Comments on: A Walk Through Time In Spitalfields

By: sara midda

sara midda — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:27:19 +0000

Amazing. Thank you, sara

By: Ruth Fleming

Ruth Fleming — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 14:47:01 +0000

I love these pictures, and the ghostly figures juxtaposed with present-day shots. Part of me wonders if the ghostly figures are there all the time, we sense them but cannot see them. This is part of the mystery of places where humans have lived their lives over a long period of time.

By: Ian Silverton

Ian Silverton — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 08:18:25 +0000

Loved looking at all these pictures, great idea would like to see some more sometime GA,on other parts of East London if possible, some may its sad to to see the poor from the past like ghost looking at you from poverty and hunger, must say I agree make me sad looking at there poor faces, then I lived in and played in the same Streets as them and we where all dirt poor but not hungry, just very thin. Stay safe UK especially London.

By: Pamela Traves

Pamela Traves — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 05:18:28 +0000

I Love these “These Then and Now ” Pictures. They look a little sad.???????

By: Vicki Lovell

Vicki Lovell — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 02:48:54 +0000

Oh my gosh, how fantastic, an Australian with Joseph/Jacobs East End ancestors, I am blown away with the photo’s and imagination in these photographs . Many of my ancestors lived in the street’s shown, Brushfield Street, Bell Lane and Sandy Row, how fantastic to imagine them in these photos, and having visited London I love the juxtaposition of modern and old. Thank you so much I am totally in love with this concept and location. Your blog continues to enthuse my imagination and educate me.
Vicki, Adelaide

By: Valerie Gonzalez

Valerie Gonzalez — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 21:57:08 +0000

So many children everywhere, the streets must have sounded so different then;
wonderfully evocative photos, thank you so much.

By: Elizabeth Olson

Elizabeth Olson — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:49:28 +0000

These photographs are indeed evocative. I keep viewing and seeing things I missed and have different emotions each time. Brilliantly presented. Thank you.

By: Jill Wilson

Jill Wilson — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:52:01 +0000

Spooky and very thought provoking… thank you both for sharing the images.

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:33:18 +0000

This series totally struck a chord. We get self-absorbed in our daily lives, sometimes not even looking up, believing that the current news headline is a substitute for real life. I am so grateful to photographer Adam Tuck and The Gentle Author for providing this deep awareness today. We are part of a continuum, true — but it is all so fleeting. Seeing those young ghostly faces in the foreground, it reminded me of the (was it?) Mary Oliver quote about “what do you plan to do with your one life?”.

Down to the studio, with refreshed dedication.

(I’d give anything to see what this photographer would do with the Old Streets of Manhattan.)

Many thanks.

By: Helen Breen

Helen Breen — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:41:41 +0000

Greetings from Boston,

GA, kudos to Adam Tuck for blending those turn of the century photos of C.A. Mathew into contemporary street scenes.

Indeed, “people of today co-exist in the same space with people of the past, manifesting a sensation I have always felt in Spitalfields – that all of history is present here.”