Comments on: The Cries Of London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/06/26/the-cries-of-london-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 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 07:23:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ann Vosper https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/06/26/the-cries-of-london-i/#comment-1584694 Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:54:12 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200090#comment-1584694 Lynne Perrella is so right, it is a charming slip of a book. What a little treasure!

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/06/26/the-cries-of-london-i/#comment-1584640 Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:52:53 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=200090#comment-1584640 So many reasons to love this. Thanks to these astute photos, I feel like I am holding this tiny treasure in my own hands, carefully-oh-so-carefully turning the old pages, and peering at the details of the intriguing images and the lovely dignified type. I am captivated by the gent selling used clothing — WHO could avoid turning to watch him as he strolls along wearing multiple hats? Like the best of the streetside merchants, he has devised a practical, eye-catching way of presenting his wares. I imagine a buyer and seller exchanging hats (and currency!) and both strolling off in opposite directions, happily going about their business. The customer catching his own reflection with his new purchase in a shop window, and the seller feeling buoyant and ever-hopeful about the next transaction. Done!

Thank you for this charming slip of a book — it evoked so many thoughts and imaginings.

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