Dan Jones’ East End Portraits
May 31, 2023
Meet me next Sunday on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral and we will spend the afternoon walking eastward together through the square mile to explore the wonders and the wickedness of the ancient City of London.
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In recent years, Dan Jones has painted a magnificent series from different eras for his EAST END PORTRAITS. Many of these are well known but others less familiar, so you can click on any of the names to learn more about the subjects.
Police Constable James Stewart
Portraits copyright © Dan Jones
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Wonderful!!
Makes me feel proud to come from the Esst End and of my Mum Rose Cohen who was a fighter all through her life, displaying courage despite her traumas.
Also, it feels just and magnificent so many are painted including Chris Searle, who was the first to publish an anthology of my poetry, entitled “Story of a Stepney boy.”
If anyone wants to buy a copy I have only a few copies for sale. My email is andy.strowman1@gmail.com
Brilliant work! So much character in every portrait…
Gladys stopped me in my tracks – what a fantastic face!
A superb set of portraits and stories. Of course, I am drawn to the tale of Tommy Flowers of Poplar. Readers may like to know that you can see a replica Colossus, built from the blueprint, still working at the National Museum of Computing in Bletchley. It was built by the late Tony Sale and his team, who I was fortunate enough to speak to several years ago when I visited. The codebreaking efforts of Alan Turing and his team, shortened the war by several years and saved countless lives. Colossus continued to serve after. It really is something to stand before the replica and say a quiet “thank you”.
My Dad told me of the work of Station X. I don’t think he ever visited. ” They’re all boffins who walk around in their dressing gowns all day”. I don’t know where he got some of his stories from!
What a treat.
It would be great if a book full of Dan’s beautiful illustrations was published.