Comments on: At The Still & Star https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/08/04/at-the-still-star/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 30 Sep 2020 07:58:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Amy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/08/04/at-the-still-star/#comment-1353903 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 07:58:08 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=148098#comment-1353903 Such a brilliant bit of research – thank you.

We think my great grandad, Izzy Klein, ran this pub in the early 20th century. To the author – do you happen to have a photo of the earlier pages of the landlord registry?

]]> By: James Pitt https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/08/04/at-the-still-star/#comment-1113353 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:54:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=148098#comment-1113353 So sad to learn that the Still and Star in under threat of demolition and has not got a preservation order on it. My paternal grandmother was born in that pub in 1871 and was the landlord’s granddaughter. All of my ancestors were born and raised in the East End of London so I have a particular affinity with that area.

]]> By: Rod Sharp https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/08/04/at-the-still-star/#comment-1104963 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 22:08:37 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=148098#comment-1104963 No way should this development be allowed. Too much of old London is being destroyed denying it to future generations.

]]> By: wendy mukluk https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/08/04/at-the-still-star/#comment-1103320 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 21:44:30 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=148098#comment-1103320 that proposed office block looks like it is suffering from a nasty infectious disease

]]> By: Leslie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/08/04/at-the-still-star/#comment-1101989 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:16:40 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=148098#comment-1101989 This is one of the most ugly eye sores I’ve seen proposed for a long time,

]]> By: Dominic Pinto https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/08/04/at-the-still-star/#comment-1101607 Mon, 15 Aug 2016 16:58:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=148098#comment-1101607 I’ve submitted a substantive objection OBO CAMRA West London, and have referenced this blog for photos, context etc.

I’m not aware of any nomination of the pub as an Asset of Community Value. However I’m sure that this is being considered, and may come up tomorrow evening (Tues Aug 16th) from 6.30 at the ‘drink-in

A free Victorian Society event – a ‘drink in’ to help save the Still and Star from demolition (sadly we can’t offer the drinks for free). From around 6.30 we will talk about how to object to the demolition plans and hear about the threats to pubs all over the country dealt with by the Victorian Society.

You can object to the demolition here
http://www.planning2.cityoflondon.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=dates&keyVal=O5XS7IFH02B00

This is a free event so invite your friends and share! When else can you combine activism with a drink in the pub?

https://www.facebook.com/events/1100194800055139/

]]> By: Al https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/08/04/at-the-still-star/#comment-1100450 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:03:55 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=148098#comment-1100450 Has Anyone thought of trying to get this pub listed as an Asset of Community Value?

http://www.camra.org.uk/list-your-local

]]> By: Jim Lediard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/08/04/at-the-still-star/#comment-1100165 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 12:42:03 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=148098#comment-1100165 The ‘Still and Star’ is a quaint and pretty building and a valuable reminder of London past. The proposed replacement is unsympathetic to its surroundings and unimaginative. It’s hard to believe that anyone can think it an improvement to the area and I think this is because the new building bullies the old area, beats it into submission rather than enhances it. It’s easy to feel fond of a pleasant building like the pub – it has a homely look and community function; I can’t imagine anyone actually feeling affection for the glass box that is proposed.

]]> By: Adie Rose https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/08/04/at-the-still-star/#comment-1100135 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 09:45:25 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=148098#comment-1100135 That final scene is a nightmare, even worse than the Gentle Author’s account led us to envisage … now to make my formal objection.

]]> By: Mark Ellis https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/08/04/at-the-still-star/#comment-1100128 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 09:28:45 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=148098#comment-1100128 Have submitted my objection to the committee. Many thanks Neil Pettigrew for making this so accessible.

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