East End Photographs and Drawings

[Rob Clack]

These are some photos I came across recently. They are photos of photos. I've tried to eliminate distortions and glares as best as I can.

Durward Street 1969


Durward Street 1969


Casula Ward in Fulbourne Street. The building on the far right is on Durward Street.


Fairclough Street 1909


Number 18 Fairclough Street


Junction of Greatorex Street and Chicksand Street


Mitre Street


Ropemakers Fields


Royal Mint Street


Unknown


Unknown, same as the above but from Opposite end.


Providence Cottages in Poplar. These houses are identical to the houses in Millers Court


Rob

[Rob Clack]

Nearly forgot this one. Red Lion Street area.



Rob

[John Bennett]

Incredible. Fantastic work, Rob.

The Durward Street ones are... well...

[Chris Scott]

Amazing pics, Rob!
Thanks so much for sharing
In the two "Unknown" pics, any idea what those strangely angled wooden projections are?
Chris

[Mike Covell]

These are great Rob,
Until recently I had pictures in my mind that "Royal Mint Street" was quite a glitzy place, its great to dash that image with a earthly looking place.

Fantastic pictures!

Chris, the wooden slats look like it rain shelter albeit at a strange angle, my other suggestion would be a landing for loading down onto awaiting carts in the street, but again the angle looks odd!

I therefore have no idea!

[Suzi]

Superb finds Rob!!! (They're the CAT's!) Yep those wooden thingys are ODD..........Hmmmmmmmmmmm must have a think........ How did the Great Ex go??

Suz xx

[Chris Scott]

Hi Mike
If you look at the first "Unknown" pic there is a figure on the pavement below the wooden structure and this makes it clear the projection, whatever it is, is far too high to shelter anyone on the pavement below
From the position and the angle it looks as though these structures are to catch anything coming out of the upper windows and prevent them falling to the pavement - though what, I have no idea!
Chris

[Rob Clack]

Thanks for the comments guys. I've no idea what those wooden projections are. The back of the photo said Prusom Street area. It could be Prusom Street itself which is in Wapping. The angles about right.



Rob

[Mike Covell]

I worked at a victorian factory in Hull which had similar things which were used to stop suicides!! They were recent additions though, but very gruesome. There had been quite a lot of suicides reported at the factory.

[Robert]

Great pictures, Rob. With the Providence Cottages, there is even the illusion(?) that the building is bending inwards as you go upwards.

Robert

[Suzi]

Just noticed the phantom horse and cart bottom left on the Royal Mint St one too! The Rising Sun pub's interesting too...just found a record of that,it was at 12,Royal Mint St.

[Paddy Goose]

c.1877 Artist/Photographer/Maker John Thomson
Description London Nomades. A goup of people gather around a caravan. Called Nomades in Victorian times, these groups of people would attend fairs, markets and sell cheap ornaments and wares from door to door. Nomades were wanderers, they constantly traveled and migrate to other parts of the world.




Evicted Matchbox Maker Bethnal Green 1900

[Stephen Thomas]

A very early (16th Century) view of Spitalfields.

[George Hutchinson]

Rob - I saw a similar set of temporary projections on the side of a building last week (just mainly scaffolding poles replacing the outward timbers). I have a feeling it may be to do with building work going on on the roof and the boards there are to catch any sliding timbers or tiles. Early H&S.

PHILIP

[Rob Clack]

Rob - I saw a similar set of temporary projections on the side of a building last week (just mainly scaffolding poles replacing the outward timbers). I have a feeling it may be to do with building work going on on the roof and the boards there are to catch any sliding timbers or tiles. Early H&S.

PHILIP

Possibly, wooden fencing is being put up around the front of the building, I did think of demolition?

Rob