Comments on: The Dioramas Of Petticoat Lane

By: Elizabeth McCarron nee Karslake

Elizabeth McCarron nee Karslake — Wed, 14 May 2025 22:38:55 +0000

My father Michael Howard Karslake made these. I was very young but remember going to petticoat lane with him and Truman’s brewery and sitting on a shire horse.

By: Cherub

Cherub — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:21:13 +0000

How lovely are these, the little figures are smashing. This should be on display somewhere.

By: Irene Lilian Pugh

Irene Lilian Pugh — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 14:41:46 +0000

Miniatures of perfection and brings alive London’s history and way of life. And reminds me of my late great grandfather H Goldsmith who had been a drayman. Thank you GA.

By: Eve

Eve — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:38:56 +0000

A delightful model, skillfully crafted with fine attention to minute detail familiar as a typical scene of the famous old London cockney street market..

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:39:58 +0000

Hey, I never even think of using the word “cunning” — but THESE models are cunning-to-the-
max. Such things are made with such galloping enthusiasm (quite obvious!) but then frequently they languish, get dusty, broken, set aside, put up on a shelf. These lovely examples are now –
hurrah! — on display AND being shared with the world, via Spitalfields Life. I suspect so many of your readers (me included) will remember today how it felt to attempt to build a miniature
something-or-other. Challenging, to say the least. And yet such an engaging thing to attempt.
I remember an afternoon when a teenage boyfriend and I set out to create a miniature model of a mythic beach house, using match sticks. Hours went by. We hunched over the project, wrangled with bits of glue, concocted work-arounds, made little progress, but thoroughly loved the process. Dare I say, working on that together provided strong “glue” for our romance; as we discovered each other’s child selves. Thank you, GA, for shining a light. On the dioramas
and on our memories.

By: Jennifer Newbold

Jennifer Newbold — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:09:54 +0000

I’ve always been fascinated by worlds in miniature. I agree with Andy; couldn’t have put it better! The bar room–I feel as though I’m actually there.

I wandered past the Bishopsgate Institute last week, and I didn’t go in. Now I’m kicking myself.

Thanks so much for sharing these!

By: Pauline Taylor

Pauline Taylor — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:57:06 +0000

Thank you for sharing these they are so good and definitely deserve to be on public display so thank you to an enlightened archivist.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 07:08:26 +0000

Fascinating treasure and they are wonderful …. never knew what a diorama was

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 06:13:32 +0000

I think these are blinking smashing .
They evoke so many memories for me .
A community .
Thank you Landlord and the Gentle Author .

Andy