https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/11/in-long-forgotten-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 Tue, 12 May 2020 14:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/11/in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1338068 Tue, 12 May 2020 14:36:16 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181320#comment-1338068 I could look at these forever…so amazing and helpful for me imagining where my ancestors lived….thanks so much for sharing! Will have to explore the book for myself as well as keep visiting your site 🙂

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/11/in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1338014 Mon, 11 May 2020 21:02:28 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181320#comment-1338014 Thank You for these Beautiful Paintings of the Vintage Time. I Love Them!!???????

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/11/in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1337993 Mon, 11 May 2020 13:27:26 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181320#comment-1337993 Wonderful, wonderful books, nothing would make me part with mine. I love the illustrations and the text is a mine of historical information about every aspect of London life at the time. They are a treasure trove indeed and I shall be getting mine out and reading more while I am forced to stay at home, thank you GA for reminding me.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/11/in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1337992 Mon, 11 May 2020 13:05:08 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181320#comment-1337992 Thank you for these wonderful images! I wish the artists of our great-grandparents’ time could know how much pleasure their work is giving, so many years later. Interesting that Seven Sisters was named for those seven beautiful oaks – I never knew. Please give us more of these lovely engravings!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/11/in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1337990 Mon, 11 May 2020 12:52:48 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181320#comment-1337990 I know so many of these places. Sadly no longer so inspiring. Who is brave enough to set about restoring them to what they once were? Alright maybe with a few mobile phone masts here and there. Just a passing thought.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/11/in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1337987 Mon, 11 May 2020 11:26:31 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181320#comment-1337987 Beautiful engravings.
The seven trees from where the name for the Seven Sisters area comes from – lovely, I have never seen a picture before.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/11/in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1337981 Mon, 11 May 2020 08:42:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181320#comment-1337981 Wonderful images that really convey the fact that modern London is made from many small villages. Primrose Hill looks as if it really was a primrose covered hill. The only image that we would recognise today is Highgate cemetery.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/11/in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1337977 Mon, 11 May 2020 07:43:44 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181320#comment-1337977 These are fab – especially the architectural drawings – and new to me. More please.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/11/in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1337974 Mon, 11 May 2020 06:52:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181320#comment-1337974 The very first illustration makes one wonder as to how accurate any of the rest are.
There was never, ever a locomotive like the one shown in the bottom of that picture….

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/11/in-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1337970 Mon, 11 May 2020 06:09:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181320#comment-1337970 I love your blog… I look forward to the pictures of old London
Thank you for hours of happy reading
Best

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