Spitalfields Life | In the midst of life I woke to find myself living ...
WEB2 days ago · Ben Shapiro. In the East End, you are constantly reminded of the people who have left and of the countless thousands who never settled but for whom the place only offered a contingent existence at best, as a staging post on their journey to …
William Henry Knapp’s Memoir | Spitalfields Life
WEB1 day ago · William Henry Knapp. I first saw the light on the 27th July 1872 at 73 Carter Lane, London EC2, formerly Shoemakers Row. My father was employed at the above address for forty-five years in the manufacture of tobacco etc and was resident for thirty-two years past, at the place where I grew and noted the …
In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house ...
WEB4 days ago · The time in the year for apple pie has arrived again. So I take this opportunity to present The Tragical Death of an Apple Pie, an alphabet rhyme first published in 1671, in a version produced by Jemmy Catnach in the eighteen-twenties.. Poet, compositor and publisher, Catnach moved to London from Newcastle in 1812 and set up Seven Dials Press in Monmouth Court, producing more than four ...
A Ramble Through Long Forgotten London | Spitalfields Life
WEB19 hours ago · October 10, 2024. by the gentle author. Only three tours left this year – Saturday 12th October, Saturday 20th November and Saturday 21st December. Click here to book for this Saturday. . As the dusk gathers, let us go rambling to explore the sights of long forgotten London in the volumes of Walter Thornbury’s London Old & New.
Judith Piepe In The East End | Spitalfields Life
WEB3 days ago · The couple would eventually marry in 1981, after which they bade farewell to Soho and the East End and emigrated to New Zealand. Now chiefly remembered for her connections to the world of folk music, Judith Piepe should also be celebrated for her social work, particularly with young rent boys. So many were helped by this remarkable woman.
The Gentle Author’s Writing Course | Spitalfields Life
WEB4 days ago · Courses will be held at 5 Fournier St, Spitalfields on 1st-2nd February, running from 10am-5pm on Saturday and 11am-5pm on Sunday. Lunch, tea, coffee & cakes are catered by the Townhouse included within the course fee of £350. Email [email protected] to book a place on a course.
Down A Well In Spitalfields
WEBSeptember 27, 2024. by the gentle author. CLICK HERE TO BOOK. Thirty years ago, eighteen wooden plates and bowls were recovered from a silted-up well in Spitalfields. One of the largest discoveries of medieval wooden vessels ever made in this country, they are believed to be dishes belonging to the inmates of the long-gone Hospital of St Mary ...
Endurance & Joy in the East End 1971-1987 | Spitalfields Life
WEBSep 15, 2024 · Endurance & Joy in the East End 1971-1987. In spring 2019, David Hoffman asked me to publish his book and now, after more than five years of hard work, we are very proud of it and it is available for you to buy. This is a beautiful cloth-bound hardback of 240 pages containing over 200 duotone photographic prints on good quality paper, to be ...
My Promise | Spitalfields Life
WEBOct 25, 2009 · This is both my task and my delight. Let me disclose to you the hare-brained ambition I am pursuing, which is to write at least ten thousand stories about Spitalfields life. At the rate of one a day, this will take approximately twenty-seven years and four months. Who knows what kind of life we shall be living in 2037 when I write my ten ...
At John Keats’ House | Spitalfields Life
WEBMay 13, 2024 · John Keats in 1819 when he lived at Wentworth Place. Wentworth Place, completed 1816 as one of the first houses to be built in Lower Hampstead Heath. John Keats lived here. In John Keats’ study. The right hand room on the ground floor was John Keats’ study and the room above was his bedroom. Keats’ …