Comments on: Where Handel & Hendrix Were Neighbours https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/29/where-handel-hendrix-were-neighbours/ 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, 03 Mar 2016 16:44:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Elizabeth Neill https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/29/where-handel-hendrix-were-neighbours/#comment-1081217 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:44:25 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=143505#comment-1081217 Does anyone know if these houses would have had retail on the first floor in the 18th century?

]]> By: StephenH https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/29/where-handel-hendrix-were-neighbours/#comment-1081169 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:43:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=143505#comment-1081169 Fascinating post. The final paragraph made me chuckle with delight as your description evoked an immediate mental image. Thanks for the enjoyable read – and for many others as well!

]]> By: Joe Linker https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/29/where-handel-hendrix-were-neighbours/#comment-1081025 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 16:47:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=143505#comment-1081025 Beautiful. A perfect post.

]]> By: Debra Matheney https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/29/where-handel-hendrix-were-neighbours/#comment-1081023 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 16:25:14 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=143505#comment-1081023 Lovely! I recommend Handel:A Life with Friends by Ellen Harris for an interesting take on Handel’s life and music as well as a romp through 18th century life. Thanks for the post.

]]> By: pauline taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/29/where-handel-hendrix-were-neighbours/#comment-1081022 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:41:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=143505#comment-1081022 Thank you GA, I am very interested in Handel’s House as it is more than likely that a grandson of my 7 x great grandparents would have visited him here. John Beard 7xGG was a bricklayer at Hampton and it is thought, by me and other genealogists, that he was the grandfather of John Beard who was engaged by Handel as his leading tenor. Handel discovered John Beard singing in the Chapel Royal and there are lots of other clues as to his origins so I am particularly interested in any other things which may come to light as I would love to prove the connection once and for all. John Beard also became the manager of the Covent Garden Theatre.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/29/where-handel-hendrix-were-neighbours/#comment-1081013 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 11:37:56 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=143505#comment-1081013 Two Geniuses at one place.

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Peter Holford https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/29/where-handel-hendrix-were-neighbours/#comment-1081002 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 08:52:30 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=143505#comment-1081002 I got dragged along to the Marquee on Wardour Street in 1967 by a friend who was raving about a new singer. It was a good decision to let myself be dragged – Hendrix was one of the great onstage presences. But there were more than a few that I saw in that era some of whom are now nearly forgotten (Arthur Brown, Keith Emerson, Country Joe & the Fish). Like Hendrix I stuck to listening to Handel on record.

On the list of must-go places! Too many and you keep adding to them, GA. Not that I’m complaining.

]]> By: Valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/02/29/where-handel-hendrix-were-neighbours/#comment-1080998 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 07:38:08 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=143505#comment-1080998 What a whimsical and fun post today! Valerie

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