Ron McCormick’s East End
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Ron McCormick photographed Whitechapel & Spitalfields in the early seventies and these pictures were exhibited at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1973. Many are featured in the new exhibition A World Apart: Photographing Change in London’s East End 1970-76 opening at Four Corners Gallery this Friday.
Knifegrinder, Spitalfields
Royal Oak, Whitechapel Rd
Old Montague St
Blooms, Whitechapel High St
Old Montague St
Fishman’s tobacconist & sweet shop, Flower & Dean St, Spitalfields
Entrance to Chevrah Shass Synagogue, Old Montague St
Dressed up for the Sunday market, Cheshire St
Fournier St
Brick Lane
Club Row
Brick Lane
Settle St, Whitechapel
Great Eastern Buildings, Quaker St
Maurice, Gents’ Hairdresser, Buxton St
Great Eastern Buildings, Quaker St
Sandys Row
Steps down to Black Lion Yard, Old Montague St
Christ Church School
Old Castle St, Synagogue
Photographs copyright © Ron McCormick
You may also like to take a look at
Philip Marriage’s Spitalfields
Thank you Gentle Author for sending these photographs on here .
I remember all the characters and hey they are endemic in my blood and in my mind .
It is these same characters that are within my poems that Chris Searle and to a certain extent Ron McCormick helped publish within my book “Story of a Stepney boy “.
I never thought I would become one of these characters but I have . I search for them and feel at home when I meet them in real life .
Thank you again Gentle Author for helping to tell members of my family and my story and by doing this help others relate to their own .
A poignant and affectionate set of photographs. An honest depiction of Spitalfields and its environs during the 60s and 70s. The war had ravaged and hollowed out the area but tucked away in corners there were the vestiges of community going about its business. Thank you GE.
My favourite here is the photo of the gentleman in Fournier St who is a tailor, it’s the look on his face.