuff like this. This was particularly well done. Thanks for making the effort and posting.

]]> By: Phil Maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/02/in-search-of-val-perrins-brick-lane/#comment-726724 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:35:58 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126648#comment-726724 Great combination of photographs.

]]> By: Malc https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/02/in-search-of-val-perrins-brick-lane/#comment-726688 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 11:54:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126648#comment-726688 Fascinating stuff, less people around but times move on. Not sure all the places are any better now, though.

]]> By: Sal Shuel https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/02/in-search-of-val-perrins-brick-lane/#comment-726615 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 09:55:46 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126648#comment-726615 Brilliant! You did a terrific job. Usually those comparisons don’t work at all but these are marvellous.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/02/in-search-of-val-perrins-brick-lane/#comment-726564 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 08:29:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126648#comment-726564 Some things will never change — and graffiti make things not necessarily better in some cases…

Love & Peace
ACHIM

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