Comments on: The Door In Cornhill https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/03/17/the-door-in-cornhill/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:58:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Caroline Murray https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/03/17/the-door-in-cornhill/#comment-1082300 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:58:34 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=144007#comment-1082300 Listening at the moment to ‘Charlotte in Babylon’, where Cornhill is constantly mentioned!

]]> By: William Martin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/03/17/the-door-in-cornhill/#comment-1082297 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:08:12 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=144007#comment-1082297 An arts and crafts version of Ghiberti’s doors to the Duomo in Florence.

]]> By: pauline taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/03/17/the-door-in-cornhill/#comment-1082241 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 23:48:12 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=144007#comment-1082241 I should have pointed out in the first comment that Little Billee is a poem by Thackeray.

]]> By: carolyn https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/03/17/the-door-in-cornhill/#comment-1082239 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 23:20:48 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=144007#comment-1082239 Delightful post, gentle author. What precious snatch of British history!

]]> By: pauline taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/03/17/the-door-in-cornhill/#comment-1082235 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 22:53:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=144007#comment-1082235 Not a fan of the Arts and Crafts movement myself, but it is good to know that this door and the carving has survived all the destruction that is going on in London. My relative, Frederick Greenwood, took over from Thackeray as the editor of the Cornhill Magazine, and Thackeray was a visitor to his home. He was described by Frederick Greenwood’s niece as ‘a very nice gentleman’ unlike Dickens who was not so popular. Frederick’s son, Frank, had to stand on a table to recite ‘Little Billee’ to an assembled company which included Mr Thackeray.

]]> By: Joan Barleycorn https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/03/17/the-door-in-cornhill/#comment-1082233 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 22:37:57 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=144007#comment-1082233 A wonderful piece of art. One day, I hope to take a look.

]]> By: ian silverton https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/03/17/the-door-in-cornhill/#comment-1082221 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 19:42:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=144007#comment-1082221 This was once the doors that led to the great Halls of banking.at the old Midland Bank hq, before it was taken over by HSBC,who rescued it from going skint. They left it empty for over 20yrs,as they left it,with some lovely desks,and chairs,all covered in a thick layer of dust,figures! waste! Banks!

]]> By: Hilda Kean https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/03/17/the-door-in-cornhill/#comment-1082199 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:45:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=144007#comment-1082199 An interesting absence of nonhuman animals. I would have thought that at least a dog if not a cat would have been part of these imagined tableaux.

]]> By: Robert https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/03/17/the-door-in-cornhill/#comment-1082174 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 11:03:11 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=144007#comment-1082174 I’ve never heard of this but it’s little things like this that breaks with the vast foreboding concrete monoliths in the city and provides interest in a humanistic way. A charming door I will have to visit one day.

]]> By: Caroline Bottomley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/03/17/the-door-in-cornhill/#comment-1082168 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 07:16:02 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=144007#comment-1082168 What a fabulous door!

Lots of women in there (relatively speaking) – almost like real life – which is a nice change.
They also all look very purposeful and some of them look pretty fierce! How unusual and how welcome.

I’ll look out for that door. Thanks GA
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