Comments on: At The Lutheran Church https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/07/at-the-lutheran-church/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 27 Feb 2025 07:48:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Karen Abbott https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/07/at-the-lutheran-church/#comment-1696571 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 07:48:49 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188226#comment-1696571 My great grandmother went to the school. I would love to find out more but would not know were to start!

]]> By: Richard Lehman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/07/at-the-lutheran-church/#comment-1395909 Thu, 12 Aug 2021 17:09:04 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188226#comment-1395909 An interesting article. A number of my ancestors went to school there and/or were married there. I have visited the church a number of times.

]]> By: Bailey Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/07/at-the-lutheran-church/#comment-1394622 Sun, 08 Aug 2021 21:43:50 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188226#comment-1394622 A wonderful piece of history preserved. There is so much hidden history to be appreciated. The reference to box pews reminds me of an eighteenth century chapel a few miles from where I live that I have not visited for many a year.

Reading this, I find I feel sad for all the Anglicanised Germans who were interned during WWI and II.

]]> By: Andrew s https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/07/at-the-lutheran-church/#comment-1394486 Sun, 08 Aug 2021 10:49:24 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188226#comment-1394486 Excellent piece. There is still a well attended annual joint service, with the london german congregations, namely the two lutheran churches, knightsbridge and sandwich street kings x, the german ymca and st bonifaces roman catholic church aldgate. My mother recalled visiting uncles at one of the last few small refineries. The catholic community, also had a characteristic, occupation, clockmaking and selling, such as Spiegelhalter of whitechapel mount place and Mile End road.

]]> By: Dave R https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/07/at-the-lutheran-church/#comment-1394478 Sun, 08 Aug 2021 10:13:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188226#comment-1394478 I love the idea that the quarter cone features on the frontage are representations of sugar loaves. I rather suspect that they are, in fact, urine deflectors. Dismayingly prosaic. I choose to see them as sugarloaves.

]]> By: mlaiuppa https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/07/at-the-lutheran-church/#comment-1394301 Sat, 07 Aug 2021 21:32:38 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188226#comment-1394301 Amazing the weathervane was “rescued” from eBay. Wonderful that someone at that time had the foresight to save it.

]]> By: Bryan Mawer https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/07/at-the-lutheran-church/#comment-1394196 Sat, 07 Aug 2021 13:32:50 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188226#comment-1394196 An excellent piece … thank you.

Note the representations of sugarloaves next to each of the doors.

An aside …
For anyone with German family history in London at that time, the registers of this church are excellent in that for almost every adult they give a German town or village of origin and for almost every adult male they give an occupation.

[ Sugar Refiners & Sugarbakers – http://www.mawer.clara.net ]

]]> By: Linda Granfield https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/07/at-the-lutheran-church/#comment-1394173 Sat, 07 Aug 2021 11:58:19 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188226#comment-1394173 Fascinating!

Question: doesn’t the architectural detail to the left of the front door look like a large cone of sugar, halved? Intentional? Or just my imagination?!

]]> By: Bernie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/07/at-the-lutheran-church/#comment-1394158 Sat, 07 Aug 2021 10:36:52 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188226#comment-1394158 A fine building, well furnished and well worth preserving. Its very presence may help to ensure that the essence of Spitalfields will not be swept away in the mad rush to re-develop. At least I hope so!

]]> By: Caroline Murray https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/07/at-the-lutheran-church/#comment-1394148 Sat, 07 Aug 2021 10:07:51 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188226#comment-1394148 Thanks, GA! But why on earth did the District Surveyor see fit to demolish the delightful bello tower? These planners …

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