Comments on: In Search Of The Alleys Of Old London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/26/in-search-of-the-alleys-of-old-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 Wed, 04 Mar 2020 00:34:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Carolyn Hooper https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/26/in-search-of-the-alleys-of-old-london/#comment-1331785 Wed, 04 Mar 2020 00:34:11 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179986#comment-1331785 My favourite part of this entire post is the Devereux Court Strand photo and sketch, because of one part alone…….. The right hand side column carving which, thankfully, still exists in a 2020 photograph taken by you, gentle author.

Magnificent!

]]> By: James Harrison https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/26/in-search-of-the-alleys-of-old-london/#comment-1331188 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:43:40 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179986#comment-1331188 These effortless drawings are beautiful. Makes me want to grab a pencil and try the same. Such sketches forces the artist to observe in a way no photographer can . . . mind you, the photos are great too, especially as they match the drawings perfectly.

]]> By: Pamela Traves https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/26/in-search-of-the-alleys-of-old-london/#comment-1331133 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 04:15:30 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179986#comment-1331133 ?]]> When well the allies be gone by high rise buildings?????❤?

]]> By: Sue Mayer https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/26/in-search-of-the-alleys-of-old-london/#comment-1331099 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 18:53:00 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179986#comment-1331099 I love looking at old and new photos of the areas my ancestors lived in. I was thrilled to see Pear Tree Court, Clerkenwell as at least one of my Stringle families lived there in the early 1800s. Thank you for helping to bring my ancestors to life.

]]> By: Ian Silverton https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/26/in-search-of-the-alleys-of-old-london/#comment-1331097 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 18:36:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179986#comment-1331097 Shepherd Market picture taken outside the former club bar restaurant known as TIDDY DOLLS it’s where most of the Mayfair people from the 1960s went Mike Caine Terry Stamp Etc Etc just around the corner from Sir Stirlings Moss home with his cars and scooters reg no starting with SM parked up outside his double garages, further along was the Playboy Club, with my friend Battersea Bill ran the roulette wheel when on duty, to think we where able to park our cars outside with no parking restrictions in place, London as was no problems no worries.

]]> By: paul loften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/26/in-search-of-the-alleys-of-old-london/#comment-1331089 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:47:37 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179986#comment-1331089 I have visited cities far from home
Could be Paris or Rome
Which did not invite a stranger
In bygone days 0ur alleyways
Were night footsteps full of danger

Now the footpads no more
The night tourist is sure
London’s alleys are now as safe as houses
There is no finer sight
Than an alley at night
And footsteps only history arouses

Thank you for the wonderful photos of London’s old alleys !

]]> By: Gayle https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/26/in-search-of-the-alleys-of-old-london/#comment-1331086 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 15:12:45 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179986#comment-1331086 Maybe Adam Dant should make a map of alleys and passageways! So happy this many are still recognizable.

]]> By: Sarah B Guest Perry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/26/in-search-of-the-alleys-of-old-london/#comment-1331082 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 14:30:13 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179986#comment-1331082 Charming . . . thank you!

]]> By: Penny Gardner https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/26/in-search-of-the-alleys-of-old-london/#comment-1331079 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:28:55 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179986#comment-1331079 What a charming article. I was taught to navigate London by my parents in the early 1950s and carried on, always 2 blocks from the main street. It is a great place if you know how to avoid everyone else. You have pinpointed one of two that I have missed. The loss of old buildings for cheap developments makes me very sad.

]]> By: Claire D https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/02/26/in-search-of-the-alleys-of-old-london/#comment-1331077 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:06:27 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=179986#comment-1331077 These are such wonderful drawings, and juxtaposed with the photographs even more fascinating. A book perhaps ? With other similar works.

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