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Hi Garry.
I was looking at your photo in post #162, the last view, which is of Whitechapel High Street c.1905. I re-attached it here.
If you look at the cart at lower left, you can see a man's legs are visible under it. It isn't being pulled by a horse, but by a human being- perhaps one too poor to own a horse.
Thanks as always for the pics,
Archaic
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Originally posted by Archaic View PostIf you look at the cart at lower left, you can see a man's legs are visible under it. It isn't being pulled by a horse, but by a human being- perhaps one too poor to own a horse.allisvanityandvexationofspirit
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Garry I like what you are doing on this thread.
Originally posted by Garry Wroe View PostCatherine Court, again date unknown ...
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Paddy
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Originally posted by Paddy Goose View PostThe date is 1912-1915. John Avery was commissioned to photograph this view before it was demolished to build the Port of London Authority's new headquarters there in Trinity Square, Tower Hill. (Museum of London)Paddy
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Small Child In the Street
Hi Garry.
I agree with Stephen, the photo of Lavender Place is wonderfully atmospheric. Any idea what year the photo was taken? I notice there is a street-lamp directly in front of the covered archway. I wonder how many archways had lamps c.1888, and how many were just scary black holes?
I was looking at your photo of Hanbury Street (the one just above this post) and my eye was immediately drawn to the small child in the middle of the street. It looks to me like a very young child of 4 or 5 years old at most, apparently carrying a basket of some sort. I believe it's a little girl due to the style of hat and the long coat. No adult appears to be with her. She is crossing the street well in front of the man pulling the barrow who is coming toward the camera, and she doesn't seem to be with him. (If she were with him, I think she'd be riding in his barrow and facing the camera.) It's incredible to me that so small a child would be sent out to perform some errand and permitted to cross the street alone in the midst of strangers, huge wagons and horses. Automobiles would have been around by 1918 too.
That photo also gives an idea of how dirty the streets were, though I'm sure they were much worse 30 years earlier.
Thanks and best regards,
Archaic
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Originally posted by Garry Wroe View PostWhitechapel Church, date unspecified ...
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Catherine Court, again date unknown ...
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Originally posted by Archaic View PostI was looking at your photo of Hanbury Street (the one just above this post) and my eye was immediately drawn to the small child in the middle of the street. It looks to me like a very young child of 4 or 5 years old at most, apparently carrying a basket of some sort. I believe it's a little girl due to the style of hat and the long coat.
Best as alwaysallisvanityandvexationofspirit
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Originally posted by Stephen Thomas View PostWell spotted, Archaic. I never noticed the little girl but there she is. The hat, though, looks to me like a optical illusion caused by sunlight on the pavement and kerb behind her. Also the horses and wagons on the right may well have been stationary so it may not have been too dangerous a manoeuvre by our new little friend.
Best as alwaysChristopher T. George
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