East End Photographs and Drawings

[Andrew Firth]

Remains of the Priory as seen through the window of the Towergate offices, just off Mitre Street.


A view of the gated entrance of the Truman Hanbury & Buxton brewery on Brick Lane, as seen in the mirrored glass of the brewery offices.


The former Dorset Street with temporary fencing across the western end, as seen in February 2009


All the best
Andrew

[John Bennett]

Ooh quizzes! OK how's this for the first one (L-R):

Artillery Lane/Gun St.
Angel Alley
Bishopsgate Goods Yard
St James' Passage
Sandy's Row/Frying Pan Alley
Mitre Square
15 Wilkes Street
Aldgate (?)
Blossom St./Fleur de Lis St.

Great images by the way. They look superb.

[Andrew Firth]

John,

Spot on with all nine in the first image! (The Aldgate one is a close up of the Aldgate Pump).

Any takers for the other two sets of images?

Andrew

[silverstealth]

Brick Lane 1977

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What a lovely evocative image.. I must say this thread is superb.

[John Bennett]

What a lovely evocative image..

Agreed. Do you reckon that chap is Jewish, by any chance?

[silverstealth]

Agreed. Do you reckon that chap is Jewish, by any chance?

Straight of fthe Oliver Twist filmset..

Here are some of mine from

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children which was founded in 1867 in Virginia Road, Bethnal Green, as the North Eastern Hospital for Children. The Hospital moved to Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, shortly after its foundation and was renamed Queen's Hospital for Children in 1907. The Hospital was absorbed with the Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children, Shadwell in 1942 and renamed the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children. Thereafter the Hospital was administered as one establishment but functioned on two sites: Queen Elizabeth, Hackney Road, and Queen Elizabeth, Shadwell. A third site at Banstead, Surrey, the Banstead Wood Country Hospital, was opened in 1948.







The Mortuary.

[silverstealth]

[silverstealth]

And this is Middlesex Hospital w1 now sadly demolished although the magnificent chapel remains on stilts..





View from the roof at dawn.

[silverstealth]

[silverstealth]

The above images were taken early 2008



The site today.

[The Grave Maurice]

You make me very jealous, Andrew and Sil. I wish I had a fraction of your talent.

[Sam Flynn]

They've done that to the lovely Middlesex!!! I used to walk past that building regularly on my way to college... and my auntie was a nurse there for years and years.

And so to bed - somewhat saddened, but grateful for your excellent photos, all.

[Septic Blue]

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Red Color-Shading: Approximate Location of 19 Cleveland Street, Parish of St. Marylebone

[Archaic]

Silverstealth, your photos are amazing- you must be a professional photographer. I can't get over the clarity of your shots. Did you get your camera from MI5 or what?
Love the 2 scary photos of the old abandoned wheel chairs- let's hope you weren't so seized with the fervor of artistic inspiration that you pitched some poor old geezer out of his seat.

And that Chapel is just stunning, like a little Byzantine jewel. Thank God they didn't demolish it! Must have been quite a job to take down that giant hospital that was built around it.
I noticed the steel scaffolding they used as if it were a giant 'cage'. I would imagine they had to avoid any 'rumble' or shock to the old brick chapel down below; they certainly did a good job.

Out where I live, we just blow things up in 20-50 yrs and start over!
Maybe Mount St. Helens subliminally affected us.

Good night, all. Archaic

[silverstealth]

Silverstealth, your photos are amazing- you must be a professional photographer. I can't get over the clarity of your shots. Did you get your camera from MI5 or what?
Archaic

Thanks for the compliment, I am but a budding amateur..

Here are some taken last year from the roof of Southwark Towers