https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/02/roy-reed-at-billingsgate-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, 07 Aug 2017 09:18:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/02/roy-reed-at-billingsgate-market/#comment-1161953 Mon, 07 Aug 2017 09:18:11 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159191#comment-1161953 Thanks Roy. You certainly captured it!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/02/roy-reed-at-billingsgate-market/#comment-1161196 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 15:47:46 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159191#comment-1161196 A further point, GA – after reading this post I went back to your 2012 article on the markets of old London. The first two images, of Billingsgate in c. 1910, hardly look more dated than these – testament, perhaps, to the photographer’s excellent processing skills.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/02/roy-reed-at-billingsgate-market/#comment-1161162 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 11:44:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159191#comment-1161162 A wonderful array of characters portrayed here – each with a fascinating tale to tell I’m sure!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/02/roy-reed-at-billingsgate-market/#comment-1161114 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 06:51:01 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159191#comment-1161114 A n other vanished world, like that of the steam-locomotive depots that ringed central London.
Stratford was the closest to me & it was under where “Westfield” is now.
( I have some photos of it, still )

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/02/roy-reed-at-billingsgate-market/#comment-1161046 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 00:58:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159191#comment-1161046 Great photos of a hard life. I’m glad the smell has faded!

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