Comments on: The Bethnal Green Gasometers https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/05/09/the-fate-of-the-bethnal-green-gasometers/ 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, 10 May 2019 06:06:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: L Mil https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/05/09/the-fate-of-the-bethnal-green-gasometers/#comment-1285970 Fri, 10 May 2019 06:06:03 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=174212#comment-1285970 East End Waterways have very constructive comments and suggestions to development, one gas holder with residential inside, the other with park inside. Details here:
https://mailchi.mp/0bad2470c8e7/may-consultation-2?e=51afe97d1e

]]> By: Sharon https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/05/09/the-fate-of-the-bethnal-green-gasometers/#comment-1285927 Fri, 10 May 2019 00:21:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=174212#comment-1285927 As we travel by train around the country we often get to see the ‘arse end’ of towns, complete with gas HOLDERS. Though these are fewer and further between these days.

I’m with Greg Tingey on the redevelopment too – gasworks certainly were known to have badly contaminated the land they were built on. Whether the same is true for gas holders remains to be tested for. Not sure I’d like to try growing anything in such land.

Wouldn’t mind living in a sympathetic adaptation of such a beautifully design piece of functional engineering though. When did the idea that everything had to look as ugly as possible come in? It can’t be that much cheaper to build ‘ugly’ than to build ‘elegant’ or ‘stylish’, can it?

]]> By: Mary Mills https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/05/09/the-fate-of-the-bethnal-green-gasometers/#comment-1285870 Thu, 09 May 2019 14:40:57 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=174212#comment-1285870 Lucky Bethnal Green – please wish us well with the magnificent East Greenwich No1. – much later than Bethnal Green – which seems doomed because of the Silvertown Tunnel.

Please tell Greg Tingey above that Marian Place holders were a holder station a considerable distance from where the gas was made which was Haggerston Park

]]> By: Ms Mischief https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/05/09/the-fate-of-the-bethnal-green-gasometers/#comment-1285861 Thu, 09 May 2019 13:31:08 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=174212#comment-1285861 Historic England deserves a kick up its arse!

Can anyone suggest a better name for the idiotic organisation that actively encourages the destruction of the historic fabric of England… unless it’s one more aristocratic mansion?

]]> By: Eric Forward https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/05/09/the-fate-of-the-bethnal-green-gasometers/#comment-1285855 Thu, 09 May 2019 12:29:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=174212#comment-1285855 I live on the site of an old gasworks in Stepney Green, so I’m afraid it does look like complete removal / redevelopment is an option if looking at Grand Union Place as an example. However, looking to Kings Cross, they’ve managed to build within the structures to create something quite unique. I’d recommend it as another beautiful canal side walk. I do hope they manage to retain these structures, there is something beautiful and unique about this stretch of the canal, it would be awful to see these go.

]]> By: Paul Loften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/05/09/the-fate-of-the-bethnal-green-gasometers/#comment-1285854 Thu, 09 May 2019 12:25:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=174212#comment-1285854 Thank you Gentle Author. Although I appreciate architecture and the surrounding landscape that I can see with my own eyes I have had very little education as to how structures such as these should fit in the modern day environment. You have pointed precisely out how the gasometers do
actually enhance the area. the photos are beautiful and you could say contain the iconic magic of a rapidly disappearing London. You have drawn attention to something which is worth saving . Your blog is an essential service to Londoners !

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/05/09/the-fate-of-the-bethnal-green-gasometers/#comment-1285841 Thu, 09 May 2019 10:17:30 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=174212#comment-1285841 Greetings from Boston,

GA, I like the close-up short of the gasometers with “Decorative ironwork and classical columns ascending from Doric to Corinthian like the Coliseum.” They must be well maintained since there is no sign of rust.

]]> By: Laura Williamson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/05/09/the-fate-of-the-bethnal-green-gasometers/#comment-1285840 Thu, 09 May 2019 10:03:34 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=174212#comment-1285840 Another here who loves the elegance the Victorians could bring to the most utilitarian structure. This must be one instance (ground pollution permitting) where sympathetic inclusion in a modern usage, which preserved their spare beauty, would be a possibility.

]]> By: Phil maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/05/09/the-fate-of-the-bethnal-green-gasometers/#comment-1285835 Thu, 09 May 2019 08:53:21 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=174212#comment-1285835 Thanks for drawing these majestic structures to our attention. They are marvellous examples of Victorian industrial architecture and should be preserved for future generations to enjoy.

]]> By: Di Corry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/05/09/the-fate-of-the-bethnal-green-gasometers/#comment-1285833 Thu, 09 May 2019 08:42:58 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=174212#comment-1285833 I do hope they are retained, I drive past these regularly when visiting my mum and they are magnificent.
Earlier this year, what looked like a giant metal spider was attached to the top of one, the Gasometer appearing as it’s web, did anyone else see this?
Beautiful photographs GA, especially the one showing the reflection of their classical beauty in Regent’s Canal.

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