Comments on: John Stow’s Spittle Fields https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/03/23/john-stows-spittle-fields/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:04:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/03/23/john-stows-spittle-fields/#comment-1200300 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:04:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164822#comment-1200300 Greetings from Boston,

GA, that is a most impressive statue of John Stow, quite a substantial presence.

April makes a good suggestion above about engaging youngsters in ancient history by appealing to their sense of the macabre. The Museum of London Docklands appears to be doing just that in opening a series of Roman Dead Events in May. It will feature “ancient grave goods and objects, including an extremely rare sarcophagus to explore rituals and beliefs in Roman London.”

]]> By: April ashton https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/03/23/john-stows-spittle-fields/#comment-1200224 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 07:02:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164822#comment-1200224 All more than interesting – couldn’t much of this information make school history classes about the Romans somewhat more fascinating if only because children would consider some of the content macabre – but the seed of interest might be sown!

]]> By: Valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/03/23/john-stows-spittle-fields/#comment-1200210 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 06:19:56 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164822#comment-1200210 John Stowe left some fascinating accounts! Valerie

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