Comments on: City Animals https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/26/city-animals/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 06 Jan 2019 21:50:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Adrian https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/26/city-animals/#comment-1249606 Sun, 06 Jan 2019 21:50:18 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=169256#comment-1249606 The Fox umbrella shop had recessed non-reflective, curved plate glass windows making it look like there was no glass there at all. I’ve never seen it anywhere else.

https://quintinlake.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Foxs-Umbrella-Shop-118-London-Wall/G0000h7.Sq_GgDxc/I0000HQ36U6GXIl0

]]> By: mlaiuppa https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/26/city-animals/#comment-1228118 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 21:35:25 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=169256#comment-1228118 Absolutely love them but am particularly taken with “Chippy.”

My copies of The Life and Times of Mr. Pussy have arrived. I look forward to reading mine and sending the other copy to my friend in Minnesota. I’m sure she will enjoy it even more, being a dual cat person of orange tabby persuasion.

]]> By: Colin Cohen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/26/city-animals/#comment-1228053 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:48:10 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=169256#comment-1228053 I’m curious about Fox, all in stainless steel. For a time in the 1950s when steel had been denationalized my father was foreign advisor to United Steel. All the former constituent companies had their original names and one was Samuel Fox who among other things made stainless steel [and gave away stainless pen knives to those considered worthy, but did not know who had made the steel!]. Anyway l’m sure that I remember that one of the things they made was the alloy used in umbrella frames and wonder if there was a connection

]]> By: Lisbeth https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/26/city-animals/#comment-1228014 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:25:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=169256#comment-1228014 Brilliant photos! I’ll look out for these if I ever happen to return to London!

]]> By: Barbara Hague https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/26/city-animals/#comment-1228010 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:04:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=169256#comment-1228010 fascinating!

]]> By: Chris WM https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/26/city-animals/#comment-1228004 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 08:35:17 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=169256#comment-1228004 I love to go on safari in the City and have encountered most of the City Gent’s menagerie. However, my favourites are mythical beasts – the very sassy unicorns in the courtyard of Apothecaries Hall. Wander in on a weekday and see if you can interpret their facial expressions…

]]> By: stephanie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/26/city-animals/#comment-1227964 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 06:24:09 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=169256#comment-1227964 A worthy alumnus with lost tales and a much missed legend (Ian Nairn) of his own. It is great to retrieve these items of beauty from the ever encroaching blank facades of fiscal tombstones that continue to dominate the outskirts of the city today.

]]> By: Valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/26/city-animals/#comment-1227959 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 06:07:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=169256#comment-1227959 A great collection of signs and symbols today. Valerie

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