East End Photographs and Drawings

[Rob Clack]

Missed this one last time

Whitechapel Road opposite the London Hospital



When I was at the Whitechapel Society Meeting yesterday, Stephen Thomas mentioned Little Turner Street to me. I said I never heard of it. Strangely, what I didn't realise until this morning was that I was at Little Turner Street a couple of hours before the meeting. I didn't realise because it's name has been changed to Rampart Street. It runs South off Commercial Road parallel to Cannon Street Road

From Commercial Road


Corner with Sly Street looking towards Commercial Road


Looking towards Commercial Road


I think this would be 'The Kinder Arms'


1882 directory


Rob

[Rob Clack]

Hi Suzi,

Yeah, got snowed in. It turned pretty cold yesterday, got frost bite in the unmentionables.

I did speak to John a couple of months back about doing a series of photos of the murder sites covered in snow, but all he did was take the pi$$.

Hope you and Dids have got the thermals on

Rob

[Suzi]

Interesting stuff Rob- Great Pics!!!

Dids is all in his fur-abouts (c/o Dylan Thomas or maybe Sam!) here ....Hope your end/ edges are all cooched up!!!

Suz x

[Suzi]

Rob and Philip- Just for you from the boy!!!



Keeping Warm!!!

Suz x

[Rob Clack]

Hi Suzi,

He looks frozen solid.

Rob X

[Limehouse]

Those are wonderful photos Rob. I think these old buildings have a grace and charm all of their own. I love urban back streets with oddly shaped houses and shops and that often-beautiful brickwork. That is one thing I miss about London but we do have some pretty Victorian streets here in Peterborough and I just love strolling through them.

Great work.

[Suzi]

Hi Rob- he does a tad doesn't he........thawing nicely now though...

.. They're great pics though and must tell you about the HUGE wide format printer I've just got at work....you could be looking at your pics 6'x 4' ish here and even bigger! Hmmmmm Let me know by PM

Suz x

[John Bennett]

I did speak to John a couple of months back about doing a series of photos of the murder sites covered in snow, but all he did was take the pi$$.

Ooh er, was that me? I can't remember. Then again, if it was at the end of a WS1888 meeting I was probably pi$$ed!

Top photographs, by the way.

JB

[Rob Clack]

I manage to get hold of some photographs from East End Underground Stations.

St Mary's Whitechapel, c1916


Whitechapel, 1896


Wapping 18 January 1934


Rob

[Stephen Thomas]

Hi Rob

Can't compete with your quite lovely wintery photos from last Saturday but FWIW here's one I took just before the WS meeting that day of Aldgate East station at the bottom of Commercial Street where the Ripper Tour customers congregate every night with the Gherkin, next to Mitre Square, glinting in the twilight.


And thanks for locating Patricia's dairy

[WARSPITE]

Photos

Thanks for all the superb photos everyone. Im new to the site, having had a resurgence of interest 20yrs after reading all the books as a teenager. Do any of you guys meet to walk around the old sites and perhaps have a few beers?
I tried to find Swallow Gardens the last time I visited, or at least the arch, but couldnt even find that. Guess I need some experts to walk around with.
Cheers,
Pete

[Celesta]

Rob,

Are the upper floors of the Ten Bells empty, or in use by the pub owner? Or is there a separate tenant for those upper floors? Just curious.

Gosh, these pictures make me feel so nostalgic, and I've never even been to London!

Good job, as usual.

Thanks,

Celesta


Warspite,

Welcome to the Casebook, Pete!

[Harry the Hawker]

i wonder where the inspiration for the name came from...

the photo is a few years old, can't remember which street it was unfortunately, but off commerical, i'm pretty sure

[Rob Clack]

Hi Celesta,

I haven't the foggiest I'm afraid. They do look empty from this photo but they could be tenanted by minimalists.



Rob

[Harry the Hawker]

just round the corner from liverpool st. station