Comments on: A Walk Through Time In Spitalfields Market

By: May Sinfield

May Sinfield — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 20:12:16 +0000

Yes, why is an old established school like Central Foundation hardly ever mentioned in the history of Spitalfields? My dad, a greengrocer who puchased his wares from the Market for many decades, was very taken by the history of the school. When l passed my 11+ there was no doubt which school my parents wanted me to attend. A very wise choice, a great school!

By: Christy

Christy — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 19:55:08 +0000

Thank you, Adam. I, also, see our world as a series of overlays…but YOU captured it.

By: Terry C Wendell

Terry C Wendell — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 19:51:51 +0000

Hi,

Adored seeing your story in WOI; I felt as though I was visiting with an old friend.
Both your voice as well as a house and story you have written about here.
Thank you

Terry NYC

By: Jennifer Newbold

Jennifer Newbold — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:10:17 +0000

I love Adam Tuck’s photographic time travel… it is a physical manifestation of the awareness of London’s history, which I can’t help but feel whenever I visit the city.

I wish there were a way to see even farther back, into the eighteenth, seventeenth… many centuries of London’s long past. But those experiences will have to exist only in my mind.

By: Penelope Gardner

Penelope Gardner — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:51:25 +0000

Living in London was hard in 1950’s . Down and outs did not have quilts .Many of them never got over the war and London was a bombsite where you could light a fire to keep warm and pick up the odd job on the market .

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:34:43 +0000

Lovely, jubbly, love these juxtapositions.
Naturally, the older ones are better, un- gentrified.

By: Adele Lester

Adele Lester — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 13:44:35 +0000

Love the transitional element of these pictures. However, as Jennie Thomas mentioned above, would have loved to have seen something connected to CFGS (Girls School) but unfortunately all that is left of the school is one portion of the gymnasium which was incorporated into the Michelin Star restaurant Gavin La Chapelle.

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:55:30 +0000

Beautifully done.

By: Murray

Murray — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:17:24 +0000

Wonderfully evocative images

By: Jennie Thomas

Jennie Thomas — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:37:37 +0000

Our school in Spital Square , CFGS, gwas very involved in the market. We were the recipients of many ribald comments about our uniforms, unwanted vegetables lobbed over the wall and many contributions to our charity fund raising efforts. The buildings were elegant but are seldom included in your pictures of Spitalfields.