Comments on: Jimmy’s London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/08/jimmys-london/ 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, 13 Aug 2023 10:41:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: barry john matthews https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/08/jimmys-london/#comment-1518375 Sun, 13 Aug 2023 10:41:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196569#comment-1518375 Great images of London’s history.

]]> By: Ros https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/08/jimmys-london/#comment-1517867 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 18:39:41 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196569#comment-1517867 I am astounded by the sheep in Green Park! The Covent Garden photo is also rather good. And we wouldn’t tolerate the role of the polar bear any more I’m glad to say.

]]> By: Bernie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/08/jimmys-london/#comment-1517856 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 15:09:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196569#comment-1517856 Lynne is surely right in thinking that the boys nestling in the feet of the sphinx were posed by the photographer.

]]> By: Colin Cohen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/08/jimmys-london/#comment-1517854 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 14:46:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196569#comment-1517854 The boys reading is so touching, regardless of their taste in literature!

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/08/jimmys-london/#comment-1517836 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 11:58:24 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196569#comment-1517836 The photo of the boys curled up in the arms of the sphinx totally touched my heart. I’d like to believe that this was a spontaneous photo of a real event — yet every aspect of the composition is so
art-directed and “posed”, I wonder. The trio of small boyish profiles, the jumble of limbs, and the boy’s hand placed on the heart of the statue — lovely and so narrative. One of the most tender-hearted photos I’ve seen — I will wonder all day what happened to these boys.

Thank you, GA.

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/08/jimmys-london/#comment-1517825 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 10:17:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196569#comment-1517825 The young lads engrossed in their books – now it’s all about scrolling on mobile phones 🙁

]]> By: John Cunningjam https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/08/jimmys-london/#comment-1517819 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 08:44:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196569#comment-1517819 The Jolly Japes style of language seems as antique as that spoken in Shakespeare’s time

]]> By: Kitty Shepherd https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/08/jimmys-london/#comment-1517818 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 08:37:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196569#comment-1517818 Splendid collection. Thank you!

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/08/jimmys-london/#comment-1517817 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 08:29:20 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196569#comment-1517817 Wonderful snapshots — today parents would be blessed if their boys were huddled together like this, browsing through printed works…

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Andy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/08/jimmys-london/#comment-1517811 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 07:16:49 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196569#comment-1517811 Much as I remember and mostly vanished now.

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