Comments on: The Pumps Of Old London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/06/02/the-pumps-of-old-london-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, 03 Jun 2025 22:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: John Cunningham https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/06/02/the-pumps-of-old-london-i/#comment-1732290 Tue, 03 Jun 2025 22:00:17 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203408#comment-1732290 Fascinating. I have walked past some of these pumps without ever thinking about the significance and history behind them.

]]> By: Mathilde Grange https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/06/02/the-pumps-of-old-london-i/#comment-1731644 Mon, 02 Jun 2025 09:51:02 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203408#comment-1731644 Beautiful pumps. Strangely enough, here in Spain, we call them “fuentes”, fountains.

]]> By: ANDY STROWMAN https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/06/02/the-pumps-of-old-london-i/#comment-1731600 Mon, 02 Jun 2025 06:55:48 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203408#comment-1731600 “The hidden pump “

Leslie street which was one of the the oldest streets in Whitechapel and even older than my old street Milward street ,had a pump which served the local residents .
Both streets were demolished completely as a product of removing houses as the letter sent to my Mum’s letter said, “Unfit for human habitation .”

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/06/02/the-pumps-of-old-london-i/#comment-1731599 Mon, 02 Jun 2025 06:52:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203408#comment-1731599 I especially love the one in Gray’s Inn Square, complete with red rubber band haha. Well spotted! However, all the pumps are impressive, and it’s a great written piece on our social history.

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