Comments on: The Photographer From Clerkenwell

By: Debra Salvoni

Debra Salvoni — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:45:50 +0000

My dad, Lou Salvoni, lived in Victoria Dwellings. The Salvoni family lived there from the mid 1920s to just before it’s demolition. My dad Lou was great friends with Vince Esposito: Big Vince as they called him. I have a photo of them together with Albert Malverni and Cryril Chico on their way to the pictures circa 1947-1949.

By: Daniel Paolillo

Daniel Paolillo — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 23:19:09 +0000

Thank you for the pictures.
My Grandparents lived at 17 Victoria Dwellings in 1905-1914
Their names were Raffeale Paolillo and Giuseppina Esposito along with thier many children.

I am always looking for information on the Families-
PAOLILLO, Originally from Scala.
CRISCUOLO
Giuseppina ESPOSITO

By: Neville Turner

Neville Turner — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:00:06 +0000

A very involving collection of black and white photo’s that capture the period and particular the seasons of the 1960’s.An excellent purchase for very good real life photography,well done Colin O’Brien.

By: Alison Ashfield

Alison Ashfield — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 12:30:22 +0000

I trained as a nurse at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital between 1979 and 1982, and then worked there as a staff nurse until June 1985. Whilst living in Shepherdess Walk, until 1996, I would either cycle, drive or walk – or if the weather was really horrid, take a bus to work. ‘A” shifts began at 07:30 and the early mornings in Hackney N1, Clerkenwell and the City of London were quite magical. Although I was usually pre-occupied with either the night before or the mornings’ work to follow, I felt history in the walls all around.

By: Caroline Gilfillan

Caroline Gilfillan — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 08:08:58 +0000

Fantastic, vibrant photographs. Am gutted that I can’t come to the launch but will buy the book. I particularly love the photographs of his family, and others living in Victoria Dwellings.

By: Barbara Hague

Barbara Hague — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 22:43:59 +0000

I remember playing on a bomb site – must have been somewhere near Mile End, where my grandparents lived.

By: Peter Holford

Peter Holford — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:16:47 +0000

Great photos by somebody with a great eye. I wish mine were half as good.

By: Ian Pirie

Ian Pirie — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:40:37 +0000

These photos moved me very much: so real and so sensitive to the humanity of these people.

By: David

David — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 08:23:53 +0000

MY COPY OF THE BOOK THAT I PRE-ORDERED HAS JUST ARRIVED ALONG WITH THE SMALL BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF TRAVELLERS CHILDREN IN LONDON FIELDS.
THEY ARE BOTH SUPERB AND WELL WORTH BUYING. A GREAT JOB BY ALL.
THANKS

DAVID