Comments on: The Boundary Estate In Winter https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/01/02/the-boundary-estate-in-winter/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:18:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/01/02/the-boundary-estate-in-winter/#comment-1536087 Wed, 03 Jan 2024 08:33:45 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198620#comment-1536087 Lovely photos of some great buldings with so much interesting architectural detailing. If only modern developments were designed with such care and beauty…

Not only that – how refreshing to see such lovely blue skies!

]]> By: Irene Lilian Pugh https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/01/02/the-boundary-estate-in-winter/#comment-1535991 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 20:45:31 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198620#comment-1535991 The eight years I lived at Valance Road I do not remember the posh road with the elegant buildings above. However, page 30 – the second page from the end… seems familiar.

]]> By: Avril Towell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/01/02/the-boundary-estate-in-winter/#comment-1535905 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 10:16:27 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198620#comment-1535905 When I lived in Fellows Street Haggerston in the 1940s &50s before they were demolished, we used to visit my aunt at Henley Buildings (later changed to House). No lifts to take us to the top where she lived but they had a bathroom which to us was a luxury. The rooms were quite small but cosy. The school around the corner was where my cousin attended and it was a mixed but friendly community. As a child the buildings seemed very tall and it’s nice to see them still standing – too good for the planners to demolish – so far!

]]> By: aubrey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/01/02/the-boundary-estate-in-winter/#comment-1535903 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 09:46:00 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198620#comment-1535903 Childhood memories-both good and bad.

]]> By: Mathilde Grange https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/01/02/the-boundary-estate-in-winter/#comment-1535902 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 09:38:06 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198620#comment-1535902 What an incredible place. Thanks, dear G.A.

]]> By: jenny galton-fenzi https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/01/02/the-boundary-estate-in-winter/#comment-1535865 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 07:32:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198620#comment-1535865 What a wonderful place to live…..your winter photos brought to mind the poem by Roy Campbell:
‘I love to see when leaves depart, the clear anatomy arrive, Winter, the paragon of art, which kills all forms of life and feeling, save what it pure and will survive….’

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/01/02/the-boundary-estate-in-winter/#comment-1535858 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 07:12:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198620#comment-1535858 Yes, it’s exactly as described in the article: the neighbourhood in which you live and feel comfortable becomes an everyday occurrence. You no longer perceive it as something “special”. It’s only when you see a photo series about it that you realise the wonderful reality.

I live in Kassel/Germany on the Hasenhecke, a former military barracks complex. From the very beginning, I was aware of the special 1930s style of architecture (1936 to 1939). And I love the spacious style with extensive green areas every day anew!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: John Dew https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/01/02/the-boundary-estate-in-winter/#comment-1535842 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 06:32:38 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198620#comment-1535842 A masterful eye on a winter’s walk, highlighting that what looked good on the drawing board still commands an unpretentious presence. Always a pleasure to walk the London streets and neighbourhoods. I confess that on my annual visits to London, I now adopt the Gentle Author approach, and wander to be surprised.

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