Comments on: The Markets of Old London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/20/the-markets-of-old-london-x/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 21 Sep 2017 21:42:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/20/the-markets-of-old-london-x/#comment-1169954 Thu, 21 Sep 2017 21:42:37 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160412#comment-1169954 Wonderful images! I no longer live in easy reach of London, but still have a visit to Columbia Road Flower Market on my Bucket List.

]]> By: Sue Davis https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/20/the-markets-of-old-london-x/#comment-1169870 Thu, 21 Sep 2017 04:43:31 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160412#comment-1169870 It’s amazing seeing the photos of the Old Convent Garden Market – my mother, aunt and grandfather all worked there (& transferred to the new market) & I remember going there as a young child in the school holidays when my Mum had to work. It still looked just like that photo of the interior, 50 years after that photo was taken!

]]> By: pauline taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/20/the-markets-of-old-london-x/#comment-1169829 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 21:32:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160412#comment-1169829 A lovely collection of photographs but I wonder when and why everyone stopped wearing a hat !

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/20/the-markets-of-old-london-x/#comment-1169779 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:20:49 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160412#comment-1169779 Oh just look at the shoppers surrounding that outdoor book sale. Some of them, with their noses already in the books that they (inevitably) will purchase, and lug home. Only to make way for MORE books. What a wonderful lifelong obsession!

Thanks for treating us to another rare discovery.

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/20/the-markets-of-old-london-x/#comment-1169770 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:00:36 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160412#comment-1169770 Greetings from Boston,

GA, wonderful glimpse into another lost past.

Well said – “Markets fascinate me as theatres of commercial and cultural endeavour in which a myriad strands of human activity meet. If you are seeking life, there is no better place to look than in a market.”

Although I am not a “shopper,” I also enjoy the liveliness of a market, particularly seasonal ones…

]]> By: Bailey Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/20/the-markets-of-old-london-x/#comment-1169755 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:05:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160412#comment-1169755 I’m the Whitechapel Hay market photo, are the cranes from building sites or the docks?

]]> By: Ronald McKenzie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/20/the-markets-of-old-london-x/#comment-1169751 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 06:19:56 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160412#comment-1169751 It’s so fascinating to look at pictures full of the activity of life…and know that all of the people scurrying around in them are no more alive. The import of that day is no more. The sale made that day has drifted off and been lost among many others that followed day upon day, like smoke in the wind.

]]> By: steve https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/20/the-markets-of-old-london-x/#comment-1169738 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 03:29:34 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160412#comment-1169738 Thank you Gentle Author for such an evocative collection. Seeing the pictures and reading your comments brought back memories of the 1960s in Brick Lane market and a sense that we lose so much by eliminating our markets.
The black and white photos, the 19th century buildings – in some cases merely slums – create a sense of atmosphere no longer accessible, but for those of us of a certain age we do remember.
Milling around, bargaining, listening in, being part of a crowd all sharing a common existence, people selling things from those doorways. So much fun. Thank you for the memories.

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