Comments on: EAST END by John Claridge https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/22/east-end-by-john-claridge/ 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, 03 Jun 2016 11:31:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: William Phillips https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/22/east-end-by-john-claridge/#comment-1090722 Sat, 28 May 2016 15:16:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145916#comment-1090722 Great photos I will def buy the book, As a born and bred Eastender it will bring back fond memories of days gone by.

]]> By: Phil Maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/22/east-end-by-john-claridge/#comment-1089873 Mon, 23 May 2016 13:38:12 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145916#comment-1089873 I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of John’s book!

]]> By: gkbowood https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/22/east-end-by-john-claridge/#comment-1089749 Sun, 22 May 2016 17:21:58 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145916#comment-1089749 I immediately put in an order! I really liked his story but when I saw him leaning against the wall…well!! Fortunately for me his photographs are wonderful too!!

]]> By: Janet M https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/22/east-end-by-john-claridge/#comment-1089738 Sun, 22 May 2016 15:41:46 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145916#comment-1089738 Another brilliant photographer. I especially loved his quote “I did not know why I wanted it, except I wanted to capture everything and take the memories back with me.” Isn’t that the essence of why one does any form of art. ‘When this you see, remember me.’

]]> By: Jenny Sparidge https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/22/east-end-by-john-claridge/#comment-1089711 Sun, 22 May 2016 10:54:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145916#comment-1089711 Keith Horton and John Claridge …. two guys looking just far too kool for skool!

Look forward to attending the book launch and exhibition. I have to hold my hand up and admit that I have had a sneak preview of Spitalfields Life’s latest publication ‘East End’ by John Claridge and it is a really beautiful book. Yet another publication for The Gentle Author to be proud of.

]]> By: Vivian Archer https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/22/east-end-by-john-claridge/#comment-1089698 Sun, 22 May 2016 07:03:58 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145916#comment-1089698 Another wonderful book . Thank you.

]]> By: Valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/22/east-end-by-john-claridge/#comment-1089690 Sun, 22 May 2016 05:29:17 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145916#comment-1089690 Good luck with the launch, John’s photos really have a special touch. Valerie

]]> By: Robert Green https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/05/22/east-end-by-john-claridge/#comment-1089652 Sat, 21 May 2016 23:52:02 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145916#comment-1089652 I think I have a lot in common with Mr Claridge, I have no idea exactly where he lived in Plaistow but I spent the first 50 year’s of my life during a similar period in time living on Green St in Upton Park so we must have been almost neighbours ! ! Laying in bed listening to the horns of the ships in the docks definitely strikes a chord with me I use to love that, South West Ham tech was a sworn enemy of everyone at my school Berk Secondary Modern in Plaistow, but getting back to the point in question, having recently been privileged enough to have had a sneak (unofficial) preview of this book I can enthusiastically recommend it to anyone who has an interest in the East End of yesteryear, its a sizeable book and full of wonderfully atmospheric and nostalgic photo’s that will invoke warm memories for those who remember and an invaluable insite into a lost world for those who were not part of it but still have an interest in the East End of the past, I cant wait to get mine, Good Luck with the launch.

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