Comments on: A Walk Through Walter Thornbury’s London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/12/27/a-walk-through-walter-thornburys-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 Mon, 31 May 2021 07:37:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ken Stewart https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/12/27/a-walk-through-walter-thornburys-london/#comment-1381474 Mon, 31 May 2021 07:37:40 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=141861#comment-1381474 So wonderful, those buildings of old. Shame none are left. By

]]> By: Luke McGann https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/12/27/a-walk-through-walter-thornburys-london/#comment-1080371 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 13:15:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=141861#comment-1080371 Wow! Absolute gem of a find!
What really impressed me was the accuracy of the sourcing and description helping to fill in the gaps. I live in Clerkenwell so found relevant areas especially enjoyable and had just read Tom Bolton’s new book Vanished City which has a chapter on old Clare Market where LSE and Aldwych were built so the very unexpected image of Butchers’ Row was a fantastic surprise.

Am very interested in finding images of Cripplegate before the Blitz bombings in 1940. Any help greatly appreciated.

Kindest regards
Luke

]]> By: Gaby https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/12/27/a-walk-through-walter-thornburys-london/#comment-1064768 Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:33:40 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=141861#comment-1064768 What wonderful pictures – as atmospheric and informative as any photographs. I’m fascinated to see the great beams shoring up the buildings, stretching across streets. Thank you for posting – I’m learning so much from your blog!

]]> By: Jo Turner https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/12/27/a-walk-through-walter-thornburys-london/#comment-1064741 Tue, 29 Dec 2015 07:31:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=141861#comment-1064741 Just discovered your site today…Incredible etchings, which reveal in a palimpsest fashion the fathomless layers of your great city’s history….Shall look for the Thornbury book, and to reading more of your posts : )

]]> By: GKBowood https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/12/27/a-walk-through-walter-thornburys-london/#comment-1064599 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 18:08:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=141861#comment-1064599 Engrossing etchings, thank you for sharing. Noting the number of buildings shored up with bracing it is no wonder they were demolished!

]]> By: Cornish Cockney https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/12/27/a-walk-through-walter-thornburys-london/#comment-1064507 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 10:50:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=141861#comment-1064507 Love that one of the pictures shows a Brokers by the name of Scrooge, and a shop named Fagins! Makes you wonder if Charles Dickens had also walked down the street!

]]> By: Ellen Lee Russell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/12/27/a-walk-through-walter-thornburys-london/#comment-1064327 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 22:25:45 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=141861#comment-1064327 Thank you for such a wonderful post holiday treat.

]]> By: Peter Holford https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/12/27/a-walk-through-walter-thornburys-london/#comment-1064309 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 21:01:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=141861#comment-1064309 Well that got me motivated to look up where to get a copy of this great archive. Available on eBay as a CD-ROM at a giveaway price. It must be Christmas. Thank you again, GA.

]]> By: Roger C https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/12/27/a-walk-through-walter-thornburys-london/#comment-1064238 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 15:07:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=141861#comment-1064238 Another great post from the GA. Marvelous images from a bygone era.

]]> By: Sonia Murray https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/12/27/a-walk-through-walter-thornburys-london/#comment-1064235 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 14:31:25 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=141861#comment-1064235 Fascinating pictures – thank you! What a shame so many historic buildings have been destroyed. Love the picture of the rookery – now I know what the rookeries Anne Perry describes in her books looked like!

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