Comments on: Walk Through Time With The Gentle Author https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/12/walk-through-time-with-the-gentle-author-at-christmas/ 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, 23 Dec 2021 16:42:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Elba https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/12/walk-through-time-with-the-gentle-author-at-christmas/#comment-1443222 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 16:42:26 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=189745#comment-1443222 Your blog was just a delicius serendipity!!!
I was looking after shade garden ideas and found a gentle author…
Thanks for that!!! I live in South América and the gap is now a bit shorter!!!
Best wishes for you an londoneers!!!

]]> By: Stephen Baisden https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/12/walk-through-time-with-the-gentle-author-at-christmas/#comment-1440942 Mon, 13 Dec 2021 02:35:34 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=189745#comment-1440942 This is so spectacular. I’m living in Florida (USA) and miss England so much. My wife and I were fortunate enough to visit twice years ago. My ancestors came to America in about 1680 but I somehow have a homesickness for London and the UK. I highly recommend seeing Achim’s (above) video. It is superb and evocative.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/12/walk-through-time-with-the-gentle-author-at-christmas/#comment-1440901 Sun, 12 Dec 2021 14:58:04 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=189745#comment-1440901 Inspired by today’s blog entry about the people of London’s East End 120 years ago, I created a little video. — Victorian working-class children from the past wave to the camera and into the future to the wonderful music of the band ALT-J:

https://achimthepooh.de/media/working_class_children_england_1901.mp4

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Laura Williamson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/12/walk-through-time-with-the-gentle-author-at-christmas/#comment-1440867 Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:31:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=189745#comment-1440867 “Time present and time past/ Are both perhaps present in time future/ And time future contained in time past./ If all time is eternally present/ All time is unredeemable.” (TS Eliot, Burnt Norton)

These images are wonderful, there is the oddest sense that present people are seeing those past and vice versa in some of them

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/12/walk-through-time-with-the-gentle-author-at-christmas/#comment-1440861 Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:42:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=189745#comment-1440861 Deeply interesting. I always think when I see people in old photos: my goodness, if you knew that this moment of your life can still be seen in more than 100 years …

In the field of moving images, you can find an infinite amount of material reconstructed with the most modern technology, which blows your mind. One example is recommended here. I find myself waving to the funny little lads from 1901 who are making their jokes in front of the camera and also waving “into the future”…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HbElEqm1TQ

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/12/walk-through-time-with-the-gentle-author-at-christmas/#comment-1440856 Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:01:15 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=189745#comment-1440856 Fantastically spooky images!

And I highly recommend the Gentle Author’s tour of Spitalfields as the area is literally steeped in history with a whole variety of stories and characters to discover and enjoy.

]]> By: Ann V https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/12/12/walk-through-time-with-the-gentle-author-at-christmas/#comment-1440852 Sun, 12 Dec 2021 08:29:34 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=189745#comment-1440852 These images are wonderful. Thank you for sharing them. We too shall be history one day.

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