Comments on: Vanishing London

By: Gillian

Gillian — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 12:39:48 +0000

A wonderful glimpse into a world long ago.

By: Patrick Baty

Patrick Baty — Sun, 27 May 2018 12:47:29 +0000

Thank you very much for these. I was delighted to see the photo of No 2 Plough Court, which was the home and business address of Silvanus Bevan (1691-1765). He founded the Plough Court Pharmacy, which later became Allen and Hanburys. His brother Timothy, my 5th great grandfather, also traded there and married Elizabeth Barclay the daughter of the founder of Barclay’s Bank.

By: Peter Biernis

Peter Biernis — Wed, 23 May 2018 09:45:38 +0000

Used to love delivering veg to Spitalfields think it has now lost some of its charm and been taken over by the hip crowd somewhat

By: Julian Woodford

Julian Woodford — Tue, 22 May 2018 20:58:29 +0000

Frederick Hilton Price was the man behind the hanging signs of Lombard Street! See my post at:
http://historylondon.org/lombard-street-signs-how-londons-banks-got-their-logos/

By: Sonia Murray

Sonia Murray — Tue, 22 May 2018 01:14:42 +0000

Gentle Author, you never fail to surprise me! The photographs are fascinating glimpses of a bygone era. I only wish Gran could see your picture of 54-55 Lincoln’s Inn Fields as it existed in the early years of the century. In 1952 she took me there, was bemused that the building was new to her, and said “But this is where I met the man who became my husband.” Memories…!

Let us have more photographs of Old London, please!

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 21 May 2018 21:09:09 +0000

What was the idea behind the shutters leaning outwards? Was it to reflect light into the rooms? When I see photos like these there are always buildings one could imagine being around today, but others that are of a style that has vanished completely.

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Mon, 21 May 2018 21:04:13 +0000

Amazing images, taking us straight into an era long gone, but still feeling we’re right in it. Thank you for sharing.

By: Gregory Hubbard

Gregory Hubbard — Mon, 21 May 2018 20:06:29 +0000

Evocative photos of a London that is long gone. I hope the interiors of some of these buildings were recorded as well.

You could publish, again, a similar set of photographs of losses in the London of the 21st century. We have not learned as much as we thought…

By: pauline taylor

pauline taylor — Mon, 21 May 2018 14:30:57 +0000

Thank you GA for these evocative images of scenes long since gone but which would have been so familiar to all my London ancestors most of whom were born and lived and worked close beside the River Thames, and the Tearoes actually worked on it of course in earlier times ferrying the Archbishop along it and umpteen people across it from Lambeth to Westminster. I doubt if some of these scenes had changed much in all those years, and now sadly there would be very little that they would recognize, it really is a sad reflection of the times that we live in.

By: Ron Bunting

Ron Bunting — Mon, 21 May 2018 13:23:48 +0000

The last photo says alot.. When the stair case became so rotten it was too dangerous to use, a new one was built,right over the top of the existing one.