Comments on: The Bakers Of Widegate St https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/06/the-bakers-of-widegate-st-iiii/ 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, 07 Mar 2026 14:09:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Paul Anghinetti https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/06/the-bakers-of-widegate-st-iiii/#comment-1955767 Sat, 07 Mar 2026 14:09:26 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206312#comment-1955767 Makes one wonder how long it will be before this pleasant bulding is replaced by an out-of proportion glass box.

]]> By: Bill https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/06/the-bakers-of-widegate-st-iiii/#comment-1955063 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:45:41 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206312#comment-1955063 What extremely handsome sculptures, and what a handsome facade. I will try to find other productions by these artists.

]]> By: Jo N https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/06/the-bakers-of-widegate-st-iiii/#comment-1954881 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:44:20 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206312#comment-1954881 His granddaughter Rachel is a London-based artist, and a colleague and pal of mine: https://www.rachellindseyclark.com.

]]> By: Laura https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/06/the-bakers-of-widegate-st-iiii/#comment-1954763 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:03:30 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206312#comment-1954763 Gentle Author, waking to your narrative of these sculptures, I find myself humbled by both. The gestures of both strength and purpose of these creators of nourishment are mirrored in your ever-fine descriptions. The figures themselves are like those appearing on many holy façades, only more so, as they step beyond their niches as men among us. I wouldn’t have been able to imagine the artist’s path in life without your thoughtful bio. To think he lived to 88, another man among us!

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/06/the-bakers-of-widegate-st-iiii/#comment-1954690 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:33:19 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206312#comment-1954690 I’m so glad to see the final photo that provides a sense of size/scale. Kindred to the recent carved wooden door panels, I so appreciate seeing how this artist worked within a tight “frame” to create these wonderfully descriptive and narrative figures. I’m quite partial to the man using the paddle to put loaves into the oven. He seems lost in thought………doing an activity that he is so skilled at, and perhaps “far far away” in his private reverie. (“the holiness of bakers” — I love that phrase.)

Thanks for this daily infusion of optimism, history, and art. Whew! — I need that.

]]> By: Annie S https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/06/the-bakers-of-widegate-st-iiii/#comment-1954435 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:44:44 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206312#comment-1954435 A very interesting background!
I have walked past the building with the figures many times and have been impressed by them.
I hadn’t known that they were fired by the company who became Poole Pottery, I visited their factory for a tour years ago when I had relatives living in the Bournemouth area.

]]> By: Jan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/06/the-bakers-of-widegate-st-iiii/#comment-1954398 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:55:44 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206312#comment-1954398 Thank you. Amazing figures.

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