Comments on: The Tunnel Through Time https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/09/05/the-tunnel-through-time/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 05 Sep 2016 15:41:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/09/05/the-tunnel-through-time/#comment-1106056 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 15:41:02 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=149185#comment-1106056 Leave it to the Gentle Author to deliver us into such good hands. The intricacy of the various illustrations made me long to know the names of the unheralded engravers. I look forward to this series, as ever. This is time travel, at its best!

]]> By: Mick Adams https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/09/05/the-tunnel-through-time/#comment-1106055 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 15:30:11 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=149185#comment-1106055 Thanks Gillian – Great article. As you are probably aware, the part about concerns over digging into the Underworld was a theme used in the 1960s film ‘Quatermass And The Pit’ – where strange sightings are reported, during excavation of the London Underground at ‘Hobbs End’ station. Hob being an old name for the Devil!

]]> By: pauline taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/09/05/the-tunnel-through-time/#comment-1106045 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 14:05:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=149185#comment-1106045 How lucky we are to have Gillian standing in for GA, and if her new book is only half as fascinating and well researched as ‘The House by the Thames’ we are all in for another treat. It will certainly be going on my wish list!!

I like the dust jacket too John, a great piece of graphic designing, said she with her graphic designer’s hat on.

]]> By: Ros https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/09/05/the-tunnel-through-time/#comment-1106027 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 11:47:09 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=149185#comment-1106027 Thank you for putting Crossrail into historical perspective and helping us to see that our ambivalence, from anxiety to eager anticipation, has many precedents! I’m sure your week of interesting pieces with equally interesting illustrations will help me not only to come to terms with its opening but positively to look forward to it!

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/09/05/the-tunnel-through-time/#comment-1106020 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 10:56:22 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=149185#comment-1106020 Greetings from Boston,

Gillian, thanks for filling in for GA. Very interesting piece.

“Consequently, it was not surprising the the City Corporation refused to let any of the train companies build a main station right in the centre, which is why Euston and Kings Cross, soon to be joined by St Pancras, stood glaring wistfully across the main road that separated them from Bloomsbury.” Good observation – these stations do seem a bit “out.”

Great illustrations too. I love London…

]]> By: John Barrett https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/09/05/the-tunnel-through-time/#comment-1105984 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 07:32:03 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=149185#comment-1105984 Gillian; I’m not sure if your new book will mention tunnels generally. The most important London tunnels were those that saved hundreds of civilian lives during WW2. They were used as air raid shelter’s whole temporary communities were formed in them. Of course railway tunnels are included. I liked the new eye catching tunnel book jacket and powerful illustrations that’s what the buyers like to see on the shelves and lead in to buy. I’m sure this new book will be a great success and ‘cannot fail’ with world wide E Coverage and your mature authorship. PS Can we be privy please to your next project by the end of the week. John B

]]> By: Valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/09/05/the-tunnel-through-time/#comment-1105977 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 06:37:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=149185#comment-1105977 Sounds like wonderful book, I will put it on my ever-growing wishlist! Valerie

]]> By: Caroline Bottomley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/09/05/the-tunnel-through-time/#comment-1105976 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 06:35:02 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=149185#comment-1105976 Really interesting!
Thanks

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