https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/08/at-the-cutting-of-the-baddeley-cake/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 28 Sep 2016 19:55:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/08/at-the-cutting-of-the-baddeley-cake/#comment-1109255 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 19:55:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=127565#comment-1109255 In answer to Ros, Hermione & her sister Angela (Mrs Bridges in “Upstairs Downstairs”) were relatives of Robert Baddeley.(From Chris Grant archivist at The Kings theatre, Southsea, Hants)

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/08/at-the-cutting-of-the-baddeley-cake/#comment-745215 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 12:48:31 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=127565#comment-745215 Very interesting to see William Terriss as well – I wonder if he stops haunting the Covent Garden Tube station to slip into some of these celebrations? I’ve always found that particular piece of ghostlore fascinating.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/08/at-the-cutting-of-the-baddeley-cake/#comment-739935 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 12:15:36 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=127565#comment-739935 Nice post about something completely different. I wonder if Hermione Baddeley was distantly related?

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/08/at-the-cutting-of-the-baddeley-cake/#comment-739852 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:26:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=127565#comment-739852 Sarah and the G.A. full of cake and punch return to Spitalfields and a good time was had by all.
The way that you find these unknown traditions and share them with us is one of the delights of Spitalfields Life, Thanks Gary

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/08/at-the-cutting-of-the-baddeley-cake/#comment-739413 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 06:20:03 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=127565#comment-739413 Number One, how fabulous that there are still Twelfth Night traditions, especially given that everyone these days thinks Christmas is merely a big blowout, buy-everything one-day extravanganza (rather than 12 days long). Number two, if Baddeley was earning 12 pounds/week back in 1777 (admittedly probably not every week), he was a very wealthy actor. The equivalent value today is about 1,350 pounds, but the actual economic status value is over 21,000 pounds – meaning if he was living today, he could hobnob with people earning that amount weekly. Finally, I wonder what he’d think of the cake! (I think it’s terrific, but they did so some very ornate confectionaries in those days.)

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