Comments on: Along The Regent’s Canal https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/27/along-the-regents-canal-ii/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:37:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Milo https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/27/along-the-regents-canal-ii/#comment-1686278 Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:37:11 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202216#comment-1686278 Lovely. A walk I intend to do one day. Your photo ‘Looking back at the towers of Canary Wharf’ got me thinking about how much they are a part of the landscape and how long that has been the case. Back in the early/mid 80’s I used to visit a friend on a regular basis who lived in a council tower block in that area and we used to stand on the balcony and look out over the river. The only tall buildings nearby were two more council blocks nearby. Time moves inexorably on…

]]> By: Bailey Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/27/along-the-regents-canal-ii/#comment-1686266 Mon, 27 Jan 2025 09:59:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202216#comment-1686266 I love the light in these photos. You capture the freshness of a bright January day.

]]> By: Bernie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/27/along-the-regents-canal-ii/#comment-1686262 Mon, 27 Jan 2025 09:34:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202216#comment-1686262 This enjoyable and interesting item makes me regret my lost opportunities. I suppose, or hope, that they are natural and unavoidable, but none-the-less regrettable.

I spent six formative years living in Stoke Newington and going to school in Cambridge Heath. The school (Parmiter’s) was in Approach Road, just a few hundred yards away from the canal where it traverses the park. And I was also aware of the canal where its trace could be seen from the bus on Kingsland Road. Yet it never occurred to me to seek to walk the length of the canal, not even when I had a camera and an inclination to record such scenes. Alas alas!

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