https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/01/12/william-anthony-the-last-of-the-charlies-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 Sat, 13 Jan 2024 08:31:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/01/12/william-anthony-the-last-of-the-charlies-i/#comment-1538610 Sat, 13 Jan 2024 08:31:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198666#comment-1538610 Unfortunately, I think some of my forebears kept the watchman if Bethnal Green rather more busy! William does look a stern fellow, as he would have needed to be. I find Victorian photographs fascinating as they provide us with so much information about a real person, rather than an anonymised one in an illustration. We can look into their eyes and almost know them. Thank you GA for another interesting post.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/01/12/william-anthony-the-last-of-the-charlies-i/#comment-1538477 Fri, 12 Jan 2024 22:47:34 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198666#comment-1538477 What a splendid set of photos! Did the Charley’s get paid? Not sure if I missed this when reading ? They must have been very hard men x

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