Comments on: The Magnificent Old Ladies Of Whitechapel https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/03/the-magnificent-old-ladies-of-whitechapel/ 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, 10 Feb 2020 21:16:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/03/the-magnificent-old-ladies-of-whitechapel/#comment-1329640 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 21:16:34 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179498#comment-1329640 Wow! What characters…

]]> By: Carel Buxton https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/03/the-magnificent-old-ladies-of-whitechapel/#comment-1329004 Tue, 04 Feb 2020 09:12:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179498#comment-1329004 I love these photos. I can see my Nan and my Mum in several of these women’s faces. They had hard lives in poverty and in struggle but remained committed to family and a better life for their children and grandchildren. Every face is authentic and beautiful. Thank you.

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/03/the-magnificent-old-ladies-of-whitechapel/#comment-1329001 Tue, 04 Feb 2020 09:02:17 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179498#comment-1329001 Not forgetting Phyllis of course – known as Phil..

]]> By: Pamela Traves https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/03/the-magnificent-old-ladies-of-whitechapel/#comment-1329000 Tue, 04 Feb 2020 09:02:15 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179498#comment-1329000 Old and Slow, but still making it through. Great Pictures!??????

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/03/the-magnificent-old-ladies-of-whitechapel/#comment-1328997 Tue, 04 Feb 2020 08:54:13 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179498#comment-1328997 I agree with Phil Maxwell that the more wrinkles, the more interesting is the face and I bet all these old ladies have amazing stories to tell.

Great photos which give another good opportunity to play guess the name game. I’m thinking Queenie, Hilda, Peggy, Pat, Joan, Ruth and Zena… with the odd Jean, Liz and Barbara. Sylvia? Marjorie? Vera? Beryl??

]]> By: VANDA HUMAN https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/03/the-magnificent-old-ladies-of-whitechapel/#comment-1328982 Tue, 04 Feb 2020 06:09:06 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179498#comment-1328982 In the 1980’s we were fortunate to visit the UK. The very first week we were there we decided to visit the Porotbello Market and various other markets, seeing and meeting so many people was amazing. Looking at these photos brought back so many happy memories.Each and every photo tells a story of love, hardship and life. When we arrived in London and I stepped off the plane I looked at my husband and said “I feel as if I have come home”. I have never felt this way about the country or its people where I stay. Who knows perhaps its because my great grandparents were from the UK.

]]> By: Jo N https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/03/the-magnificent-old-ladies-of-whitechapel/#comment-1328926 Mon, 03 Feb 2020 17:02:06 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179498#comment-1328926 Proper coats.

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/03/the-magnificent-old-ladies-of-whitechapel/#comment-1328912 Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:34:05 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179498#comment-1328912 Greetings from Boston,

GA, thanks for featuring Phil Maxwell’s gallery of old women “going about their business in all weathers, demonstrating an indomitable spirit as the world changes around them, and becoming beloved sentinels of the territory.”

My own dear mother had such a shopping cart a mid century. Memories…

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/03/the-magnificent-old-ladies-of-whitechapel/#comment-1328911 Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:23:26 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179498#comment-1328911 (is anyone else thinking about “The Triplets of Belleville” right now…….?)
I predict that hanging in the hallway of each elderly lady is a vintage photo; revealing her beautiful,
glowing, earlier self. That beauty is still there, latent, ready to be reawakened.
Thanks for this stirring series.
Let’s hear it for the ladies!

]]> By: Lorraine https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/03/the-magnificent-old-ladies-of-whitechapel/#comment-1328899 Mon, 03 Feb 2020 10:06:21 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179498#comment-1328899 Amazing photos…every picture tells a story

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