Comments on: Dan Jones’ East End Portraits https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/05/31/dan-jones-east-end-portraits-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 Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:56:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Aamina ahmad https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/05/31/dan-jones-east-end-portraits-i/#comment-1780120 Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:56:23 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195949#comment-1780120 Huge fan of Dan’s beautiful work. Is there a place to buy prints of his artwork?

Thanks for any info!

]]> By: Susan Levinson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/05/31/dan-jones-east-end-portraits-i/#comment-1510797 Wed, 31 May 2023 11:41:19 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195949#comment-1510797 It would be great if a book full of Dan’s beautiful illustrations was published.

]]> By: Bailey Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/05/31/dan-jones-east-end-portraits-i/#comment-1510791 Wed, 31 May 2023 09:16:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195949#comment-1510791 What a treat.

]]> By: Christine Swan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/05/31/dan-jones-east-end-portraits-i/#comment-1510790 Wed, 31 May 2023 08:48:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195949#comment-1510790 A superb set of portraits and stories. Of course, I am drawn to the tale of Tommy Flowers of Poplar. Readers may like to know that you can see a replica Colossus, built from the blueprint, still working at the National Museum of Computing in Bletchley. It was built by the late Tony Sale and his team, who I was fortunate enough to speak to several years ago when I visited. The codebreaking efforts of Alan Turing and his team, shortened the war by several years and saved countless lives. Colossus continued to serve after. It really is something to stand before the replica and say a quiet “thank you”.
My Dad told me of the work of Station X. I don’t think he ever visited. ” They’re all boffins who walk around in their dressing gowns all day”. I don’t know where he got some of his stories from!

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/05/31/dan-jones-east-end-portraits-i/#comment-1510787 Wed, 31 May 2023 08:07:55 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195949#comment-1510787 Brilliant work! So much character in every portrait…

Gladys stopped me in my tracks – what a fantastic face!

]]> By: Andy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/05/31/dan-jones-east-end-portraits-i/#comment-1510777 Wed, 31 May 2023 05:17:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195949#comment-1510777 Makes me feel proud to come from the Esst End and of my Mum Rose Cohen who was a fighter all through her life, displaying courage despite her traumas.

Also, it feels just and magnificent so many are painted including Chris Searle, who was the first to publish an anthology of my poetry, entitled “Story of a Stepney boy.”

If anyone wants to buy a copy I have only a few copies for sale. My email is andy.strowman1@gmail.com

]]> By: Charlotte K https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/05/31/dan-jones-east-end-portraits-i/#comment-1510749 Tue, 30 May 2023 23:32:12 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195949#comment-1510749 Wonderful!!

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