Comments on: John Claridge’s Nation Of Shopkeepers https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/22/john-claridges-nation-of-shopkeepers/ 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, 21 Feb 2017 15:02:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: ET https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/22/john-claridges-nation-of-shopkeepers/#comment-1080564 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 09:25:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=143524#comment-1080564 How could they measure shoes to fit, when they couldn’t even fit the words in the window?

The words fit if you conssider there are 2 window panes.

Evocative photos!

]]> By: tinyWOOLF https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/22/john-claridges-nation-of-shopkeepers/#comment-1080551 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 05:04:18 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=143524#comment-1080551 moving, and testimony to so many sentiments, and view.

]]> By: Janet M https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/22/john-claridges-nation-of-shopkeepers/#comment-1080543 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 00:48:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=143524#comment-1080543 Lovely photographs!

]]> By: Phil Maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/22/john-claridges-nation-of-shopkeepers/#comment-1080508 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:31:04 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=143524#comment-1080508 Wonderful collection.Can’t wait for the book.

]]> By: Stephen Foster https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/22/john-claridges-nation-of-shopkeepers/#comment-1080506 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 12:57:12 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=143524#comment-1080506 Live really was rough in post war East End London, and these photos prove it.

]]> By: pauline taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/22/john-claridges-nation-of-shopkeepers/#comment-1080502 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:59:49 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=143524#comment-1080502 Wonderful black and white photography again, nothing like it for capturing atmosphere. Had to smile at the display in the baker’s window!!

]]> By: Jill https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/22/john-claridges-nation-of-shopkeepers/#comment-1080498 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:05:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=143524#comment-1080498 I love the beautifully angled, wedge-shaped odd shaped end and cornered buildings which were added to the culmination of a row of buildings, often used as the corner shop Thankyou gentle author.

]]> By: Frances Mayhew https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/22/john-claridges-nation-of-shopkeepers/#comment-1080497 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:54:01 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=143524#comment-1080497 I’ve ordered my copy! Can’t wait, another seminal book, congratulations x

]]> By: Vivian Archer https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/22/john-claridges-nation-of-shopkeepers/#comment-1080482 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 06:18:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=143524#comment-1080482 Wonderful,evocative photographs can’t wait for the book.

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