East London: Then and Now

[Govenor Leeus]

Thats fantastically re-assuring as a fan of Victorian and Georgian architechture.

[steje73]

I love all these old photos!

[Rob Clack]

This is a drawing Jake found from 'The Ilustrated Police News' 3 December 1892



And the same (well nearly) view in march 2008



Rob

[John Bennett]

Excellent colourisation job, Rob!

[Rob Clack]

Thanks John, I was going by memory as well.

[The English Gardener]

This is a drawing Jake found from 'The Ilustrated Police News' 3 December 1892

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And the same (well nearly) view in march 2008

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Rob

Terribly atmospheric picture, that... stunning grace despite the decay. Sort of reminds me of The Roebuck on the corner of Durward Street {have I got the name right?}the only time I ever saw it.
Al

[Paddy Goose]

Dunbar Wharf, Limehouse c. 1950



Recent Times

[George Hutchinson]

PG - no one ever seems to comment on your images so I will. Great stuff!

PHILIP

[Mike Covell]

Great shots Paddy, Those wooden things are similar to the ones on the other photo thread. We have quite a lot from the old warehouses along the River Hull.

[Monty]

Paddy,

Were you punting when you took that photo?

Monty

[Mike Covell]

Paddy,

Were you punting when you took that photo?

Monty

How Rude

Are those items on the River stationary or just floating rubbish?

[Limehouse]

This is a brilliant thread. I would like to thank to all those people who post old and new photographs of locations around east London. They give so much pleasure and are a welcome break from the 'enthusiastic' discourse that one can get drawn into on other threads.

I would also like to tell Rob and Phillip how much I enjoyed their book. It is one I will return to again and again. Well done.

[George Hutchinson]

Right, I've not posted any images for a very long time so here's a few oddities most of you won't have seen before...


Undated image of Aldgate High Street, showing the station, taken from the SW looking E - the infamous 'lost' 29 where CE was arrested would be just out of shot on the right.


The original St Mary Matfelon church, Whitechapel High Street, early 1800s.




Two shots of Spitalfields Market from The Architect & Building News, November 23rd 1928.


Aldgate Pump from Quaint And Curious London, May 1944.

PHILIP

[George Hutchinson]

Some more...


Obviously Whitechapel High Street just past the entrance to George Yard - The Angel is the building with the huge lamp outside it (Ragged Schools, Ragged Children - 1995)


The King Edward Street Ragged School, Spitalfields (Ragged Schools, Ragged Children - 1995)


Residents of an unnamed Lodging House, probably East End, at a Sunday Service (Modern London - Its Sins And Woes - 1906)


How d'you like THIS one?! A shot of the side of St Mary Matfelon Church showing an outdoor service being given in Yiddish (Modern London - Its Sins And Woes - 1906)


Aldgate High Street in 1875 (from City Of London Past & Present - 1976). This is looking from the NE at the junction with Middlesex Street. The Hoop & Grapes, that famous old pub, is a few buildings in (the others to the left now lie under Mansell Street) with the things hanging outside it.

And I just realised I put all of these on the wrong bloody thread.

PHILIP

[Mike Covell]

Right thread, wrong thread, they are lovely pics Philip!