Comments on: Pensioners United https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/24/pensioners-united/ 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, 24 Apr 2018 11:03:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/24/pensioners-united/#comment-1205009 Tue, 24 Apr 2018 11:03:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165848#comment-1205009 Greetings from Boston,

GA, kudos to Phil Maxwell for capturing the indomitable appeal of these aging ladies in PENSIONERS UNITED.

Well said:

“In a strange kind of way, they embody the spirit of the street because they’ve been treading the same paths for decades and seen all the changes. They have an integrity that a youth or a skateboarder can’t have, which comes from their wealth of experience and, living longer than men, they become the guardians of the life of the street.”

Agreed…

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/24/pensioners-united/#comment-1205007 Tue, 24 Apr 2018 10:21:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165848#comment-1205007 (I am reminded of a wonderful animated film, The Triplets of Belleville.) The humanity and tenacity of these faces really made my day. Phil Maxwell is an incredible story-teller, and I am thrilled to see his work here.

]]> By: Judy Sumray https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/24/pensioners-united/#comment-1205003 Tue, 24 Apr 2018 08:12:53 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165848#comment-1205003 Impossible to express what these pictures mean to me, your daily blog a gentle sanity for which I have no adequate words, except thank you. Maternal grandparents lived in Burslem (James street?) off Cannon Street Road……I’m 93, housebound in leafy highgate, no complaints, it some very real recollections of 1928 onwards…..women’s daily lives were unimaginably hard……one hopes archive records exist……thank you again…

]]> By: Valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/24/pensioners-united/#comment-1205000 Tue, 24 Apr 2018 06:49:18 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165848#comment-1205000 Very expressive and impressive photos. Valerie

]]> By: Jim McDermott https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/24/pensioners-united/#comment-1204999 Tue, 24 Apr 2018 06:22:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165848#comment-1204999 Wonderfully atmospheric, but some pretty hard lives are reflected here.

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