Comments on: Elegy For Paul’s Tea Stall https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/07/elegy-for-pauls-tea-stall/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 07 May 2015 17:56:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Sue https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/07/elegy-for-pauls-tea-stall/#comment-950146 Thu, 07 May 2015 17:56:40 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=133598#comment-950146 Thankyou for your vivid and sympathetic description of Paul and his tea stall. Please give him my very best wishes if or when you see him again. I do hope he finds a new pitch.

]]> By: Annie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/07/elegy-for-pauls-tea-stall/#comment-950142 Thu, 07 May 2015 17:29:10 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=133598#comment-950142 Heart warming tale. Next time I am down haunting the streets and pottering around I will hope to see Paul in his new abode. I shall be straight in for a large coffee and a cheese sandwich.

]]> By: Phil Maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/07/elegy-for-pauls-tea-stall/#comment-950075 Thu, 07 May 2015 14:12:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=133598#comment-950075 Brilliant story. This was one of my favourite places in the East End. So sad it has fallen victim of the developers.

]]> By: Neville Turner https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/07/elegy-for-pauls-tea-stall/#comment-950023 Thu, 07 May 2015 11:03:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=133598#comment-950023 Paul is a social connection with the locals and regular customers his approach to day to day living is simple, straight and great,good luck Paul for the future.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/07/elegy-for-pauls-tea-stall/#comment-950019 Thu, 07 May 2015 10:52:37 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=133598#comment-950019 A fascinating story! — We all have this here in Kassel too. The location is called “Hans Wurst” and is existing for decades now. You get there the best so-called “Berliner Curry-Wurst” (a special sausage with curry sauce). I had one just yesterday — delicious !

Invented was the “Berliner Curry-Wurst” in Berlin, but in Kassel you can receive this original nowhere else but here! The owner of “Hans Wurst” did have such an stall also in Berlin for many years … His stall is also a meeting place for everyone!

http://www.kassel-live.de/tag/hans-wurst/

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Liam O'Farrell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/07/elegy-for-pauls-tea-stall/#comment-950014 Thu, 07 May 2015 10:45:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=133598#comment-950014 I did a painting of Sclater St a few years back and I loved the atmosphere there. You didn’t have to be trendy to be welcome.

I lamented at the time about ‘regeneration’ being for the just area and not for the people who populate and add the character that makes it so special.

I love those wee vans with the big butane cylinders propped up outside. I always paint them if I get a chance.

I even did a blog.
http://www.liamofarrell.com/2011/05/brick-lane-watching-over-the-big-society/

]]> By: bex https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/07/elegy-for-pauls-tea-stall/#comment-949989 Thu, 07 May 2015 08:59:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=133598#comment-949989 Great peice, would you mind if I made a drawing from the first photo? I love it! Bx

]]> By: ROBERT GREEN https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/07/elegy-for-pauls-tea-stall/#comment-949986 Thu, 07 May 2015 08:50:30 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=133598#comment-949986 The spot formerly occupied by Paul will (after the rebuild) no doubt be the site of yet another wine bar or prestige ? coffee shop, (because there’s a bit of a shortage in this area ! ! ) but by the time all that happens in a year or so most of the people who used Paul’s stall will not be around to lament it’s demise because “ordinary” ? people are being kicked out of this area on an almost daily basis to make way for all the exiting ? ? new developments that are being SLUNG UP, I mean skillfully constructed in this formally particularly historic part of the East End that will soon resemble an area that look’s about as unique as, ? ? ? well, ? ? ? NOTHING.

]]> By: David L Hone https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/07/elegy-for-pauls-tea-stall/#comment-949962 Thu, 07 May 2015 06:58:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=133598#comment-949962 As always, a lovely “slice of life”, I could manage one of Paul’s butties right now…

These articles are a joy to read over morning coffee, thank you.

]]> By: Angie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/07/elegy-for-pauls-tea-stall/#comment-949958 Thu, 07 May 2015 06:52:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=133598#comment-949958 The loss will be felt by those who relied on people like Paul to stay in touch within an ever increasingly uncaring environment. What will become of them?

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