https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/10/15/businesses-in-bishopsgate-1892/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/10/15/businesses-in-bishopsgate-1892/#comment-1829783 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:19:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204702#comment-1829783 How did the shift from those small specialist trades to today’s corporate financial centers change the daily life and character of the Bishopsgate area?

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/10/15/businesses-in-bishopsgate-1892/#comment-1825413 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:36:04 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204702#comment-1825413 Imagine being a printer back then, what a lot of fonts!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/10/15/businesses-in-bishopsgate-1892/#comment-1825268 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 06:20:37 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204702#comment-1825268 Oh I love these. I could do with some “Blair’s Gout and Rheumatic pills” right now!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/10/15/businesses-in-bishopsgate-1892/#comment-1825251 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 05:48:31 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204702#comment-1825251 These are so beautifully designed, the typography and choice of words so evocative of the era and haunting too of busineses gone by. Scrolling through these has proved to be a wonderful way to start the day.

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