Old Spitalfields In Colour
March 7, 2022
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Photographer Philip Marriage took these pictures on 11th July 1984
Crispin St
Widegate St
White’s Row
Artillery Passage
Brushfield St
Artillery Passage
Brushfield St
Fashion St
Widegate St
Artillery Passage
Gun St
Brushfield St
Gun St
Brushfield St
Parliament Court
Leyden St
Fort St
Commercial St
Brushfield St
Photographs copyright © Philip Marriage
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1984 indeed
I’m going for around 5pm GMT or 6pm BST working from the shadows in the entrance to Christ Church in the 13th picture down Brushfield Street. The Sun looks more or less due West at that time.
Some of the earlier pictures looking down (up?) Brushfield Street were half an hour earlier I think.
Nice images.
Evocative pictures. The dereliction of the area, especially The Gun with its awful façade is evidence of the lack of integrity on the part of some architects and greedy developers.
Thank you Gentle Author for another great article. I loved Philip Marriages photos which took me right back to when I first started work in 1984 at Moorgate and used to go for a walk at lunchtime twice a week to Petticoat Lane / Wentworth Street Market. I had been going to the market since I was a child but only explored Brushfield Street and Artilary Passage etc when I started work.
Ace pics.
Technicolor squaller.
It looks more like 1974. Only the odd bit of modern signage and a couple of cars prove otherwise.