Comments on: A Room To Let In Old Aldgate

By: venel

venel — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 12:20:00 +0000

Although i was not born in the UK, I just went on a roller coaster of nostalgia, on going through these photos.
Thanks for showing them.

By: Steve Hanscomb

Steve Hanscomb — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 17:29:52 +0000

There are still one or two places in London where you can get the atmosphere of these wonderful old places – not least the George, in the last photograph! I’ve spent many evenings drinking in the Lamb and Flag, Covent Garden, and always love the weatherboarded alley that runs alongside it with an entrance into the pub. The rickety stairs that lead you to the rooms above are straight out of these images. Only a foggy night could complete the scene.
There is a little Victorian survivor not far from Goodge Street. Have a wander down Newman Passage that links Newman Street to Rathbone Street, next to the Newman Arms. Only a short walk, but from a lost age.

By: Tony Anderson

Tony Anderson — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 10:55:26 +0000

What a wonderful fantasy I was able to enjoy while being trapped in Australia by Covid. Thank You.

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 08:47:49 +0000

What amazing images, and I’m glad to know that at least ‘some’ of the buildings survive to this day.

By: Mark L Parsons

Mark L Parsons — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 02:29:46 +0000

I was drawn in…. oh my, hear the echoes?, glimpse the shadows?
Thank you GA – rock star of we past peekers

By: Sharon Joste

Sharon Joste — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 20:10:29 +0000

Fabulous photos thanks ?

By: Clare Edwards

Clare Edwards — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 14:54:07 +0000

Beautiful photographs of a bygone time. Thanks you for every post!!

By: Georgina Briody

Georgina Briody — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 13:26:14 +0000

To Guy M……indeed the George is still going strong or was last time I visited!!

By: Mike D

Mike D — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 13:23:03 +0000

Great article. I think it was only the wooden front elevation of Sir Paul Pindar’s House that was saved and re-assembled at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

By: stephanie

stephanie — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 12:43:03 +0000

” ..veritable sonnets upon the nature of ephemerality’ unforgettable phrase of yours. So true.

Beautiful ghostly photos of what has been lost. The Italians would have found some way to renovate, adapt and evolve these buildings to whatever was happening in the neighbourhood. To our shame we have never included preservation/adaption of buildings of the past as important. No better illustrated by the current beyond words activities in our oldest manufacturing site inside the beautiful Whitechapel Foundry. Every time I see a photo of a galleried Inn such as above it triggers me to the Archaeologist’s comments about the relevance of the plans for a galleried Inn effect in the developers plans based on the purported influence of The Artichoke inn. What a farce.