Comments on: The Keeper Of Dead Signs https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/09/the-keeper-of-dead-signs-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 Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:22:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Jane CLOUSTON https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/09/the-keeper-of-dead-signs-i/#comment-1900257 Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:22:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=205884#comment-1900257 Mr Gentle Author
Just saying how much I love reading about the wonderful, world of east End , especially Spitalfields .

Thank you for for all your passion
Kind Regards

Jane CLOUSTON
New Zealand

]]> By: JohnB https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/09/the-keeper-of-dead-signs-i/#comment-1899776 Sat, 10 Jan 2026 05:09:48 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=205884#comment-1899776 At the centre left of ‘diaphanous oblivion’ I see a sword hilt. No doubt my overactive imagination due to my current reading being Gillian Tindall’s wonderful ‘A Passage Through Time’ about the recent and ancient history of the areas affected by the Crossrail development (but also encompassing London generally).

Thanks for another lovely article.

]]> By: Tony Wetjen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/09/the-keeper-of-dead-signs-i/#comment-1899250 Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:28:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=205884#comment-1899250 Another interesting article from you, many thanks. For the record, my Great grandfaather ,
Diederich Wetjen arrived in Spitalfields in the year of 1849 and soon found a job in a
Sugar house in the Brick Lane area.. The company were called Ellers & Morgens !
Diederich had one of the safer tasks in the business in so much as his job was to look
after the boilers rather than handling the molten sugar, the accident rate being high in
that respect!

Regards

Tony.wetjen@yahoo.co.uk

]]> By: Mark One https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/09/the-keeper-of-dead-signs-i/#comment-1899086 Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:19:25 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=205884#comment-1899086 Ha!Ha! Excellent!

]]> By: Liz Gilbey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/09/the-keeper-of-dead-signs-i/#comment-1899056 Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:39:12 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=205884#comment-1899056 Coincidentally, English actor Nicholas Galitzine (rising Hollywood star and soon to be seen as He-Man in a blockbuster movie) recently posted a short video on a visit to New York and took a photo of a “Commit No Nuisance” sign there, which he also used as the title of his post. What a small world!

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