Comments on: Homer Sykes’ Spitalfields https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/05/27/homer-sykes-spitalfields-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 28 May 2023 11:25:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/05/27/homer-sykes-spitalfields-i/#comment-1510642 Sun, 28 May 2023 11:25:37 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195932#comment-1510642 A really interesting collection of photos. I love the old fashioned frontage of Taj Stores.

Back in 1978 I paid a visit to my sister in London and a friend of hers took me to Brick Lane on the Sunday. There was a National Front demonstration, coming from a quiet town in Fife I was terrified and asked if we could leave. It was horrible, I wasn’t used to witnessing such anger and felt sad for the people who had to put up with it. I was only 17 at the time and had not long started work in an office.

]]> By: Milo https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/05/27/homer-sykes-spitalfields-i/#comment-1510548 Sat, 27 May 2023 10:01:00 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195932#comment-1510548 Wonderful photos. At first i thought how on earth did he make himself ‘inconspicuous’ in the – usually – spartan surrounds of a mini cab office but then i saw the photo. Those two wouldn’t have noticed if a herd of elephants had walked it. Lovely. cheered me up no end.

]]> By: Christine Swan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/05/27/homer-sykes-spitalfields-i/#comment-1510531 Sat, 27 May 2023 07:08:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195932#comment-1510531 Excellent set of photographs. Thank you Homer and the GA. Black and white photographs definitely allow you to focus on the subjects in greater detail. I remember well the clashes with the NF in various spots around London almost as a weekly fixture. Slum clearance was seen in many eyes as progress but it did sweep away a great deal.of history too. Once it’s gone, it is lost for ever. I think this is why the Save Brick Lane campaign is so poignant for me, we mustn’t lose anymore.
I love the mini cab office photo. That’s my favourite.

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