Comments on: Costume of the Metropolis https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/01/21/costume-of-the-metropolis/ 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, 21 Jan 2024 20:04:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Hetty Startup https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/01/21/costume-of-the-metropolis/#comment-1540485 Sun, 21 Jan 2024 14:20:26 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198696#comment-1540485 The evocation of much dignity in labor/labour is shown here. Thank you! Some of them remind me of depictions of allegories of the seasons or months of the year. The beer merchant looks like a sans-coulottes with his distinctive hat (if it were red rather than robin’s egg blue).

When I was growing up, the rag and bone man and a knife/scissors grinder service were still seen on the streets of Shepherds Bush/Hammersmith. Also, milk delivery. However, there were houses near us that had the sign “No hawkers, circulars” screwed to the door.

I see in the Gentle Author’s future an interesting book about the history of the cries and trades of London beginning with Marcellus Larroon (sp?).

]]> By: Greg T https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/01/21/costume-of-the-metropolis/#comment-1540445 Sun, 21 Jan 2024 09:11:21 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198696#comment-1540445 Itinerant knife-Grinders/Scissor-sharpeners certainly lasted until the mid-1950’s

]]> By: Christine Swan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/01/21/costume-of-the-metropolis/#comment-1540443 Sun, 21 Jan 2024 08:58:15 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198696#comment-1540443 A very interesting set of illustrations. I wonder why the top text is in French? An interesting view of the costumes and accoutrements of the trades.

]]> By: Andy Strowman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/01/21/costume-of-the-metropolis/#comment-1540437 Sun, 21 Jan 2024 08:17:20 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198696#comment-1540437 I would like to pay homage to Gentle Author for bringing us these people to our screens .
I pay in humbleness Moyra Peralta too for I am suddenly linked to the people she photographed in her amazing book called “Nearly Invisible “.
At one point some of the street people were asked what they had on them ?
Amazing interesting stuff .
Now imagine the homes of these street sellers or traders and picture them .
I still remember a friend called who lived in Dalston and what he had in his one bedroom place .

I think we honour these people much like Anna Sewell honoured John Manly and Blsck Besuty in her epic book which I have read twenty times .

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