East End Photographs and Drawings

[Suzi]

Hi Rob-
Isn't that a great shaped building at the end of Whitechurch Lane with Mr White Shoes- and could that be a red scarf!!!! in front....-it MUST have been a pub at some point surely?

Suz x

[Rob Clack]

Hi Suzi,

Surprisingly it was never a pub. I t reminds me a bit of The Commercial Tavern. The building was used in the 1890s and early 1900s by Richard Edmund Goodrich, Oilman.

Rob x

[Brenda]

Hi Rob,
In the photo labeled "Henriques Street with not 1 but 3 new gates", what are the objects at the top of the tall building in the background? They appear to be screens of some sort?

[Rob Clack]

Hi Brenda,

Do you mean the blue pipe work? I'm not sure what they are, they look like just fancy dressing to me.



Rob

[Suzi]

Hi Rob-

Thanks for that- Great buiding though 'eh.... and that fancy dressing' I reckon is just that- toot on top of a toot building 'eh!

Suzi x

Lots of gateways there (Blimey 3 !!!!!!) for De L to deny and refer everyone to the other side of the road where of course- nothing has changed!!!!!!!!! heeee! x

[Rob Clack]

Hi Suzi,

Me and Philip were having a chat with the man himself last night and for a few minutes he was actually quite lucid and then I think the medication wore off and he was back to his usual self.

Rob x

[Brenda]

Thanks Rob! That close-up makes much more sense to my tired myopic eyes!

[Suzi]

Gawd- that's some medication!!!!!!.........equine recommended???...or.....

[WARSPITE]

Many thanks for such brilliant photos Rob. The Bell pub looks more like a gentlemans club with the dark glass and all.Whats it like inside?
Christian St ones are a little sad,what a damn shame.

[Rob Clack]

Hi Pete,

The Bell was shut when I went past and it looked quite dark when I went past. I think Monty was in there a couple of weeks back so he might know what it was like inside.

Rob

[halomanuk]

Hi Rob-
Isn't that a great shaped building at the end of Whitechurch Lane with Mr White Shoes- and could that be a red scarf!!!! in front....-it MUST have been a pub at some point surely?

Suz x

Suzi,
that sprang to my mind straight away too - amazed to think that was NEVER a pub at any time..!!

[Monty]

Hi Pete,

The Bell was shut when I went past and it looked quite dark when I went past. I think Monty was in there a couple of weeks back so he might know what it was like inside.

Rob

Unfortunately, as it was still morning, and me being a good boy, I didnt venture in.

There seems to be a rage at the moment of pubs ,and some shops, reverting back to their victorian liveries.

I see it as a cynical attempt to cash in on the Jack murders. Even more so when I saw what drinks were advertised at The Bell...which was another reason why I didnt venture in.

Monty

[Paddy Goose]

Brick Lane 1977

[John Bennett]

Hi Pete,

The Bell was shut when I went past and it looked quite dark when I went past. I think Monty was in there a couple of weeks back so he might know what it was like inside.

Rob

I went in there today, for the first time ever. It was about 6pm and I was VERY pleasantly surprised. Buzzing but not too crowded, nice clientele and nice beer.

I will definitely be going again soon.

[Andrew Firth]

Just a few arty photomontage thingies I put together recently, of small picture fragments of Whitechapel and Spitalfields. See if anyone can correctly identify where they were all taken! Some are easier than others obviously...







All the best
Andrew