Ron McCormick’s Spitalfields
Here is a selection of Ron McCormick’s splendid pictures from the seventies when he lived in Princelet St, Spitalfields.
Knifegrinder, Spitalfields
Fishman’s tobacconist & sweet shop, Flower & Dean St, Spitalfields
Entrance to Chevrah Shass Synagogue, Old Montague St
Clock seller, Sclater St
Dressed up for the Sunday market, Cheshire St
Maurice, Gents’ Hairdresser, Buxton St
Gunthorpe St
Club Row
Steps down to Black Lion Yard, Old Montague St
Old Castle St, Synagogue
Sunday market, Cheshire St
Corner of Gun St & Artillery Lane
Shopkeeper, Old Montague St
Inter-generational conflict on Princelet St
Goldstein’s Kosher Butcher & Poulterer, Old Montague St
Great Eastern Buildings, Quaker St
Convenience Store, Artillery Lane
Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor, Brune St
Alf’s Fish Bar, Brick Lane
Waiting for the night shelter to open, Christ Church Spitalfields
Resting, Spitalfields Market Barrows, Commercial St
Great Eastern Buildings, Quaker St
Rough sleeper, Spitalfields
Mother and her new-born baby in a one bedroom flat, Spitalfields
Photographs copyright © Ron McCormick
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Could the Fishman of the Flower & Dean St shop be of the same family as the Fishman I was with at Parmiter’s School, I wonder? And what is the origin of “Flower & Dean”, a strange street name?
I find the man selling clocks an interesting picture, it’s the composition.
Wonderful photos. I wish I could talk to the people in these photos – to learn of their lives and dreams – especially the man all dressed up for the Sunday market. The stories that face hints at. Thank you for publishing these.