Comments on: The Last Days Of London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/25/the-last-days-of-london/ 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 Sep 2017 09:02:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: John Wick https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/25/the-last-days-of-london/#comment-1167542 Thu, 07 Sep 2017 09:02:57 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136817#comment-1167542 I really do enjoy these phoros as well, to be honest!

]]> By: Jan Marriott https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/25/the-last-days-of-london/#comment-990337 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 13:49:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136817#comment-990337 I remember the night of the last tram. My parents were publicans and we were living at The Gregorian Arms on Jamaica Road. My Mum got me out of bed so I could witness it, about midnight, crammed with merrymakers in party hats ,streamers and whistles.

]]> By: Phil Maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/25/the-last-days-of-london/#comment-990329 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 13:23:34 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136817#comment-990329 Wonderful photographs from a unique archive.

]]> By: Danny McLaughlin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/25/the-last-days-of-london/#comment-989935 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 18:38:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136817#comment-989935 On the Routemaster Pic, no its not a Routemaster, but neither does the photographer say it is. Presumably a load of preserved buses came out in sympathy on the day concerned to run the Route.

]]> By: Mandy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/25/the-last-days-of-london/#comment-989869 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 15:58:17 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136817#comment-989869 The bus is a first generation routemaster RLH61 a low height double decker

]]> By: Valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/25/the-last-days-of-london/#comment-989842 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 14:41:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136817#comment-989842 Wonderful photos which bring back a lot of memories. I remember buying my first lipstick from Woolworth’s in Mare Street. Valerie

]]> By: Neville Turner https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/25/the-last-days-of-london/#comment-989797 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 11:19:48 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136817#comment-989797 All good to look at photo’s of real tlme event’s I like the last time smoker’s who look like they are enjoying their last puff.

]]> By: Anthony Reeve https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/25/the-last-days-of-london/#comment-989791 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 10:53:26 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136817#comment-989791 I’m going to have to get the book. Fabulous photos. Melancholic but with a wry smile.
That corner spot in The Griffin!: I sat in that spot and spent most of my LASSCO wage 1996-2006 … (our shop selling Architectural Salvage was in St. Michael’s Church opposite).
On Fridays at 5pm, Jim the landlord with the infectious cackle, would permit me to totter back over the road with a tray of pints for the workshop boys (before we all trooped back for a second). He’d get the glasses back. Eventually.
Ant

]]> By: Bronchitikat https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/25/the-last-days-of-london/#comment-989760 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 10:10:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136817#comment-989760 Great pictures if sad to see the demise of so many ‘individuals’ in the face of ‘progress’.

BTW – it’s a gas HOLDER, not a gasometer. But I expect you know that really!

]]> By: Richard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/25/the-last-days-of-london/#comment-989704 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 07:45:03 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136817#comment-989704 Thanks for these great pictures of disappeared London. In relation to the comment about the bus, it looks as if a vintage bus was used on the last day, maybe as a celebration.

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