Comments on: New Consultation For The Chest Hospital https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/15/new-consultation-for-the-chest-hospital/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 06 Apr 2023 18:57:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/15/new-consultation-for-the-chest-hospital/#comment-1506149 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 18:57:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195089#comment-1506149 Yes, the tree must be saved, as well as the former hospital. I hope refurbishing the nurses homes is also part of the plan.

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/15/new-consultation-for-the-chest-hospital/#comment-1504116 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:37:26 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195089#comment-1504116 The Edwardian terrace is very attractive and it would be a good idea if it was refurbished and used for single key workers – like nurses who are training or at the lower end of the salary scale.

There is not enough affordable housing for key workers in towns and cities, especially in London where a tiny studio can cost upwards of a thousand pounds to rent. Some of the places I have seen in recent news stories have been worse than the bedsit I lived in 40 years ago and that is really saying something because the place I lived in was a dump. Thankfully I knew I’d only be there 6 months as I was in the process of looking for a flat to buy.

]]> By: Emma https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/15/new-consultation-for-the-chest-hospital/#comment-1504110 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:03:48 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195089#comment-1504110 So pleased the tree is being protected. Too many of our ancient sites and tradition seem to disappear. Fingers crossed new cuttings will take so we can keep the Mulberry legacy going!

]]> By: Milo https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/15/new-consultation-for-the-chest-hospital/#comment-1504090 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:47:06 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195089#comment-1504090 Here’s hoping it all goes well but it is rather an ominous sign that the nurses dwellings are deemed unnecessary to proceedings. You’ve got to keep an eye on these buggers haven’t you?

]]> By: Di Corry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/15/new-consultation-for-the-chest-hospital/#comment-1504086 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 08:42:45 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195089#comment-1504086 ‘Working alongside Tower Hamlets Council’ is the most worrying aspect for me, the same Council who approved the previous atrocious scheme.
As custodians of many historical buildings in the East End, Tower Hamlets Council have proved they have no interest in preserving them.
I have no doubt that the wonderful Edwardian nurses dwellings will be swept away at the wave of a Planning Officer’s pen.

]]> By: Paul loften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/15/new-consultation-for-the-chest-hospital/#comment-1504081 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 07:37:05 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195089#comment-1504081 London Chest saw off the Crest
And GA has saved the day
Five hundred years here stands a tree
Yet another battle it will see
Fierce and proud is this Mulberry
So many lives this place has kept
And yet with one brush away it’s swept

]]> By: Christine Swan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/15/new-consultation-for-the-chest-hospital/#comment-1504080 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 07:33:05 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195089#comment-1504080 It’s a worry isn’t it? The tree looks so vulnerable. I hope people keep an eye on it. I agree that the Edwardian terrace would be perfect to refit but otherwise leave the exterior unchanged. We have a Worcester mulberry, planted by Sir Edward Elgar, that sits in a small front garden of a bungalow. It used to have a little plaque stating its origin but that was removed at some point. Every year, it drops its fruit onto the pavements and people complain about the mess, so I really do fear for its future.
Is there anything now that your readers can do to help the Bethnal Green mulberry?

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