Comments on: Jack Sheppard Of Spitalfields https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/07/jack-sheppard-of-spitalfields/ 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, 16 Jan 2020 15:18:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Mark Byfield https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/07/jack-sheppard-of-spitalfields/#comment-1327226 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:18:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145588#comment-1327226 A good account….
Wikipedia might have made use of the material… almost identical.

Great photos.

Good o’l Jack The Lad.

]]> By: Teresa Hewitt https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/07/jack-sheppard-of-spitalfields/#comment-1089264 Thu, 19 May 2016 08:52:46 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145588#comment-1089264 Does anyone else remember the film “Where’s Jack”, starring Tommy Steele? I loved it when I was a youngster. Tommy was remarkably appealing. His ladyfriend was known in the film as ‘Edgeworth Bess’. I’ve tried to get a copy of this film but no luck – there is, or was, a rather ancient-looking version on YouTube, in several parts.

]]> By: Lesley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/07/jack-sheppard-of-spitalfields/#comment-1087870 Sun, 08 May 2016 10:32:48 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145588#comment-1087870 I wonder what he might have achieved had his talent been focused in a more orthodox direction .

]]> By: Peter Holford https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/07/jack-sheppard-of-spitalfields/#comment-1087761 Sat, 07 May 2016 20:55:23 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145588#comment-1087761 A fore-runner of Alfie Hinds who gripped everybody’s imagination when I was young with his repeated escapes from high security prisons. The big difference was that he didn’t get executed.

]]> By: Catherine Morris https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/07/jack-sheppard-of-spitalfields/#comment-1087676 Sat, 07 May 2016 10:27:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145588#comment-1087676 That last line resonated and moved me. It reminds me how trivial some of my thoughts are and that I should just hurtle myself into this fine day

]]> By: Annie G https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/07/jack-sheppard-of-spitalfields/#comment-1087659 Sat, 07 May 2016 08:03:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145588#comment-1087659 You cannot help but admire this rogue. In a vindictive world, he made his mark.

]]> By: Joan Barleycorn https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/07/jack-sheppard-of-spitalfields/#comment-1087652 Sat, 07 May 2016 06:50:25 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145588#comment-1087652 I am left wondering what became of his partner Elizabeth.

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