Comments on: C A Mathew’s Spitalfields https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/18/c-a-mathews-spitalfields/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:40:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Pence https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/18/c-a-mathews-spitalfields/#comment-1908070 Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:40:18 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=205920#comment-1908070 All those white pinafores on the girls. So much work to keep clean in the sooty streets and air of the time.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/18/c-a-mathews-spitalfields/#comment-1908010 Sun, 18 Jan 2026 16:16:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=205920#comment-1908010 There are many admirable aspects in these photos, but perhaps the photographer will forgive me if I enjoyed looking at the blurred elements? As GA points out, he photographed life. Boys and girls continued with their movements, pranks, twirls, games — and a lovely blur was the result. White frothy dresses became angelic puffs of clouds, and impish features (now a frown, now a grin) transformed before the lens. Humane shape shifting.

This is an evocative series, accompanied by a stunning map that includes an array of typography and lettering……totally handsome.

What a banquet! Thank you, GA.

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/18/c-a-mathews-spitalfields/#comment-1907970 Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:56:04 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=205920#comment-1907970 Fabulous images – with predominantly ‘clean’ looking streets. A real step back in time.

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