Comments on: Benjamin Shapiro Of Quaker St https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/03/benjamin-shapiro-of-quaker-st-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, 07 May 2021 23:09:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: John Peavoy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/03/benjamin-shapiro-of-quaker-st-x/#comment-1377350 Fri, 07 May 2021 23:09:48 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170794#comment-1377350 Hi Benjamin..

A great article .. we are related my mum is your cousin .. her dad was eli David Rebecca David’s brother both children of Morris n yetta David

Drop me a line if this email gets to you .. would love to converse

]]> By: Richard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/03/benjamin-shapiro-of-quaker-st-x/#comment-1243393 Wed, 05 Dec 2018 20:14:01 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170794#comment-1243393 Great story. Have a happy life back here.

]]> By: Jane Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/03/benjamin-shapiro-of-quaker-st-x/#comment-1243212 Wed, 05 Dec 2018 05:27:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170794#comment-1243212 What an amazing story of grit and survival, and the overwhelming impact of the 20C on one family alone. The East End is privileged to have Ben back.

]]> By: Delia Folkard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/03/benjamin-shapiro-of-quaker-st-x/#comment-1243123 Tue, 04 Dec 2018 22:04:55 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170794#comment-1243123 It is so important for people like Benjamin to tell their incredible stories. How people like him survived to tell the tale never ceases to amaze me. Thenk you.

]]> By: Jean northern https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/03/benjamin-shapiro-of-quaker-st-x/#comment-1242872 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 21:00:01 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170794#comment-1242872 Loved that story so in interesting

]]> By: Adele https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/03/benjamin-shapiro-of-quaker-st-x/#comment-1242818 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:54:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170794#comment-1242818 Wonderful account, Often dream about returning to the East End of old.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/03/benjamin-shapiro-of-quaker-st-x/#comment-1242811 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 12:53:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170794#comment-1242811 Thank you, as ever, for also including the amazing vintage photos. It was a privilege to hear
Mr. Shapiro’s story today, and take a peek at his treasured archives.
Reading this blog is my favorite way to begin my day, here in the Hudson River Valley in New York. The optimism and humanity fortify me all day long.
Most appreciated! (PS — My car mechanic thoroughly enjoyed the story of
the mechanics who work in the arches…….as he said: “for many reasons”.)
Spitalfields Life is the gift that keeps on giving.

]]> By: Phil maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/03/benjamin-shapiro-of-quaker-st-x/#comment-1242805 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 12:30:38 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170794#comment-1242805 Great account of the old East End. Quaker Street and Wheler House have so many stories to tell. Good luck to Ben with his new life in the UK.

]]> By: janet gordon https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/03/benjamin-shapiro-of-quaker-st-x/#comment-1242804 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 12:17:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170794#comment-1242804 wheler house was completed befor the second war my booba lived at no 2 she was partialy blind so my mum and dad went to live with her during the war i was born in 1945 and lived there with my mum dad and booba until i as 9 and then we moved to hughes mansions i went to deal st school

]]> By: Bernie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/12/03/benjamin-shapiro-of-quaker-st-x/#comment-1242795 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 11:18:34 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=170794#comment-1242795 So much in common with my experiences!

One small but striking feature that I have never seen before: the windows of Wheler House. They seem to have been able to open like normal sash windows, the upper half dropping down in front of the lower half, but also with a – to me unique ability – to tilt inwards for ventilation. Was that arrangement found in any other block of LCC flats?

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