Comments on: The Old Gates Of London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/01/01/the-gates-of-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 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 09:15:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Steve Hanscomb https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/01/01/the-gates-of-london/#comment-1189802 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 09:15:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=162667#comment-1189802 Happy New Year! At least there’s one to visit today. Shame it’s not a pub still!

]]> By: Lisa Pool https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/01/01/the-gates-of-london/#comment-1189784 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 07:07:14 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=162667#comment-1189784 So evocative, thanks for sharing these. I wonder what body decided on their demolition in the 18th century-would it be the corporation of London? Are there ANY traces of any left?

]]> By: Kitanz https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/01/01/the-gates-of-london/#comment-1189773 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 05:54:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=162667#comment-1189773 Beautiful Pictures of John Players and Sons. Good Pictures, Bad Cigarettes !!

]]> By: Charlotte Hunter https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/01/01/the-gates-of-london/#comment-1189747 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 02:23:55 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=162667#comment-1189747 Lovely. How I wish more of these old gates still stood so those of us who love architecture could explore and admire. Thank you for sharing these with us.

]]> By: pauline taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/01/01/the-gates-of-london/#comment-1189645 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 13:58:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=162667#comment-1189645 At least there is one thing to thank tobacco companies for, the informative cigarette cards like these. Thank you for this selection GA and every good wish to you and all your many readers for 2018.

]]> By: Marie Nicholson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/01/01/the-gates-of-london/#comment-1189635 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 11:56:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=162667#comment-1189635 Absolutely fascinating. I so enjoy hearing how London names were derived, how any names were derived actually, and this has been a worthy lesson. Thank you.

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/01/01/the-gates-of-london/#comment-1189626 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 10:10:14 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=162667#comment-1189626 New Year’s greetings from freezing Boston,

GA, I enjoyed the review of these landmark gates, so essential to early London but later disposed of because they hindered traffic. Yet so many names remain.

The best to you and your readers for 2018. Missing London today …

]]> By: Ros https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/01/01/the-gates-of-london/#comment-1189624 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 10:02:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=162667#comment-1189624 The goings out and the comings in
And many more to you gentle author

]]> By: John Campbell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/01/01/the-gates-of-london/#comment-1189622 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 09:55:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=162667#comment-1189622 Interesting that many of these gates were demolished around the same time (1760’s). I assume London was expanding and the increase in population and traffic numbers brought about the demise of these ancient fortifications.

]]> By: Jan Toms https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/01/01/the-gates-of-london/#comment-1189616 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 09:16:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=162667#comment-1189616 We blame the mid-twentieth century for the loss of many important London buildings, but the mid-eighteenth century seems to have been just as guilty. Thanks for sharing these interesting old images with us.

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