Comments on: Roland Collins’ East End https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/20/roland-collins-east-end-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 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:43:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/20/roland-collins-east-end-ii/#comment-1702905 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:43:24 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202609#comment-1702905 The photo of the Billingsgate porter “taking a moment” to pause — I’m enthralled with this image. There is something so compelling about his lowered head, his hands shading his face, the
tilted wagon woefully empty and bereft. The prow-like structure in the background almost looks like it is going to churn forward and engulf him. The “alone in a crowd” mood of this photo is
commanding and narrative – and my heart is wrapped around this character.

Thank you for these remarkable images today.

]]> By: Christine https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/20/roland-collins-east-end-ii/#comment-1702892 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:02:38 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202609#comment-1702892 ]]> I love a fairground even now! The brightly coloured riders and the carousel! I had a trip to the top of the monument courtesy of a free ticket from a chap whose wife decided not to go up! The views were fabulous. Also the jellied eels sign hard to get in London nowadays!!! 😢

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/20/roland-collins-east-end-ii/#comment-1702855 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:25:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202609#comment-1702855 I really appreciate the views from the top of the Monument. Between 1985 and 1990 I worked at Monument Street directly opposite but was never brave enough to climb up it (I don’t really like narrow spaces and winding stairs). My last visit to London was in 2013 and my old office had been turned into luxury flats.

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