Comments on: Victorian Tradesmen Scraps https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/09/10/victorian-tradesmen-scraps-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, 12 Sep 2022 09:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Andy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/09/10/victorian-tradesmen-scraps-o/#comment-1482271 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:01:57 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193008#comment-1482271 I am told by my friend of an old man with a hunched back who painted people’s door knockers black and only charged one old penny. This was in Bellingham
South London.
My Mum like a lot of my Mums used to clean jer front step.
Andy

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/09/10/victorian-tradesmen-scraps-o/#comment-1481968 Sat, 10 Sep 2022 15:57:11 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193008#comment-1481968 I’m a paper hound, collector of ephemera, and a collage artist —- so this has great appeal for me.
I’ve gathered scraps over the years, and have done a bit of reading about them — but this wonderful grouping makes me want to print these characters out on cardstock and turn them into on-stage characters in a little paper theater. Can’t you imagine it? The hustle and bustle. I imagine painting little props — over-turned barrels, burlap sacks, towers of old wooden boxes, the scattered debris of an active marketplace. A fun backdrop inspired by old images from Spitalfields Life. Every merchant/tradesman frozen in time, centerstage.

I work with paper every day. It has been a constant in my life, from childhood — and the urge to
“make things” never dims. Thanks for always shining a light.

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/09/10/victorian-tradesmen-scraps-o/#comment-1481916 Sat, 10 Sep 2022 08:41:52 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193008#comment-1481916 These are lovely – one of my favourite pleasures as a child was keeping a scrap book.

I’m 61 now and people sometimes give me notebooks with attractive hard covers. I collect and paste all sorts in them – recipes, tips, useful magazine articles – I guess it’s just an adult version of what I did as a child ?

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