Hanbury Street Back yard photo

[Stewart P Evans]

Ten Bells

As Magpie says, The London Nobody Knows was in colour (and the views of the yard were taken from eye-level in any case).
There's a picture of the four Hanbury Street photos that were on display in the Ten Bells for many years. I think the image in question has been blown up and enhanced from that, which explains the pixely/grainy look. The original appears in Bill Fishman's The Streets of East London (1979). And looking at the awful state of the property, it was probably from the time of demolition or just before - as an educated guess.
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JB

Yes, you are right John. I remember seeing it on the wall at the Ten Bells.

[John Bennett]

Is that not a 'screen capture', i.e. a photo taken from the screen of the James Mason program? That might explain why it looks so ancient.

As Magpie says, The London Nobody Knows was in colour (and the views of the yard were taken from eye-level in any case).

There's a picture of the four Hanbury Street photos that were on display in the Ten Bells for many years. I think the image in question has been blown up and enhanced from that, which explains the pixely/grainy look. The original appears in Bill Fishman's The Streets of East London (1979). And looking at the awful state of the property, it was probably from the time of demolition or just before - as an educated guess.




JB

[Magpie]

That was my first thought too, Tom, but wasn't the Mason film in colour?

The first pic definitely looks like a video capture though.

[Tom_Wescott]

I'm still thinking screen capture from the James Mason film.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[Garry Wroe]

It seems to be this one, Jason ...



... which I used on the Image Enhancements thread but almost certainly found on the East End Photos thread. Doubtless you'll find a little more in the way of information there.

[Tom_Wescott]

There's also the well-known photo of Colin Wilson standing in th open cellar. The door may have been open when this was taken, or had been removed.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[drstrange169]

Wasn't there a wooden cover over the cellar entrance “back in the day”?
I seem to remember Stewart Evans posting a picture a few years back.

[Tom_Wescott]

Is that not a 'screen capture', i.e. a photo taken from the screen of the James Mason program? That might explain why it looks so ancient.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[Rob Clack]

Very late 1960s I believe, probably not very long before demolition in 1970.

Rob

[Jason]

Can anyone tell me the origin of this photo ? is it an original police shot because it looks bloody old !