Suresh Singh’s Spitalfields

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When Suresh was a student at City & East London College in 1979, he was given a project for General Studies O Level to record his neighbourhood. So he set out with his camera from his home at 38 Princelet St and took these photographs of the streets of Spitalfields, which are now in the collection at Bishopsgate Insitute.

Christ Church from Wilkes St

Spitalfields Market seen from Christ Church

Looking towards the City from the rooftop of a Hanbury St factory

Children playing cricket in Puma Court

Mr Sova, proprietor of Sova Fabrics on Brick Lane

Brick Lane

Shed on Brick Lane

Shoe shop on Cheshire St

Cheshire St

Stamp and coin dealer in Cheshire St

Boy carrying home the shopping on Brick Lane

Shops on Hanbury St

Truman Brewery seen from Grimbsy St

Woman on Brick Lane

Her shoes

Down and out on the steps of the Rectory, Christ Church

Homeless men sitting outside Christ Church – this area has recently been fenced off

In Fashion St

Naz Cinema, Brick Lane

Family walking from Shoreditch Station into Brick Lane

Clifton Sweetmart, Brick Lane

Former Central Foundation School for Girls, Spital Sq, now Galvin restaurant

Inside the former Central Foundation School for Girls, Spital Sq

Abandoned books at Central Foundation School for Girls

There was a constant police presence on Brick Lane due to the race riots

Crowds leaving the mosque on Brick Lane

Sign in Fournier St

Sign in Fournier St

Christ Church prior to restoration, without balconies

Christ Church from the roofs of Hanbury St

Photographs copyright © Suresh Singh

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