Comments on: Marcellus Laroon’s Cries Of London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/07/13/marcellus-laroons-cries-of-london-x/ 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, 19 Dec 2023 22:26:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: GIMME SHELTER - August, 2020 - Lloyd's Blog https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/07/13/marcellus-laroons-cries-of-london-x/#comment-1532927 Tue, 19 Dec 2023 22:26:48 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=182567#comment-1532927 […] Stuck at home? Here’s an enormous amount of info from “The Gentle Author,” who writes: “In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London. I am going to write every single day and tell you about my life here in Spitalfields at the heart of London.” One of the posts: spitalfieldslife.com/2020/07/13/marcellus-laroons-cries-of-london-x […]

]]> By: Pamela Traves https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/07/13/marcellus-laroons-cries-of-london-x/#comment-1345637 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 03:34:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=182567#comment-1345637 Wonderful Painting of this Vintage Lives.???????

]]> By: Mary https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/07/13/marcellus-laroons-cries-of-london-x/#comment-1345551 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 16:47:13 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=182567#comment-1345551 Thanks Ros,I had never heard of New River. The Wikipaedia entry is very interesting especially as the river it is still used for supplying water to London’s population. At least some good came out of my misunderstanding. G.A’s blog is always an education!

]]> By: Ros https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/07/13/marcellus-laroons-cries-of-london-x/#comment-1345533 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 13:27:36 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=182567#comment-1345533 Mary, the ‘new’ goes with the river rather than the water. The New River was an artificial construction created in the early C17th to channel fresh spring and river water through London from sources to the north and west of it. It was extremely important for the health and survival of the population and parts of it are still in use today. Others know far more about it than I do, but there’s an interesting article on Wikipedia to get you started. I can’t of course vouch for the contents of the water carrier’s barrels nor how clean he kept them!

]]> By: Rita Roberts https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/07/13/marcellus-laroons-cries-of-london-x/#comment-1345526 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:47:48 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=182567#comment-1345526 Wonderful ! Wonderful. ! What a difference in then and now in as much that which we take for granted, such as water for instance. These London characters worked hard for a pittance but they seemed to look happy just the same. Thank you for such an interesting post.

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/07/13/marcellus-laroons-cries-of-london-x/#comment-1345515 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:22:53 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=182567#comment-1345515 These are great – full of character and interesting details. And I love that some are drawn from behind so that we can see all the gubbins that they are carrying.

However the stand out character of this set has to be the Famous Dutch Woman – one needs to know more!

]]> By: Mary https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/07/13/marcellus-laroons-cries-of-london-x/#comment-1345514 Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:09:27 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=182567#comment-1345514 I was intrigued by “New River Water” – as opposed to “Old” river water. It made me very thankful that I can turn on a tap in my home and enjoy wonderful clean water, yet also made me think how I take that for granted. Sadly for many millions throughout the world “new” or “old” river water is all they have. It has prompted me to donate to water aid charity. Thank you GA.

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