Neil Martinson, Photographer
April 11, 2024
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Neil Martinson documented the working life of Hackney and the East End throughout the seventies and eighties. Neil was born and brought up in Hackney, where he started taking street scenes and became a founder member of the Hackney Flashers photography collective.
Cheshire St
Steve Manning
Ridley Rd Market
Brian Simons
Bethnal Green Rd
Tony Kyriakides
Ken Jacobs
Ken Jacobs
Brian Simons
Stoke Newington
Ridley Rd Market
Lew Lessen
Abney Park Cemetery
Photographs copyright © Neil Martinson
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Very very evocative
After looking at about 5000 images I found the perfect image for the front cover of my book Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain – Oral Histories 1930s – Present Day published by Bloomsbury February 2024.
It was by Neil Martinson of a multi-racial group of children arm in arm strolling to William Patten school in Stoke Newington in 1974. Perfect.
See childmigrantstories.com/voices
Lots of East End stories
The photos of the barbershop take me back about 60 years. When I was little my dad used to take me for a walk depending on his shift, he was a miner. Sometimes he’d stop at the barbers and I’d sit while he had his hair cut. I still remember the smells of all the lotions and potions and the barber singeing freshly cut hair to seal the ends.
The masses toil while the bosses water the workers beer. Something’s never change.
Nice pics.
Great photos Neil and the GA. I love the two teacher photos – the first doing the job in the playground, and the second, campaigning for a better deal for children. I did the same. I protested against cuts ( and still do). Education is the great leveller – it doesn’t matter who you are, or where you are from, come on in, sit down, and learn. Wonderful!
Does anyone remember Taveners sweet factory at the end of Ridley
Road market.
Great photos but struggling to work out what the street in Stoke Newington is. Looks like it was about to be demolished. There seems to be a slight hill up away from the camera but that isn’t helping my detective work! Nor can I remember a bakery called Thomas in Stoke Newington.