Comments on: Andrew Scott’s East End Photographs

By: Phil Russell

Phil Russell — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:36:17 +0000

These bought back a lot of memories of my old Stepney home.

In the photo titled “In Commercial Road, Stepney” that is Head Street on the right with a bit of “The Duchess” pub (which no longer exists) showing and to the left of the “G.S Fish” shop is Marion Richardson Primary school.

In the photo titled “In Ben Jonson Road” with the prams outside the “Washeteria”, that is actually on the South side of Commercial Road, just past (heading West) the East End Maternity Hospital (384 – 398), more recently known as the Steels Lane Health Centre.

By: Brian Ekins

Brian Ekins — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 21:00:26 +0000

I will always believe that the camera was one of the greatest inventions. Without it we would have only memories, that fade with time.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 21:24:19 +0000

Great photos reminds me of my grans st in Coventry no trees or bushes I remember long streets with not a car in sight little shops on the corners and loads of pubs some next to each other cheers

By: Colin MacDonald

Colin MacDonald — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 09:43:59 +0000

Those are very fine tenements on Cornfield Street, especially interesting in a city where I assumed pretty much all working class housing was terraces, they wouldn’t be out of place in Paris or Edinburgh.
Crazy that half were demolished, I see that remaining flats go for nearly a million.

By: Terry Fitzpatrick

Terry Fitzpatrick — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 06:27:37 +0000

Came across this by accident. I was one of the founders of The Squatters Union and am interested in making contact with you both. I must have met you but I met and helped so many people I can’t remember you.

Terry.

By: stefany reich-silber

stefany reich-silber — Sat, 14 May 2016 22:07:47 +0000

Fantastic photographs!!! Not only as documentation, but beautiful compositions also. Thank you for sharing them after all this time, not to mention still having them!

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 10:05:34 +0000

I live in York Square and so it is fascinating to see a couple of old photographs taken from a few doors down, as well as some familiar nearby streets! I read in a comment left on a previous post that squatters ultimately saved the square and neighbouring streets from demolition, so I would love to find out more about this!

By: Zenergy

Zenergy — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 23:42:43 +0000

I remember Tubby Issac’s stall now that I see it again. These fotos do a great job of capturing the all too transitory. Google should do time-lapse mapping, I’m not sure I could locate the spot any more?

By: REDMANTHINKS

REDMANTHINKS — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:36:51 +0000

The first shot of Corfield Street now :

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.525947,-0.058304,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sOQEEuTxfhXBjZOjbE9rdVw!2e0!6m1!1e1

Good to see they kept the houses with their ornate carvings on the right. It was obvious that those on the left would be demolished !!!

By: Eastendbutcher

Eastendbutcher — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 05:20:03 +0000

Fabulous photos that capture the atmosphere of the era perfectly. I remember many saturday nights sat outside The George in Commercial Road / Jubilee Street with a bottle of Coca Cola listening to my grandparents singing their hearts out.