Comments on: At St Augustine’s Tower https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/05/14/at-st-augustines-tower-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 Sat, 14 May 2022 13:28:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: C. Scofield https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/05/14/at-st-augustines-tower-o/#comment-1462443 Sat, 14 May 2022 13:28:03 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191667#comment-1462443 Another treasure hidden in plain sight.

]]> By: Bernie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/05/14/at-st-augustines-tower-o/#comment-1462414 Sat, 14 May 2022 11:29:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191667#comment-1462414 Alas and alack! Woe is me! Born to parents who lived in Hackney; brought up in Hackney (at 2 Evering Rd and 8 Bayston Rd — I wonder who lives there now!) but to make my way in the world I had to move away, ending up in Glasgow.

During my Hackney school-years there was never a mention of the old tower. Surely I would have visited it if there had been — even then I was interested in antiquities and as an adolescent walked, map in hand, many miles in and around London. Now too old and infirm to consider returning to such old haunts I stand forever in debt to the Gentle Author for his daily eye-opening contributions.

]]> By: Akkers https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/05/14/at-st-augustines-tower-o/#comment-1462396 Sat, 14 May 2022 09:29:40 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191667#comment-1462396 There is a good view from the top but the stairs are very narrow.

]]> By: keithb https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/05/14/at-st-augustines-tower-o/#comment-1462383 Sat, 14 May 2022 08:30:14 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191667#comment-1462383 I like old towers that predate the surroundings. The tower of St Michael’s at the North Gate in Oxford springs to mind. In Birmingham there is Perrott’s Folly, which is a youngster from the mid-eighteenth century but which still predates the city. The view from the top was originally of a deer park.

I shall add this one to the list.

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/05/14/at-st-augustines-tower-o/#comment-1462366 Sat, 14 May 2022 07:21:37 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191667#comment-1462366 An interesting sounding place, though not sure I could cope with that winding stone staircase. Fabulous view from the top though.

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