Comments on: David Hoffman At Fieldgate Mansions https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/19/david-hoffman-at-fieldgate-mansions-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 Thu, 15 Aug 2024 18:12:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: COLIN ROBERTSON https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/19/david-hoffman-at-fieldgate-mansions-i/#comment-1581477 Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:15:15 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196974#comment-1581477 WOW…..

I think it may have been the Samuel Lewis Trust.

Best wishes,

COLIN.

]]> By: COLIN ROBERTSON https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/19/david-hoffman-at-fieldgate-mansions-i/#comment-1581476 Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:06:49 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196974#comment-1581476 WOW…..Absolutely fantastic photographs and a trip down memory lane for me.
In 1984 I was in my 20’s and a young architect working for Levitt Bernstein Architects in Camden Town. I was to assist senior architect, John Yeudall, on a new job to document, photograph and begin the process of renovating the Fieldgate Mansion flats in Romford St.
I was on that project for nearly 2 years and I forget the name of the Housing Trust involved but I struck up a good friendship with one of their team, Ann McDonald, who was also Scottish.
Maybe it was The Peabody Trust? We would visit the site once a week and made many friends in the Bengali Community and my own small personal contribution was to design the front entrance gates with some new fangled electronic locking system. Given that it is now 40 years on, I would be beyond words if anyone remembered us and if Ann McDonald is out there somewhere…..you know where to find me……Thanks David Hoffman and one and all.

]]> By: Gorxon Harrison https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/19/david-hoffman-at-fieldgate-mansions-i/#comment-1521908 Tue, 19 Sep 2023 11:30:04 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196974#comment-1521908 Wonderful documentary and human photos, a story that should be told and recorded. About to look at sponsorship to see if my pockets are deep enough!

]]> By: Mathilde Grange https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/19/david-hoffman-at-fieldgate-mansions-i/#comment-1521902 Tue, 19 Sep 2023 08:30:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196974#comment-1521902 Thank you, dear G.A. David Hoffman’s pictures are wonderful. As was the community spirit then.

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