Comments on: The Bridges Of Old London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/12/15/the-bridges-of-old-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 Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:05:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Juliet Wood https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/12/15/the-bridges-of-old-london-x/#comment-1368369 Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:05:02 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184611#comment-1368369 Thank you for this wonderful collection.
I have not seen a photograph of the old wooden bridge before.
That wooden bridge – sometimes referred to as Old Battersea Bridge – was the subject of Whistler’s painting “Nocturne: Blue and Gold”.
In its turn, that painting was the inspiration for Billy Strayhorn’s haunting composition for Duke Ellington’s band, “Chelsea Bridge”.

]]> By: Anthony Rennie Stansfeld https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/12/15/the-bridges-of-old-london-x/#comment-1361760 Sat, 19 Dec 2020 07:40:29 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184611#comment-1361760 I am a direct descendent of John Rennie. I still have his architects table in my study, and his pocket watch amongst other things. My grandmother gave the Raeburn portrait of him to the Scottish Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh.

]]> By: Bob Ball https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/12/15/the-bridges-of-old-london-x/#comment-1361557 Thu, 17 Dec 2020 08:12:52 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184611#comment-1361557 Dear GA…I long for the day when I can feel safe and come back to London and travel on the top deck of buses. I might well bring Bertie and will traverse the lot on the top of a double decker. . Apart from Hammersmith and Vauxhall and any others currently falling down.

]]> By: Chris Connor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/12/15/the-bridges-of-old-london-x/#comment-1361521 Wed, 16 Dec 2020 17:01:18 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184611#comment-1361521 Wonderful article which evokes so many views and thoughts of old London. One thing, there is a picture of a view through an arch of Waterloo Bridge toward Hungerford Bridge and Westminster. Should the photo not be reversed as the river curves to the left toward Westminster and the photo shows it curving to the right. Pedantic, me?

]]> By: Di Corry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/12/15/the-bridges-of-old-london-x/#comment-1361419 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:03:20 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184611#comment-1361419 Wonderful photographs and stories…thank you GA.
Am looking forward to getting back into London again and walking across some of these wonderful bridges once we are out of Tier Three….. you have inspired me!

]]> By: Bob Davenport https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/12/15/the-bridges-of-old-london-x/#comment-1361394 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:13:19 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184611#comment-1361394 While researching something else today, I came across this extraordinary 1896 film footage of Blackfriars Bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fABILtla_lE

]]> By: Lizebeth https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/12/15/the-bridges-of-old-london-x/#comment-1361393 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:06:55 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184611#comment-1361393 The view under the arch of Waterloo Bridge along the river is one of my favourites in all of London. I love walking along the North Bank of the Thames from Westminster to Tower Bridge in all seasons. Thank you — again — for sharing these magical photos with us.

]]> By: paul loften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/12/15/the-bridges-of-old-london-x/#comment-1361371 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:09:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184611#comment-1361371 Thank you for the photos they are magnificent. The bridges are the heart and soul of London. What an inspiration the views must have been to the countless generations of the little figures, seen crossing the bridges on their daily walk to and from work,

]]> By: Mathilde Grange https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/12/15/the-bridges-of-old-london-x/#comment-1361366 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:47:02 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184611#comment-1361366 Thank you, dear G.A.

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/12/15/the-bridges-of-old-london-x/#comment-1361359 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:06:03 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184611#comment-1361359 Greetings from Boston,

GA, “Even to the seasoned Londoner, there is something unfailingly exhilarating about sitting on top of a bus, erupting from the narrow city streets onto one of the bridges and discovering yourself suspended high above the vast River Thames, it is one of the definitive experiences of our city.”

That is definitely true for the tourist, particularly on a beautiful summer morning.

Missing London today…

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