Comments on: The Doors Of Old London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/03/18/the-doors-of-old-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 Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:32:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Hannah Dunmow https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/03/18/the-doors-of-old-london-o/#comment-1454171 Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:32:10 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190992#comment-1454171 The fourth image down is inside the old Brewers’ Hall which was destroyed on 29 December 1940. There is a clearer photo on the Company’s website: https://new.brewershall.co.uk/the-company/history-treasures/history-of-the-hall

]]> By: gkbowood https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/03/18/the-doors-of-old-london-o/#comment-1453693 Fri, 18 Mar 2022 16:59:15 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190992#comment-1453693 Wonder what became of those magnificent gas lamps in the second photo!? I bet those really lit up the entrance, probably blindingly so, given their size and proximity to the doorway.

]]> By: Jennifer Newbold https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/03/18/the-doors-of-old-london-o/#comment-1453660 Fri, 18 Mar 2022 11:37:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190992#comment-1453660 A wonderful article, G.A. I love the imagery your words conjure in my mind! What a treasure trove the Bishopsgate Institute is.

I’m particularly intrigued by the first photo, not the door to Parliament, but the next one of the two –16th, 17th-century?–doors. The way the photo ends abruptly, leaving nothing but a black void on the left side of the frame; it is as if these are doors to nowhere, or to a world other than our own.

]]> By: Sue https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/03/18/the-doors-of-old-london-o/#comment-1453632 Fri, 18 Mar 2022 07:53:56 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=190992#comment-1453632 Magnificent work in these doorways, love the vast array to be seen walking around London and wondering what lies beyond them. ?

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