Comments on: Chris Miles’ East End https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/27/chris-miles-east-end-iii/ 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, 27 Mar 2025 11:00:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Sue https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/27/chris-miles-east-end-iii/#comment-1705216 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:00:24 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202685#comment-1705216 What a wonderful selection of photographs. Lived in the suburbs but remember all those little caffs and corner shops dotted around in my childhood.
Am old enough to remember “George Davis is Innocent” everywhere but can’t for the life of me recall what it was he did or didn’t do!

]]> By: Mark https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/27/chris-miles-east-end-iii/#comment-1705210 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:26:24 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202685#comment-1705210 Excellent photographs of a London that feels deserted and lost in time, caught at the nadir of the East End, before – for better or for worse- the Thatcher revolution transformed London.

My favourite photograph is of Charlie and Mick’s cafe. Before they started up the corner shop on Stella Street…

]]> By: Chris Dixon https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/27/chris-miles-east-end-iii/#comment-1705202 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:26:12 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202685#comment-1705202 J. Kelly pie and mash shop used to be on Roman Road (Green Street), Bethnal Green opposite where the Cranbrook Estate now stands.

M. Evans Garn Dairy was in Globe Road, Bethnal Green, between Kirkwall Place and Green Street.

J. Galley and Sons was in Roman Road, Bow, near the junction with Ellesmere Road.

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/27/chris-miles-east-end-iii/#comment-1705199 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:17:34 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202685#comment-1705199 More very evocative images. I never did manage to eat jellied eels (just the thought of them made me heave), though my dad loved then!

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/27/chris-miles-east-end-iii/#comment-1705194 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 08:45:02 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202685#comment-1705194 Each of the small shops once meant ‘the whole world’ to the owner. The reasons why they went bankrupt are different. Today, history is repeating itself in a similar way: An infinite number of small speciality shops have gone out of business because of the so-called ‘pandemic’…

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Maurice Nyman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/27/chris-miles-east-end-iii/#comment-1705185 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 08:11:27 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202685#comment-1705185 Excellent photos. I think the barbers could be the one down Three Colts Lane, Bethnal Green. Possibly.

]]> By: ANDY STROWMAN https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/27/chris-miles-east-end-iii/#comment-1705183 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 08:08:44 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202685#comment-1705183 A mixture of some sad pictures and some with life .

]]> By: Angela Svoronou https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/27/chris-miles-east-end-iii/#comment-1705161 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 07:03:24 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202685#comment-1705161 I used to live from 2002 to 2003 in a small street off Bethnal Green Rd, two blocks away from Brick Lane, and I have to say that the area has not been the same since, especially after the total makeover (or rather, destruction) of Brick Lane and Spitalfields Market. These photographs definitely convey the feeling of London in the pre-tourist era. Thanks for sharing, and thanks for this blog. Some things should never be forgotten.

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