Comments on: The Trade Cards Of Old London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/11/27/the-trade-cards-of-old-london-x/ 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, 21 Jun 2019 07:47:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: david whittaker https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/11/27/the-trade-cards-of-old-london-x/#comment-1293746 Fri, 21 Jun 2019 07:47:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170699#comment-1293746 THANK YOU

]]> By: david whittaker https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/11/27/the-trade-cards-of-old-london-x/#comment-1293744 Fri, 21 Jun 2019 07:46:22 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170699#comment-1293744 SENSATIONAL…

]]> By: pauline taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/11/27/the-trade-cards-of-old-london-x/#comment-1241671 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 23:09:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170699#comment-1241671 Works of Art, Wonderful.

]]> By: Caroline Murray https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/11/27/the-trade-cards-of-old-london-x/#comment-1241624 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:40:18 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170699#comment-1241624 I especially enjoyed the Misses Hogarth, with the elaborate note on how to find them, and the offer to supply outfits for Bluecoat boys. I expect you know this, but Sir Joseph Banks’s sister, Sarah Sophia, made a large collection of ephemera, which she left to the British Museum – were such collections (of basically valueless – to them! – items) fairly common at the period?

]]> By: Eva Radford https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/11/27/the-trade-cards-of-old-london-x/#comment-1241608 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 16:40:58 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170699#comment-1241608 This is an extraordinary peek into another time. Personalities come through in many instances. Thank you!

]]> By: Ben Hillman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/11/27/the-trade-cards-of-old-london-x/#comment-1241566 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 13:13:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170699#comment-1241566 Beautiful. What size are these cards?

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/11/27/the-trade-cards-of-old-london-x/#comment-1241558 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:31:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170699#comment-1241558 Greetings from Boston,

GA, interesting collection of London’s old signs from the Bishopgate’s collection. Includes colorful street directions like “over against Middle Row, Holburn,” “within Three Doors of Algate, on the left side of the way,” and “in ye Broad part of St. Martin’s court.” I wonder when street numbering became universal?

I also learned a new word PERUKE- “a man’s wig of the 17th and 18th centuries, usually powdered and gathered at the back of the neck with a ribbon; periwig.”

]]> By: Louise H https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/11/27/the-trade-cards-of-old-london-x/#comment-1241548 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:44:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170699#comment-1241548 Simply beautiful! The time when business cards told a story.

]]> By: Leila, Cumber https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/11/27/the-trade-cards-of-old-london-x/#comment-1241535 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 10:52:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170699#comment-1241535 Always a fascinating read, and especially so for born and bred Londoners of all ages.

]]> By: Hugh Macfarlane https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/11/27/the-trade-cards-of-old-london-x/#comment-1241521 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:53:57 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170699#comment-1241521 Nice to see the now forgotten long s in these trade cards, these look like an ‘f’ but without the forward ligature, they went out of use in the nineteenth century, would like to see more of these cards in the future.
Keep up the good work.

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