At The Mansion House | Spitalfields Life
11 hours ago · Contributing Photographer Rachel Ferriman & I were granted the privilege of a visit to the Mansion House designed by George Dance the Elder (1739) in the City of London. I use the word privilege because this gleaming palace that serves as the official residence of the Lord Mayor of the City is an embodiment of the notion.
A Final Walk Home - Spitalfields Life
Jan 6, 2025 · I thought long and hard about what to do with my parents’ ashes. My dad died four years ago and my mum last year. In 2015, my parents moved into a little bungalow opposite my house leaving behind their home in St Margaret’s at Cliffe, Kent.
At The Golden Heart - Spitalfields Life
1 day ago · There are more than 5,000 stories by The Gentle Author with 43,000 pictures to be found in the categories and archives on this site
In Old Globetown | Spitalfields Life
2 days ago · I took advantage of rare hours of January sunlight to take a stroll over to Globetown. You walk east from Museum Gardens in Bethnal Green through Sugar Loaf Walk and immediately recognise you have entered a different neighbourhood, where an atmosphere of domestic quietude prevails in distinct contrast to the clamour you encountered at the junction of Bethnal Green Rd and Cambridge Heath Rd ...
On Twelfth Night | Spitalfields Life
Jan 5, 2025 · My Christmas star is still on display in the kitchen window. Like every year, I leave it hanging for as long as possible. I have now read: Those who follow the Christian tradition to the letter leave the Christmas tree and decorations up until 2 February.
Lost Spitalfields | Spitalfields Life
Oct 16, 2024 · Now one of those little houses on Buxton Street would suit me just fine! Although I grew up in Chelsea and not the East End, our childhood playgrounds back in the 1950s were bombsites, although forbidden by our parents to go near them, but we were streetwise and lived in a great Community, everyone having gone through the same experiences, and there for each other if you needed help.
Literary Life - Spitalfields
Dec 1, 2024 · There are more than 5,000 stories by The Gentle Author with 43,000 pictures to be found in the categories and archives on this site
The Closure Of Smithfield Market | Spitalfields Life
Nov 29, 2024 · Another rich piece of London history. Family friends of ours dating back to the early 1950s, owned the very lucrative Christmas Turkey business at Smithfield and I have a couple of wonderful photos of an occasion when Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (King Charles III’s grandmother) was visiting the Market and was photographed with those friends.
Fifteenth Annual Report - Spitalfields Life
Aug 23, 2024 · Secondly, there is a new planning battle looming that is set to dominate the next year in Spitalfields. I am sure you will recall the fight four years ago when the Truman Brewery applied for permission to build a hideous shopping mall with a block of corporate offices on top.
The Relaunch Of Spitalfields Life Books
Sep 16, 2023 · Starting in 2013 with The Gentle Author’s London Album, Spitalfields Life Books published 15 books over 6 years until the pandemic shut us down.Now we are ready to begin again and we are inspired by a string of new titles that we have ready to publish. We are launching a crowdfund to raise enough money to cover production of our next three books, then income from sales of these will permit ...