Comments on: The Nights Of Old London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/11/23/the-nights-of-old-london-e/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 03 Jan 2025 21:00:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Peter Queally https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/11/23/the-nights-of-old-london-e/#comment-1676999 Fri, 03 Jan 2025 21:00:11 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201510#comment-1676999 Beautifully written piece of prose to go with those wonderfully evocative photographs. I can feel myself there. A great escape from the crushing reality of modern thought. My respects to you!

]]> By: Bertrum Treehill https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/11/23/the-nights-of-old-london-e/#comment-1651728 Sat, 23 Nov 2024 21:30:45 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201510#comment-1651728 Absolutely stunning snaps. Thank you very much.

]]> By: George Kearse https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/11/23/the-nights-of-old-london-e/#comment-1651673 Sat, 23 Nov 2024 17:28:38 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201510#comment-1651673 “…horns are blaring along the river as Tower Bridge opens in the moonlight to admit an”…other cargo vessel into the crowded pool of London.” I wonder if there is a way-back-when elusive black ‘n white photograph of Tower Bridge opening in the moonlight?

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/11/23/the-nights-of-old-london-e/#comment-1651668 Sat, 23 Nov 2024 17:17:31 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201510#comment-1651668 Beautiful buildings. There’s something so evocative about black and white images too, being able to see every detail without the distraction of colour.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/11/23/the-nights-of-old-london-e/#comment-1651639 Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:23:12 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201510#comment-1651639 My imagination did a somersault, and I pictured one of the blue-toned photos as a backdrop
for a Pollock-like paper theater. Not a gay colorful theater, but a somber and sober structure –
fashioned in scuffed shades of grey and black. Sort of, Poe-like. The players are cut-paper
versions of men and their pushcarts and wagons. Trudging, barking, toiling. All frozen in place, against the icy backdrop. How to create a luminous moon? (I’ll have to give that more thought.) Little accessories (always the extra-effort fun of making a paper theater) would be images of crates, willow baskets and hampers, barrels and casks. Convincing crumpled bits of miniature newspaper skitter about the stage — oh, and I have some vintage mica snow for a final frigid touch. Brrrrrrrrrrr.

Thank you, GA. Bundle up, everyone.

]]> By: Louisa https://spitalfieldslife.com/2024/11/23/the-nights-of-old-london-e/#comment-1651625 Sat, 23 Nov 2024 14:32:12 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=201510#comment-1651625 Beautiful images, so evocative of times past. I love the last paragraph talking about all those people working the night shifts.

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