Comments on: Charles Booth’s East End Revisited https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/10/20/charles-booths-east-end-revisited/ 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, 21 Oct 2015 18:56:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Neville Turner https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/10/20/charles-booths-east-end-revisited/#comment-1042434 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:56:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=139690#comment-1042434 This small collection of photo’s are evocative and compelling to at I think it’s because each shot is without any human life,they capture the alienation that too much creative concrete creates all ok for adults to live and work in and around,very trying for the young to grow to maturity.

]]> By: ROBERT GREEN https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/10/20/charles-booths-east-end-revisited/#comment-1041765 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 20:05:40 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=139690#comment-1041765 I agree with Valerie, apart from work many people had little else going on in their lives other than to go to a pub, = I think the text on the last photo of Whitechapel Rd is particularly relevant, it may have been written over a century ago but it could just as easily have been written for the first time today, in some respects life in modern Britain has not really changed nearly as much as some people would try to have you believe.

]]> By: Chris https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/10/20/charles-booths-east-end-revisited/#comment-1041608 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:29:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=139690#comment-1041608 Incredible photos.

]]> By: Phil Maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/10/20/charles-booths-east-end-revisited/#comment-1041539 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:16:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=139690#comment-1041539 Brilliant photos to accompany the text.

]]> By: Mick https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/10/20/charles-booths-east-end-revisited/#comment-1041528 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:49:25 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=139690#comment-1041528 Been there, done that 🙂

https://islandhistory.wordpress.com/2014/02/21/the-general-tone-of-the-isle-of-dogs-is-purple-charles-booths-poverty-maps/

]]> By: Nicholas Keeble https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/10/20/charles-booths-east-end-revisited/#comment-1041492 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 09:37:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=139690#comment-1041492 Another excellent piece: the juxtaposition of photos and text is inspired.

]]> By: Valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/10/20/charles-booths-east-end-revisited/#comment-1041463 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 08:25:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=139690#comment-1041463 For many people who lived in the East End, often in depressing and unsanitary conditions, a drink at the pub was one way of a little escape. I do not want to excuse drunkenness, but many lived in conditions which were more than difficult to endure. Great photos again. Valerie

]]> By: Caroline Murray https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/10/20/charles-booths-east-end-revisited/#comment-1041458 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 08:13:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=139690#comment-1041458 Wonderful pictures: and I’m tempted to quote that thing about those who don’t understand the past being condemned to repeat it…

]]> By: Lesley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/10/20/charles-booths-east-end-revisited/#comment-1041409 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 06:37:25 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=139690#comment-1041409 I laughed when I read this. My great grandfather, Charles Thurston Stanley was a cabinet maker from Bethnal Green (Pollard Row, to be precise) and it’s well known that he liked a drink. He lived right next door to The Hope pub.

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