Comments on: William Anthony, Last Of The Charlies https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/24/william-anthony-the-last-of-the-charlies-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 Sun, 25 Apr 2021 00:18:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Pamela Traves https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/24/william-anthony-the-last-of-the-charlies-o/#comment-1375677 Sun, 25 Apr 2021 00:18:02 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186703#comment-1375677 Thank You for these Amazing Vintage Pictures. Thank You So Much!!????????

]]> By: paul loften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/24/william-anthony-the-last-of-the-charlies-o/#comment-1375594 Sat, 24 Apr 2021 12:59:04 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186703#comment-1375594 The photo of the last Charlie is a link in the chain of human history. Born in the year of the French Revolution . Here we have a face from that year, that we can see. Not a king nor a lord but a Charlie. Thank you GA for being the watchman of human life and showing us his story.

]]> By: David Gooding https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/24/william-anthony-the-last-of-the-charlies-o/#comment-1375589 Sat, 24 Apr 2021 12:08:00 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186703#comment-1375589 Anthony’s coat must have weighed a ton. A life spent trudging the streets.

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/24/william-anthony-the-last-of-the-charlies-o/#comment-1375588 Sat, 24 Apr 2021 12:07:04 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186703#comment-1375588 Greetings from Boston,

GA, what a colorful portrait of William Anthony, the last of the Charlies, under whose watch no robberies or altercations took place during his fifty year tenure.

Leave it to satirists George Cruickshank and Thomas Rowlandson to see the irony in the watchmen’s assurance that “All’s well.”

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/24/william-anthony-the-last-of-the-charlies-o/#comment-1375576 Sat, 24 Apr 2021 10:24:03 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186703#comment-1375576 A most interesting story. Thanks a lot!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Kelly Holman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/24/william-anthony-the-last-of-the-charlies-o/#comment-1375570 Sat, 24 Apr 2021 10:01:37 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186703#comment-1375570 Another wonderful story. Comparing his lantern, his knobbly staff of office and his determination as evidenced by his set jaw, one has to feel the latter was his greatest asset in keeping miscreants under control.

]]> By: Jim M. https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/04/24/william-anthony-the-last-of-the-charlies-o/#comment-1375568 Sat, 24 Apr 2021 09:53:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186703#comment-1375568 What a splendid character, and thank you for introducing him to me.

With his broad-brimmed hat, great coat, lantern and knobbly staff I fancy that William Anthony would not look out of place patrolling the streets of Ankh-Morpork.

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