Comments on: The Executions Of Old London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/11/12/the-executions-of-old-london/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 19 May 2019 08:10:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Mike McGonigle https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/11/12/the-executions-of-old-london/#comment-1287800 Sun, 19 May 2019 08:10:14 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=161589#comment-1287800 I think the church with the finials might be St Sepulchre-without-Newgate. I agree how stuff is pulled out of the dark recesses of the mind, kicking and screaming! Great blogg, most interesting!

]]> By: JennyOH https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/11/12/the-executions-of-old-london/#comment-1185949 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:20:31 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=161589#comment-1185949 @Phyllis, the first image is nearly identical – it clearly shows the same buildings, but the tower on the left is slightly different. I don’t know the location but it seems that it would have been recognizable to readers as the location of public executions.

]]> By: Phyllis https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/11/12/the-executions-of-old-london/#comment-1179653 Sun, 12 Nov 2017 22:00:31 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=161589#comment-1179653 I also noticed that 4 of the engravings were identical in terms of the scene and the only differences were the names of the convicted and in one the image of a woman was pasted in. I guess this is the Victorian version of stock photography?

]]> By: pauline taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/11/12/the-executions-of-old-london/#comment-1179602 Sun, 12 Nov 2017 16:01:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=161589#comment-1179602 Thanks to Ed Maggs, and you GA, for making it possible for us to see these.

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/11/12/the-executions-of-old-london/#comment-1179573 Sun, 12 Nov 2017 12:59:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=161589#comment-1179573 Greetings from Boston,

GA, thanks for sharing accounts of public hanging and their place in public affairs till they were discontinued in the 19th century.

The newspaper account of Catherine Wilson’s departure from this world sounds right out of Edgar Alan Poe:

“Never do people take their stand and watch the still hours of the night – cold and wet – pass bye as they do when in front of the gallows. It would be well if the indomitable perseverance exhibited by people getting a “good sight” of the gallows and the patience with which they await the hour of exhibition were turned to better account. “

]]> By: Genevieve Letellier https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/11/12/the-executions-of-old-london/#comment-1179565 Sun, 12 Nov 2017 11:43:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=161589#comment-1179565 Same scene with a slight difference though, as the finials on the tower in the first picture have been replaced by battlements in the next 4. Is this supposed t be any particular place?

]]> By: Ron Bunting https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/11/12/the-executions-of-old-london/#comment-1179558 Sun, 12 Nov 2017 10:15:21 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=161589#comment-1179558 Funny how things in the back of your mind come to light when prompted, Such as a memory of 50 plus years ago ,reading “Buster” every week and catching up on the latest Adventures of “Charlie Peace, “. Thanks to google i dug this up…http://www.bustercomic.co.uk/peace.html

]]> By: Clare Burgess https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/11/12/the-executions-of-old-london/#comment-1179553 Sun, 12 Nov 2017 09:34:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=161589#comment-1179553 Fascinating that in the first six instances the (same) image used portrays the hanging as if being shown on a tv or cinema screen.

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