Comments on: In & Out The Eagle https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/20/in-out-the-eagle/ 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, 21 Oct 2020 14:23:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: John Miles https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/20/in-out-the-eagle/#comment-1355509 Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:23:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=183869#comment-1355509 Wonderful post, GA – thank you! One of my favourite Dickens stories is ‘Jemima Evans and The Eagle’ from ‘Sketches by Boz’ – a lively and amusing portrayal of a lost London world. Would that it were possible to go back to The Eagle for an evening – to see a performance, hear a concert or watch Charles Green ascend in a balloon!

]]> By: Di Corry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/20/in-out-the-eagle/#comment-1355435 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:20:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=183869#comment-1355435 Wow! Who’d have thought that all these amazing artists were appearing in the East End. I’m sure my great- grandmother must have seen some of them, she was a lover of Music Halls, Theatre and visited the Eagle Tavern. She used to live with us when I was small and always sang that song to me. Thank you for bringing back happy memories.
It’s a poignant reminder that so may actors, performers and musicians are unable to share their talents with us all now……

]]> By: Barbara https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/20/in-out-the-eagle/#comment-1355429 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 13:26:52 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=183869#comment-1355429 We coulddo with something like this now!

]]> By: Linda Granfield https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/20/in-out-the-eagle/#comment-1355426 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:39:45 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=183869#comment-1355426 What a magnificent place! No wonder thousands wanted to attend the various events.

Have to say, I cannot imagine ‘dancing with a dysenteric patient’ though!

I was curious about the songs mentioned and did a quick-look. Found one–“The Soldier’s Tear.”

The lyrics (1830–which fits the dates of your clippings) by Thomas Haynes Bayly. New music by the fellow singing this sad song, Michael Squires. I can only imagine the audience-tears when “Miss Seymour” sang it so long ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANf7O-AHkMg

Good chuckle, dear GA, with that last, punchy line of yours. Shoreditch Police Station. Constables were most likely much in evidence with the crowds at the Eagle!

]]> By: Jane Manley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/20/in-out-the-eagle/#comment-1355422 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:02:43 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=183869#comment-1355422 This brought back so many memories of my grandma singing Pop Goes the Weasle to me when I was young. I always thought that the line ‘in and out the Eagle’ was a bit odd, not realising at the time that the eagle was a pub. It was only last year as I was walking down the City Road and came across the Eagle pub that I realised that, in my mind, I could hear my grandma singing to me. I have also discovered recently that she grew up not very far from here.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/20/in-out-the-eagle/#comment-1355421 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:12:25 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=183869#comment-1355421 “Having spent some days in preparation, a splendid time is guaranteed for all. And tonight Mr. Kite is topping the bill!” —- NOW I realize the full meaning of those curious tantalizing lyrics from the Beatles.

As for all the varied type fonts involved here: All I can say is……..”Excelsior!”.

What a tremendous banquet of excessive mirth.
Take a bow (from a galloping horse, of course) GA!

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