https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/27/in-the-rotunda-at-the-museum-of-london-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 Mon, 28 Feb 2022 13:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/27/in-the-rotunda-at-the-museum-of-london-o/#comment-1450832 Mon, 28 Feb 2022 13:50:00 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190805#comment-1450832 What an absolutely fascinating story. Thank you for your curiosity GA!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/27/in-the-rotunda-at-the-museum-of-london-o/#comment-1450808 Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:16:43 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190805#comment-1450808 The rotunda has proved an ideal resting place for dead bones, but I wonder if it will continue in that use when the Museum itself makes the great move to newly reconstructed premises within the old Smithfield Market buildings? Works at Smithfield are due to starts later this year, and the plan is that the Museum’s varied accommodation will be gradually closed down. But perhaps the rotunda is too useful to be abandoned?

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/27/in-the-rotunda-at-the-museum-of-london-o/#comment-1450640 Sun, 27 Feb 2022 17:26:28 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190805#comment-1450640 I was tempted to quip something about having a ‘dead-end’ job, but that doesn’t appear to be the case with Rebecca and Jelena. Having now seen those many racks of ‘bones’ it’s definitely not a job I’d care to have, but admire their research and findings.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/27/in-the-rotunda-at-the-museum-of-london-o/#comment-1450632 Sun, 27 Feb 2022 15:44:01 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190805#comment-1450632 Oddly, it never even occurred to me that there was anything actually inside the rotunda. Very interesting!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/27/in-the-rotunda-at-the-museum-of-london-o/#comment-1450608 Sun, 27 Feb 2022 10:57:01 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190805#comment-1450608 I’ve always wondered what was in that space and, thank you GA, now I know. A great reminder of our brief lives… Remember me as you pass by,
As you are now, so once was I,
As I am now, so you must be,
Prepare for death and follow me.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/27/in-the-rotunda-at-the-museum-of-london-o/#comment-1450606 Sun, 27 Feb 2022 09:56:31 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190805#comment-1450606 Fantastic article, very interesting, thank you,. dear G.A., have a great Sunday.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/27/in-the-rotunda-at-the-museum-of-london-o/#comment-1450601 Sun, 27 Feb 2022 09:11:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190805#comment-1450601 A fascinating use of what might have been redundant space. Will them ”dem bones” remain in the roundabout when the Museum of London moves to the Smithfield the old meat market? Rebekah Bristow

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/02/27/in-the-rotunda-at-the-museum-of-london-o/#comment-1450519 Sun, 27 Feb 2022 07:29:31 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190805#comment-1450519 Thank you for this fascinating look at the Museum of London’s rotunda! I am curious as to whether anyone has written more extensively on these remains. If not, perhaps this would make an excellent Spitalfields Life book.

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