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网页3 天之前 · Jeanette Crawley sent me her transcript of ten pages of a memoir written in 1935 by her great-grandfather William Henry Knapp (1872-1952), describing his early life working in the City of London for a Provisions Merchant at the end of the nineteenth century, of which it is my pleasure to publish these extracts today.. You might assume that the work of a City delivery boy was mundane, yet ...
The Renewal Of Dennis Severs’ House | Spitalfields Life
网页2021年7月28日 · Dennis Severs’ House in Spitalfields has been closed for the past year but, behind the scenes, a small army has been working to renew the house for reopening this week. Lucinda Douglas Menzies did their portraits.. The piece of promenade theatre I have created, as a re-imagination of the tours that Dennis Severs gave in the eighties, commences this Thursday 29th July and booking is open ...
The Battle For The Truman Brewery | Spitalfields Life
网页5 小时之前 · The Battle For The Truman Brewery. October 13, 2024. by the gentle author. Just some of the proposed office blocks the Truman Brewery. . Readers will recall our campaign in 2020 to stop the owners of the Truman Brewery building an ugly shopping mall, but now they want to build massive office blocks …
Richard Swallow’s Spitalfields Doors | Spitalfields Life
网页1 天前 · From steel and glass of the riverside buildings at St Pauls to the intimate beauty of Spitalfields. Tall and elegant Georgian facades, rich with classical details, mellow brick and enchanting doors contrast with the vast glass buildings of the encroaching modern city.’. – Richard Swallow. 7 Fournier St. 12 Fournier St. 17 Fournier St. 11 ...
The Doors Of Old London - Spitalfields Life
网页2 天之前 · These are the doors of old London. Some are inviting you in and some are shutting you out. Doors that lead to power and doors that lead to prison. Doors that lead to the parlour, doors that lead to the palace, and doors that lead to prayer. These are the doors that I found among hundreds of glass slides once used for magic lantern shows by the ...
So Long, Huguenots Of Spitalfields | Spitalfields Life
网页2021年11月13日 · The Hanbury Hall in Hanbury St was built in 1719 as a Huguenot Church, standing back from the road behind a courtyard with a pump. The building was extended in 1864 and is now the church hall for Christ Church, Spitalfields. Coat of arms in the Hanbury Hall dating from 1740, when “La Patente” Church moved into the building, signifying the ...
What The Gentle Author Did Next | Spitalfields Life
网页May 23, 2024. by the gentle author. . Regular readers will know that it is not my custom to speak about myself too much, but I was persuaded to give an interview at some length to the estimable Albion Magazine which devotes itself a serious exploration of British culture. Readers may find it of interest to learn of some of my activities beyond ...
Down A Well In Spitalfields
网页September 27, 2024. by the gentle author. CLICK HERE TO BOOK. Thirty years ago, eighteen wooden plates and bowls were recovered from a silted-up well in Spitalfields. One of the largest discoveries of medieval wooden vessels ever made in this country, they are believed to be dishes belonging to the inmates of the long-gone Hospital of St Mary ...
The Relics Of Old St Paul’s | Spitalfields Life
网页2024年5月6日 · Looking through into the whispering gallery. Sir Christopher Wren’s success at St Paul’s Cathedral is to have envisaged architecture of such absolute assurance that it is impossible to imagine it could ever have been any different than it is today. Yet Wren was once surveyor of Old St Paul’s, confronted daily with a tottering gothic pile and carrying the onerous responsibility for this ...
At John Keats’ House | Spitalfields Life
网页2024年5月13日 · John Keats in 1819 when he lived at Wentworth Place. Wentworth Place, completed 1816 as one of the first houses to be built in Lower Hampstead Heath. John Keats lived here. In John Keats’ study. The right hand room on the ground floor was John Keats’ study and the room above was his bedroom. Keats’ …