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The Labour and Wait Brush Museum | Spitalfields Life
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In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London. The Labour and Wait Brush Museum. April 16, 2011. By the gentle author. When connoisseurs of traditional hardware, Simon Watkins and Rachel Wythe-Moran, opened Labour and Wait. In Spitalfields ten years ago, the very first item of stock to arrive in their shop was a wooden handbrush, but – as you can see from the picture above – there have been developments over the intervening decade. Over the ...
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John Thomas Smith’s Ancient Topography | Spitalfields Life
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In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London. John Thomas Smith’s Ancient Topography. March 27, 2015. By the gentle author. Bethelem Hospital with London Wall in Foreground – Drawn June 1812. Two centuries ago, John Thomas Smith. And I was delighted to spot several of those familiar characters included here in these vivid streets scenes of London long ago. Bethel Hospital seen from London Wall – Drawn August 1844. Houses on the South Side o...
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At Anna Maria Garthwaite’s House | Spitalfields Life
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In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London. At Anna Maria Garthwaite’s House. April 5, 2013. By the gentle author. 8220;introduced the Principles of Painting into the loom.”. Apart from wear and tear of centuries, and the stucco rendering on the exterior from 1860, Anna Maria Garthwaite would recognise her old house as almost unchanged if she were to return today. There will be an opportunity to visit Anna Maria Garthwaite’s House o...
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Dining in a Spitalfields Huguenot building | My Friend's House
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My Friend's House. Dining in a Spitalfields Huguenot building. June 19, 2015. Which specialises in throwing dinners in unusual locations. All of which, it has to be said, seem to be aimed at interiors nerds like us. Our party was in Town House, an antique shop on Fournier Street by day which also has a flat above if you’re looking for an unusual holiday let in one of the nicest ends of town. I’ve had to borrow the above photo from Stay In Spitalfields. Isn’t it cute? And one for the apartment. It was pro...
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A New Home For Old Photographs | Spitalfields Life
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In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London. A New Home For Old Photographs. October 14, 2014. By the gentle author. Photograph by O. Baumgard, 12 Little Alie St. It fills me with dismay to see old family albums for sale. And boxes of loose family photographs, all mixed up together, are one of the saddest sights you could encounter in the market. So you can imagine my delight when Stefan Dickers, Archivist at the Bishopsgate Institute.
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Moyra Peralta’s Street Portraits | Spitalfields Life
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In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London. Moyra Peralta’s Street Portraits. July 24, 2013. By the gentle author. Sylvia in Tenterground, Spitalfields. Following my recent gallery of Moyra Peralta’s Spitalfields pictures. 8220;I miss that world terribly,”. She admitted to me, looking back on it,. 8220;my relationships were more social than photographic, but in the process of those relationships I took portraits – there are those he...
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Paul Trevor, photographer | Spitalfields Life
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In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London. Paul Trevor, photographer. October 17, 2009. By the gentle author. Photographed these children playing in Fournier Street one afternoon in 1974. 8220;Much of it was derelict. It felt abandoned,”. He says, describing the neighbourhood at the time,. Currently, there is also a well chosen exhibition of his photographs of children, at the Museum of Childhood. In Bethnal Green until 29th November.
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Lucinda Douglas-Menzies, Spitalfields Portraits | Spitalfields Life
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In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London. Lucinda Douglas-Menzies, Spitalfields Portraits. June 25, 2010. By the gentle author. I have always admired the portraits of local personalities upon the walls of The Golden Heart in Commercial St but I never knew who took these elegant pictures, so I was delighted when Ricardo Cinalli. Introduced me to the photographer Lucinda Douglas-Menzies. In his studio in Puma Court this week. His unexpect...
