https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/08/08/the-lost-world-of-the-alleys-iii/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:42:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/08/08/the-lost-world-of-the-alleys-iii/#comment-2169599 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:42:19 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207790#comment-2169599 I love London’s alleys – real character & spurs the imagination back to historical days of villains ducking & diving & many illicit & dodgey transactions…
Never, ever modernise with wide concrete thoroughfares, Nooo…!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/08/08/the-lost-world-of-the-alleys-iii/#comment-2168871 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:08:18 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207790#comment-2168871 Hello, hello, hello.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/08/08/the-lost-world-of-the-alleys-iii/#comment-2168628 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:29:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207790#comment-2168628 I love an alley way me. Secret, behind the scene, bit edgy, bit scary – a journey into the dark.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/08/08/the-lost-world-of-the-alleys-iii/#comment-2168622 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 15:26:34 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207790#comment-2168622 I see someone else liked the final shot as did I!
I loved suburban Midwest alleys when I was a kid, treasure troves for materials available for creative recycling, but they were a far cry from these dark city light wells! The watchful bobby was a reassuring final photo!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/08/08/the-lost-world-of-the-alleys-iii/#comment-2168532 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:38:25 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207790#comment-2168532 Old movies about old New York feature allies as an atmospheric leitmotif; allies today are seemingly nonexistent in present day NewYork. Pity, I had always hoped to meet someone in a dark alley.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/08/08/the-lost-world-of-the-alleys-iii/#comment-2168525 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 08:37:03 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207790#comment-2168525 One of the first lessons my Spitalfields born mother taught me was ‘never walk down an alley at night.’

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/08/08/the-lost-world-of-the-alleys-iii/#comment-2168522 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 08:23:58 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207790#comment-2168522 All those spikes! Can’t be much fun being a pigeon around there ..

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/08/08/the-lost-world-of-the-alleys-iii/#comment-2168488 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:03:38 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207790#comment-2168488 Could run a caption competition for the last photo!

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