Comments on: Postcards From Petticoat Lane

By: George Dickinson

George Dickinson — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 15:05:40 +0000

Wonderful memories of my working life from 1962 in Wentworth St. I worked for Jackie Brafman, Ladies dresses which were auctioned every Sunday. Great fun picking out the buildings which somehow had not changed. Many thanks for stirring old memories.

By: Richard Phillips

Richard Phillips — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 15:26:19 +0000

Beautiful collection of postcards. They are so often under appreciated by many people. As a collector of postcards that is quite good, but not when you are also the chairman of a postcard club always looking for more members who appreciate the scope for building up a collection and further research.

By: Bob Ball

Bob Ball — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 07:12:09 +0000

When hats/caps ruled

By: Paola Moore

Paola Moore — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 12:37:06 +0000

Wonderful photos of an area that has changed so much. My gran lived in Wentworth Street as a child and these scenes would have been her life; who knows family members might even been amongst the crowds….interesting how the smart boaters and bowler hats gave way to the cloth caps. The women in the cards seem to be working on stalls rather than in the crowds where it mainly seems to be men.

By: rosemary Hoffman

rosemary Hoffman — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 08:53:35 +0000

Even in the late 1950s it was crowded and was the busiest day in the pub where I lived Charavters included Tishy (Bebber) who sold fish on weekdays .

By: frank hadley

frank hadley — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 07:52:05 +0000

wonderful photos, brings back happy memories of growing up in the Lane,
i lived there from 19-48 and although i moved away i still miss the old market. sadly it’s not now the market it was.

By: Valerie-Jael

Valerie-Jael — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 07:19:00 +0000

Wonderful postcards from the past. Valerie

By: Jamie Surman

Jamie Surman — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 04:35:14 +0000

Heaven!

By: Jim McDermott

Jim McDermott — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 01:44:43 +0000

Magnificent! Some of these remind me of the Les Halles scene from the French film ‘The Officers’ Ward’, with their sense of how humanity teemed in an age when almost every activity was a communal experience. Technology and social change have given us so much, but how lonely our lives have become!