Comments on: William Whiffin, Photographer

By: Denise Booker [whiffin]

Denise Booker [whiffin] — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 01:53:42 +0000

Would love to here from you as we maybe related.
Thanks.

By: Chris Griffin

Chris Griffin — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 12:09:41 +0000

Is he the William Whiffin who has the square in Tower Hamlets named after him.
My grandfather was William Wellings Whiffin.

By: David Dean

David Dean — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 08:37:46 +0000

I have recently discovered that William Whiffin is a distant relative of mine. It’s wonderful to see these evocative photographs. Thank you for sharing

By: linda kincaid

linda kincaid — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 21:23:57 +0000

Beautiful photographs. Thankyou for showing them to us.

By: Philip Binnd

Philip Binnd — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:42:01 +0000

Thank you for these evocative images.
I was particularly taken by the image of the Pantheon in Oxford Street and the marvellous 3D lettering advertising Veno’s Cold Cure on the brick wall of the adjacent building.
My parents always had a bottle on standby when I was growing up and it always seemed to work.
The typography surely was an inspiration for later 20th century designers.

By: Pamela Traves

Pamela Traves — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 03:10:07 +0000

Thank You So much for these Vintage Pictures. Some Very Sad, Some Beautiful, as Life is.???????

By: Thomas Andrews

Thomas Andrews — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 19:12:28 +0000

How wonderful it would be if you, or someone else were to locate these views and take a snap of what we would see today from the same point these were taken so long ago. What fun it is to compare then and now.

Cheers

By: Richard Pascoe

Richard Pascoe — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:00:34 +0000

Thank you G A , and Hellen for showing us these wonderful photographs .
Richard.

By: Linda Granfield

Linda Granfield — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:45:35 +0000

Love the workmen ‘de-constructing’ St. Jude’s Church.

And the mum, ‘posing dog,’ and the boy smiling despite his arm in a sling. What a well-swept yard!

I, too, want to know who designed that magnificent business card. It’s very ‘House of Morris.”

Wonderful photos! Many thanks.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:11:00 +0000

You know I’m a sucker for the photos you show and these are up to your usual high standard.
Youg Sid staring balefully out at the street, a freshly glossed door and postbox catch my eye. Smell that lead based paint!
The poor tramp, filthy from god knows what, bringing to mind Orwells Down and Out in London and Paris. Waiting for the spike to open?
Excellent photographer.