Comments on: Night At Spitalfields Market https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/06/05/night-at-spitalfields-market/ 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 Jun 2017 19:33:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Bailey Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/06/05/night-at-spitalfields-market/#comment-1153002 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 19:33:28 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158141#comment-1153002 There is something captured here in the faces and bearing of the older men, a kind of working class dignity combined with a touch of weariness that puts me in mind of my late step father. Of long hours and many years of labour. I was touched.

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/06/05/night-at-spitalfields-market/#comment-1152965 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 12:16:02 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158141#comment-1152965 Greetings from Boston,

GA, what striking photos. So glad they were left to Bishopgate for posterity. It appears that accounts were kept with pencil and paper only in the market – no computers or calculators in sight.

Imposing Christ Church in the background – timeless…

]]> By: John Barrett https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/06/05/night-at-spitalfields-market/#comment-1152946 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 07:29:31 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158141#comment-1152946 I am pleased Mark & Huw’s photos have been shown today they record the hustle & bustle of a busy market staying up all night to achieve it. These two zing men captured all this during a cold winter with snow about, the scene is one of chaos with arriving stock piled high every where – all will be well by opening time. That’s the time when traders are at their busiest dealing & buying stock, getting ready for the morning rush. Good pics show porters using the traditional long based barrow, short barrow & sack trucks all recorded by these photo men. They have given us a glimpse into a dynamic past all change now. Where are they now? I hope they read GA’s blog today, its your show Mark & Huw. Poet John

]]> By: Rosemary Hoffman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/06/05/night-at-spitalfields-market/#comment-1152940 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 06:40:01 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158141#comment-1152940 very evocative although I never saw it at night !

]]> By: Valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/06/05/night-at-spitalfields-market/#comment-1152923 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 05:36:50 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158141#comment-1152923 Wonderful photos, packed with memories and that wonderful atmosphere. Valerie

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