Comments on: Colin O’Brien Returns to Clerkenwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/11/14/colin-obrien-returns-to-clerkenwell/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:22:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Phil Maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/11/14/colin-obrien-returns-to-clerkenwell/#comment-1052104 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 14:15:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=140491#comment-1052104 Thanks Colin, Great photographs.

]]> By: Ros https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/11/14/colin-obrien-returns-to-clerkenwell/#comment-1051700 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 22:14:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=140491#comment-1051700 Loved the juxtaposition of the old photographs with their contemporary parallels and loved the way Colin told the story of his re-born Leica. What a great moment to hold the long-lost friend of years ago and have the familiar feel of it it one’s hands again.

]]> By: Pauline Taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/11/14/colin-obrien-returns-to-clerkenwell/#comment-1051685 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 18:53:49 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=140491#comment-1051685 We have a Leica camera like this one that my husband bought when he was a national serviceman in Hong Kong, but, sadly, my eyesight does not let me use it. Photos that my husband took with it were brilliant though and some of these, of Hong Kong, can now be seen on the Gwulo website, I know that I am biased but I think that they are the best black and white photos there. Thank you again GA for yet another interesting article.

]]> By: Annie G https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/11/14/colin-obrien-returns-to-clerkenwell/#comment-1051672 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 17:50:17 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=140491#comment-1051672 Beautiful photos. So simple and vivid. I well remember the first time I walked through Clerkenwell and the Italian church there back in the late 70s. A glimpse of a previously unknown part of town just 10 minutes from Barts Hospital where I was a student nurse. That, by the way, GA, would make an excellent photo story as it changes from hospital to homes. 800 years of history. Would gladly take you round and tell you of yesteryear. You have only to ask.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/11/14/colin-obrien-returns-to-clerkenwell/#comment-1051651 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 13:02:46 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=140491#comment-1051651 Colin O’Brien is a great photographer. I would like to be there!

Love & Peace for Paris
ACHIM

]]> By: Barbara Elsmore https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/11/14/colin-obrien-returns-to-clerkenwell/#comment-1051619 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 07:16:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=140491#comment-1051619 Thank you for this evocative posting. My husband’s grandfather arrived in Holborn from Italy many years ago and my aunt was an O’Brien so as a family historian bells were ringing loudly for me throughout Colin’s story. How good it is that that camera fell off the back of a lorry into a pair of such certain hands.

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