Comments on: A Dead Man In Clerkenwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/29/a-dead-man-in-clerkenwell-o/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:58:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Stella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/29/a-dead-man-in-clerkenwell-o/#comment-1356093 Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:58:44 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184014#comment-1356093 Oh Gentle Author, my mother has just passed away, much in the same way as your own. She refused to eat or drink, as swallowing became impossible. I felt so helpless, watching her waste away. Somehow, reading your reflections on death is oddly comforting. Thank you for a much needed assurance that others have walked this path before.

]]> By: Pamela Traves https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/29/a-dead-man-in-clerkenwell-o/#comment-1356055 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 22:42:36 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184014#comment-1356055 Amazing Sad, Very Old Death of a British man. Thank You.???????

]]> By: Leana Pooley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/29/a-dead-man-in-clerkenwell-o/#comment-1356041 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 16:39:53 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184014#comment-1356041 As Alan Bennett put it: keep on keeping on……

]]> By: Ann Vosper https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/29/a-dead-man-in-clerkenwell-o/#comment-1356040 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 16:26:43 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184014#comment-1356040 Simply beautiful – thank you.

]]> By: Russell Metz https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/29/a-dead-man-in-clerkenwell-o/#comment-1356036 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 14:34:57 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184014#comment-1356036 Wonderful little essay. Thank you and stay safe.

]]> By: Valerie Huggins https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/29/a-dead-man-in-clerkenwell-o/#comment-1356032 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:12:53 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184014#comment-1356032 So tenderly written it moved me to tears

]]> By: Frances Bevan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/29/a-dead-man-in-clerkenwell-o/#comment-1356027 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:57:24 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184014#comment-1356027 An evocative and poignant article. Thought provoking. Thank you.

]]> By: Pauline Taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/29/a-dead-man-in-clerkenwell-o/#comment-1356024 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:36:37 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184014#comment-1356024 I am amazed GA at how often your pieces strike a chord with me and today is no exception as I have made up my mind that I must finally go through all the ephemera that was left to me by our friend who took his own life. They are all that remains of him and I have put off what must be done for far too many years. I not only have his very long suicide note to me but a big box full of poetry and other things that he wrote such as his personal views of people he worked with in a charity shop and others including me. He wrote also a list of the people who had helped him to cope after his mother died and, I have no idea why, but I am mentioned first. I was finding the thought of searching through all these ‘remains’ of him very daunting but reading this piece has helped and I shall be brave !! Thank you as always GA.

]]> By: Linda Granfield https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/29/a-dead-man-in-clerkenwell-o/#comment-1356023 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:32:57 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184014#comment-1356023 Brrrrr……
One can feel the chill in that crypt conveyed by your photographs.
The warm moments of your recollections of your parents nicely balance that cold.

Such dignity in that dead man’s face.
And love in your piece today.
Thank you.

]]> By: Francesca Fenn https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/10/29/a-dead-man-in-clerkenwell-o/#comment-1356018 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 07:40:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184014#comment-1356018 What a beautiful piece, Ian. Thank you.

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