https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/09/18/watermens-stairs-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 Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:05:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/09/18/watermens-stairs-iii/#comment-1802483 Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:05:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204383#comment-1802483 I used to live in Surrey Quays, and one of my favourite escapes was the Wapping shoreline and the pubs that strecth either side. The Gnetel Author perfectly captures that sense of dange the river holds and the sesne that this place is at the edge of things..no wonder so many books have been written that allude to the mystery of the Thames..

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/09/18/watermens-stairs-iii/#comment-1801953 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:19:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204383#comment-1801953 Wonderful photos, Gentle Author and evocative descriptions of these amazing stairs that tell us about how the Thames was used as a major thoroughfare in the past. Reading the blog post prompted happy memories of finding a small set of watermen’s stairs by the Upper Mall in Hammersmith near William Morris’s house. Not on Roque’s map (doesn’t quite cover this area) but perhaps on other maps of the 17th or 18th centuries.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/09/18/watermens-stairs-iii/#comment-1801799 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:56:32 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204383#comment-1801799 Very atmospheric!

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