Comments on: At Bow Church https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/31/at-bow-church/ 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, 17 Apr 2019 18:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Connie Unangst https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/31/at-bow-church/#comment-1153196 Thu, 08 Jun 2017 14:00:56 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157995#comment-1153196 This a most fascinating piece of history. I just want to thank you for all your good research I love this blog!!

]]> By: Rochelle Almeida https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/31/at-bow-church/#comment-1152257 Thu, 01 Jun 2017 11:07:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157995#comment-1152257 Thanks for this enlightening post,Murali. Sadly, each time I have passed by Bow Church and wanted to enter–both to worship and explore–I have found it locked. Gandhi lived for a while not too far away in Kingsley Hall–when he attended the Round Table Conference in 1930.

]]> By: Gary Arber https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/31/at-bow-church/#comment-1152082 Wed, 31 May 2017 13:10:39 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157995#comment-1152082 A further part from my memory. two pence was deducted from the Bryant & Mays workers wages to pay for the statue
Gary

]]> By: Gary Arber https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/31/at-bow-church/#comment-1152080 Wed, 31 May 2017 13:04:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157995#comment-1152080 r.e. the red paint on Gladstone’s statue. This was not the usual mindless vandalism that occurs today. This was different, there was a lot of action from the womens’ movement locally at the time.
There was a lot of talk of the match girls and Annie Beasant, Gladstone was the leader of the government that sided with the management of Bryant & Mays and was therefore a hate figure, a full pot of red paint was thrown. The Tower Hamlets council at the time was run by the Liberal Democrats and they wanted to move the statue to their new development in Roman Road Market but they had to scrap the idea as the statue would be in a better place to be attacked.
Gary

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/31/at-bow-church/#comment-1152067 Wed, 31 May 2017 11:48:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157995#comment-1152067 Greetings from Boston,

GA, thanks for describing the layers of history contained in this lovely church. Kudos to its parishioners who maintained it through storms and war time.

The old paintings and photos add to the richness of the study. Love the details…

]]> By: J M Parham https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/31/at-bow-church/#comment-1152064 Wed, 31 May 2017 11:17:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157995#comment-1152064 Great piece. Used to live near by and so passed by that lovely church all the time. Though I’d never have considered even buying a second-hand wheelbarrow off of Mr Gladstone it does irk that his statue has been vandalised with red paint!

]]> By: Gary Arber https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/31/at-bow-church/#comment-1152052 Wed, 31 May 2017 10:10:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157995#comment-1152052 An interesting coincidence told to me by my friend Rev. Derek Waxham, now deceased, who used to be one of the priests at St. Mary’s, Stratford atte Bow (The full name of the Church), was that when the council closed the public toilets outside they had to put a toilet in the Church, during the digging for the pipe some old bones, were disturbed, Derek and his fellow priest had a little ceremony and re-interred them in another part of the Churchyard. At the same time the BBC programme “The Archers” ran a story of putting a toilet in the Church and re-interring the bones found by the digging, Derek said that to his knowledge no BBC writer went to the Church.
Gary.

]]> By: Phil Maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/31/at-bow-church/#comment-1152042 Wed, 31 May 2017 08:39:57 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157995#comment-1152042 This is such a wonderful building & it’s amazing it has survived to today. Unusually all the different elements hang together. The C R Ashbee tiles and the Tudor roof seem to talk to each other.

]]> By: John Barrett https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/31/at-bow-church/#comment-1152037 Wed, 31 May 2017 07:55:01 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157995#comment-1152037 This church brought to us today is par excellence . It is packed with features including an armoured parish chest, it would have held Parish Registers & Census Docs also shown is stain glass window cat, I would love to know it’s name ?was it a good mouser. Spitalfields bloggers out there will love & wish to visit Bow Church which survived ‘just’ WW2. !Top spot listen to Bow Church bells in Cheapside if you can, Cockneys have they were born within their sound range. Glad to see S Pepys Esq has a mention. If him and I, were both working today – he would have been my Boss that’s cool, so I understand his mind-set just a little. GA I am pleased you have brought this peoples church to us this day . I also like the other small church of St Olave’s in Hart St. Both Sanctuary’s in the big city Poet John

]]> By: Shawdian https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/05/31/at-bow-church/#comment-1152033 Wed, 31 May 2017 07:10:33 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=157995#comment-1152033 Such a treasure, our past in our future. Buildings made to last. Old Churches hold something of calmness beauty and mystery where we all tend to ‘whisper’ as we take in the beautiful architecture and the spirits of time past.

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