Comments on: In Old Holborn

By: mlaiuppa

mlaiuppa — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 02:38:16 +0000

Can you still stay at the Staple’s Inn or the Gray’s Inn? That would be worth winning the lottery to go and stay there.

By: tovangar2

tovangar2 — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 01:38:39 +0000

Thank you so much GA. I can no longer visit these lovely familiar streets because age and infirmity have immobilized me, but I know they’re out there and welcome the proof you provide. I think you can have no idea how much your posts mean to many of us. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 22:23:42 +0000

Holborn is a well-kept secret and there are many places of interest that reward the inquisitive explorer. The other thing about Holborn is that there are a lot of people living there, right in the centre of London. From Bloomsbury to Clerkenwell, from The Strand to Kings Cross, Holborn has always had a population of working people and it still has – if you know where to look. Just behind Leather Lane there is the Bourne Estate, for instance. A living, thriving community of ordinary people, not wealthy business people or foreign investors, but people who live and work in the greatest city on earth. Just look in the side streets and you will find families living in houses and apartments, with gardens and washing lines, just like anywhere else. There are parks and playing fields, schools and theatres, cinemas and small shops, just like a small town or village. And that’s what Holborn is, a village in the centre of London. A real community of real people. Of course, there are rich people too but Holborn still retains its working community and long may it continue.

By: Geoff Stocker

Geoff Stocker — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:31:41 +0000

Your wonderful photographs show why London is the greatest city in the world thanks GA for reminding us .

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:25:31 +0000

Lovely photos of a interesting area. By the way would a visit to the India Club restaurant in the Strand be of interest. It’s a unique old survivor and is soon to be redeveloped apparently.

By: Phil Maxwell

Phil Maxwell — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 10:46:30 +0000

Love the photographs.

By: Richard Pascoe

Richard Pascoe — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 08:13:16 +0000

Dear GA
Thank you for my daily fix, and a wonderful excursion through dear old London.
Richard

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 07:48:42 +0000

Thank you for this excellent post and the wonderfully evocative photos, and all that you do.