Comments on: Dorothy Bishop, Artist & Teacher https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/13/dorothy-bishop-artist-teacher-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, 13 May 2025 18:24:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/13/dorothy-bishop-artist-teacher-i/#comment-1722470 Tue, 13 May 2025 18:24:55 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203242#comment-1722470 I agree with Andy S – definitely deserving of a Plaque; and more! A dedicated and talented teacher that probably made a positive and lasting impact on many of her young pupils. A disgrace that she lost her job due to the ignorance of ‘those in charge’ back then! I bet all those LCC Inspectors were all men – Bah!

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/13/dorothy-bishop-artist-teacher-i/#comment-1722372 Tue, 13 May 2025 13:02:10 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203242#comment-1722372 I have taken an extra measure of enjoyment from this story, because I believe I married an example of these “rough” boys, and eventually came to know (and enjoy) a whole gang of them from the streets of Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan. These Catholic school boys were relentlessly mischievous……..”the wit and vitality” as Ms. Bishop so patiently described. And, like the boys in her story, they would sometimes feel a bit shame-faced over their exploits and loud uproars. Their charm was (and is) undeniable and irrepressible.

The painting here makes me LONG to see more. And it makes me wish I could have assured Ms. Bishop of her obvious abilities and added some encouragement. Looking at this scene, I sensed layers of activity and humanity, tucked into a teeming city….a mix of gentility and collected
debris. A glorious narrative painting!

]]> By: Bethea Jenner https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/13/dorothy-bishop-artist-teacher-i/#comment-1722295 Tue, 13 May 2025 09:16:58 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203242#comment-1722295 I love this painting and I love the cut of Miss Bishop’s jib. She looks and sounds wonderful. Thank you for introducing her to us.

]]> By: tessa hunkin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/13/dorothy-bishop-artist-teacher-i/#comment-1722272 Tue, 13 May 2025 07:42:51 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203242#comment-1722272 What a wonderful woman. A lovely painting and an inspiring attitude, I wish I had known her.

]]> By: ANDY STROWMAN https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/13/dorothy-bishop-artist-teacher-i/#comment-1722252 Tue, 13 May 2025 06:39:36 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203242#comment-1722252 All I can say is Dorothy deserves a plaque in the school .
Such teachers are rare like gold on a beer stained table . I got told by a family member that when he was at school the children had to queue up outside the art room and then be let in .

One day there’s a noise going on .
A few peeped in and saw the Head Teacher rolling snout on the floor with the art teacher having a punch up !

]]> By: Rob Edwards https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/13/dorothy-bishop-artist-teacher-i/#comment-1722220 Tue, 13 May 2025 05:20:24 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203242#comment-1722220 ‘While your qualifications remain at their present level you are not suitable for employment by the L.C.C.”

Which, I’m suspecting Male, Prat of the then L.C.C.’s of the then L.C.C.’s Educational Inspectorate penned such garbage guff?

What, I’m wondering, evidences the case for arguing that things are not just different but better now?

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