Comments on: Eleanor Crow’s Shopfronts Of London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/08/04/shopfronts-of-london/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 05 Aug 2019 00:16:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Warren Yates https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/08/04/shopfronts-of-london/#comment-1302475 Mon, 05 Aug 2019 00:16:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176022#comment-1302475 Reminds me of Mr.Ben, lovely.

]]> By: Pamela Traves https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/08/04/shopfronts-of-london/#comment-1302474 Mon, 05 Aug 2019 00:01:26 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176022#comment-1302474 Wonderful Paintings of these Stores. She is an Amazing Painter.

]]> By: Saba https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/08/04/shopfronts-of-london/#comment-1302459 Sun, 04 Aug 2019 21:35:38 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176022#comment-1302459 Great compositions and an eye for patterns! Bravo!

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/08/04/shopfronts-of-london/#comment-1302406 Sun, 04 Aug 2019 13:25:45 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176022#comment-1302406 Lovely drawings — and, may I say, an echo of the long-ago “High Street” illustrations. In the US we still have old-time hardware stores replete with bouncy wooden floors, rolling ladders, shelving full of mysterious/wonderful things, pot bellied stoves, and knowledgeable sales people eager to help out with a project or “chew the fat”. Peanuts-in-the-shell and popcorn (and lollipops for the kids) welcome people to come in and stay awhile. NO big-box cavernous home improvement store (no matter how well-equipped) will ever replace that experience.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/08/04/shopfronts-of-london/#comment-1302402 Sun, 04 Aug 2019 12:48:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176022#comment-1302402 Very fine illustrations — congratulation!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Judith Haxton https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/08/04/shopfronts-of-london/#comment-1302400 Sun, 04 Aug 2019 12:42:08 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176022#comment-1302400 Beautiful !!!

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/08/04/shopfronts-of-london/#comment-1302396 Sun, 04 Aug 2019 11:21:53 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176022#comment-1302396 Greetings from Boston,

GA, I enjoyed reviewing Elinor Crow’s delightful storefronts of London – such details. We have one such surviving hardware store in our next town. Going in there takes me back decades, especially at holiday time.

But things change, eh? What you describe as the “generic monotony” of high street retailers is now being seriously challenged by online sales. Who knows how this will play out?

Best of luck with your book.

]]> By: Mathilde Grange https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/08/04/shopfronts-of-london/#comment-1302381 Sun, 04 Aug 2019 09:27:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176022#comment-1302381 Lovely watercolours. Small shops are the life of a neighbourhood. Shopping centers are one of man’s most boring inventions.

]]> By: Bernie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/08/04/shopfronts-of-london/#comment-1302374 Sun, 04 Aug 2019 08:35:40 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176022#comment-1302374 Very nostalgic! Tyzack is a name I well remember from my days living in Stoke Newington (1930’s to 1950’s) and travelling up and down Kingsland Road. I wonder whether it is the same premises now as then! What about Cakebread Robey on the corner of Tyssen Road? Another name to remember!

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/08/04/shopfronts-of-london/#comment-1302371 Sun, 04 Aug 2019 08:11:22 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=176022#comment-1302371 Beautifully detailed drawings and a great celebration of small shops and their quirky selection of merchandise.

I love a good ironmongers shop and have been a frequent buyer in them ever since the rabbit hutch making days of my childhood, and I particularly like the ones run by men in brown overalls who really know their stuff.

Long may they continue to thrive in competition to the soulless DIY mega stores…

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