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Spitalfields Life

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December 2011

  1. Chapter 9. A Shallow Grave
  2. David Kira Ltd, Banana Merchants
  3. More Curry Chefs of Brick Lane
  4. At W. F. Arber & Co Ltd, Printing Works
  5. Chapter 8. A Verdict
  6. Chapter 7. Three Wise Magistrates
  7. A Child’s Christmas in Devon
  8. Chapter 6. The Prime Suspect
  9. 24th December, Nativity
  10. Christmas With Boudica
  11. 23rd December, Wren Boys
  12. Chapter 5. Indescribable Panic
  13. 22nd December, Mari Lwyd
  14. 21st December, Wassail
  15. At NAFAS
  16. 20th December, The Box of Delights
  17. At Gardners Market Sundriesmen
  18. Chapter 4. New Sanguinary Atrocities
  19. 19th December, Marley’s Ghost
  20. 18th December, Christmas Crackers
  21. Columbia Road Market 74
  22. 17th December, Saturnalia
  23. Chris Kelly’s Columbia School Portraits, 1996
  24. 16th December, Three Kings
  25. Jimmy Huddart, Spitalfields Market Porter
  26. Chapter 3. The Burial of the Victims
  27. 15th December, Yule Log
  28. 14th December, Christmas Pudding
  29. At The “What Pub Next ?” Club
  30. Justin Knopp, Typoretum
  31. 13th December, St Lucy’s Day
  32. 12th December, Mr Fezziwig’s Ball
  33. The Dogs of Spitalfields in Winter
  34. 11th December, Christmas Truce
  35. Henry Chapman, Jack Of All Trades
  36. Chapter 2. Horrid Murder
  37. 10th December, Old Father Christmas
  38. The Whitechapel Nobody Knows (Part One)
  39. 9th December, Babushka
  40. 8th December, The Spider & The Cave
  41. Simon Costin’s Dickens Diorama
  42. Two Hundred Years Ago Tonight…
  43. 7th December, El Caganer
  44. 6th December, St Nicholas
  45. Graffiti at the Tower of London
  46. 5th December, Krampus
  47. Tom Burch, Farrier
  48. 4th December, the Boar’s Head
  49. Gary Aspey, Wheel Truer
  50. 3rd December, Jack Frost
  51. The Return of Shelf
  52. 2nd December, Smoking Bishop
  53. Charlie Caisey, Fishmonger
  54. Paul Bommer’s Advent Calendar

November 2011

  1. Albert the Umbrella
  2. Steve Dobkin, Bacon St Salvage
  3. Marc Gooderham, Painter
  4. John Thomas Smith’s Vagabondiana II
  5. Di England, Stitches in Time
  6. Paul Bommer & Christopher Smart & His Cat Jeoffry
  7. Robert Boyd-Bowman, Alexander Boyd
  8. At the Magicians’ Convention
  9. Alex Guarneri, Cheesemonger
  10. Elizabeth Omar, Wages Clerk
  11. Mark Petty returns to Brick Lane
  12. Dorothy Annan’s Murals in Farringdon St
  13. Peter Thomas, Fruit & Vegetable Supplier
  14. At Paul’s Tea Stall
  15. Mr Pussy is Ten
  16. Joff Summerfield, Penny Farthing Maker
  17. Paul Bommer’s Wunderkabinett
  18. Mr Gil, Street Preacher
  19. An Afternoon with Michael Albert
  20. A Transformation in Princelet St
  21. Laura Knight, Pottery Marks
  22. Jason Cornelius John, Street Musician
  23. The Young Turks at The Ten Bells
  24. Terry Coleman, Umbrella Maker
  25. Brick Lane Market 18
  26. Vera Day, A Kid For Two Farthings
  27. Michael Shapiro, from Stepney to Peking
  28. When Max Levitas Stormed the Savoy
  29. Anjum Ishtaq, Heba Women’s Project
  30. The Corner Shops of Spitalfields

October 2011

  1. The Stepney Witch-Bottle
  2. The Fly-Pitchers of Spitalfields
  3. At Prick Your Finger
  4. At Richard & Cosmo Wise’s Shop
  5. At Alexander Boyd’s Tailoring Workshop
  6. The Camp at Finsbury Square
  7. Changes at Sandys Row Synagogue
  8. Brick Lane Market 17
  9. Syed Monsur Uddin, Newspaper Editor
  10. At Eel Pie Island
  11. The Camp at St Paul’s Cathedral
  12. At Grenson’s Shoe Factory
  13. At the Regis Snack Bar, Leadenhall Market
  14. Tom Ridge & the Jewish Maternity Hospital
  15. Ashley Jordan Gordon’s Street Styles
  16. Maurice Evans at Compton Verney
  17. Maurice Evans, Firework Collector
  18. Polly Hope, Jobbing Artist
  19. Richard Jefferies in the City of London
  20. Glenys Bristow in Spitalfields
  21. At the Fish Harvest Festival
  22. Brick Lane Market 16
  23. Taken to the Cleaners
  24. An Old House in Whitechapel
  25. Alan Kingshott, Yeoman Gaoler at the Tower
  26. The Signs of Old London
  27. Everything Happens in Cable St
  28. Stephen Gill’s Trolley Portraits
  29. Sandy & Candy at This Shop Rocks

September 2011

  1. Harry Harris, Lighterman
  2. At Blustons
  3. At Bedford House
  4. Among the Lightermen
  5. Emanuel Litvinoff, Writer (1915-2011)
  6. John Moyr Smith’s Tiles 4
  7. Dennis Anthony’s Petticoat Lane
  8. Down Among The Meths Men
  9. At Gina’s Restaurant
  10. Spitalfields Antiques Market 27
  11. Sue Bristow, The White Horse
  12. Max Lea MBE, Football Referee
  13. Unveiling the Map of Spitalfields Life
  14. Brick Lane Market 15
  15. Bobby Prentice, Waterman & Lighterman
  16. Mark Petty’s New Outfits
  17. Leila’s Shop Report 5
  18. Dan Jones’ Paintings
  19. Clive & Steven Phythian, Master Cutter & Apprentice
  20. London Melodies
  21. A Long Way From Spitalfields
  22. At KTS The Corner
  23. The Map of Spitalfields Life
  24. Spitalfields Antiques Market 26
  25. Remembering Jean Rondeau the Huguenot
  26. At Walton on the Naze
  27. The Gentle Author Opens Tower Bridge
  28. Max Levitas, Anti-Fascist Campaigner
  29. The Trannies of Bethnal Green
  30. Fergus Henderson, Bookworm
  31. A Dead Man In Clerkenwell
  32. Robson Cezar, King of the Bottletops
  33. The Oldest Ceremony in the World
  34. Mr Pussy in Summer
  35. The Pump of Death
  36. Molly the Swagman
  37. Colin O’Brien’s Clerkenwell Car Crashes
  38. Mark Petty, Trendsetter
  39. The Curry Chefs of Brick Lane

August 2011

  1. The Wallpaper of Spitalfields
  2. The Manhole Covers of Spitalfields
  3. Maurice Franklin, Wood Turner
  4. The Wax Sellers of Wentworth St
  5. Steve Brooker, Mudlark
  6. At the Bunny Girls’ Reunion
  7. A Fox in Hoxton
  8. Second Annual Report
  9. The Return of Norah Pam
  10. H. W. Petherick’s London Characters
  11. Carol Burns, Dogsbody
  12. More Dogs of Spitalfields
  13. Brick Lane Market 14
  14. Sally Flood, Poet
  15. Henry Mayhew’s Street Traders
  16. Malarky in Spitalfields
  17. Irene & Ivan Kingsley, Market Traders
  18. The Stepney School Strike of 1971
  19. At Sweetings
  20. At St Mary’s Secret Garden
  21. At Frying Pan Alley with Jack London
  22. Richard & Cosmo Wise’s Collection
  23. Spitalfields Antiques Market 25
  24. Bruno Besagni, Reproduction Artist
  25. An Eastender Speaks Out Against the Riots
  26. Phil Maxwell & Sandra Esqulant, Photographer & Muse
  27. Columbia Road Market 73
  28. At Simpsons Chop House
  29. Vera Hullyer, Parishioner of St Dunstan’s
  30. At H. Forman & Son, Salmon Smokers
  31. So long, Dino’s Restaurant & Grill
  32. At Itchy Park with Jack London
  33. At the Coracle Race

July 2011

  1. Columbia Road Market 72
  2. Tony Burns, Boxing Coach
  3. Adam Dant’s Map of Hoxton Square 2011
  4. Les Wilkes, Warehouse Manager
  5. At Mister City Sandwich Bar
  6. Boundary Estate Cooking Portraits
  7. In Search of Untamed London
  8. Phil Maxwell’s Brick Lane
  9. Olive Besagni, Assistant Film Editor
  10. At Wood St Stables
  11. Adam Dant’s Hackney Treasure Map
  12. Swan Upping on the Thames
  13. Colin O’Brien Goes Back To School
  14. At the 126th Italian Parade in Clerkenwell
  15. At the Rag Fair in Houndsditch
  16. The Bollywood Dancers of Whitechapel
  17. David Dupre, Grand Master Chimney Sweep
  18. Save the Duke of Uke!
  19. The Knickers of Spitalfields (Part One)
  20. At the Eton Mission Rowing Club
  21. At Rayner & Sturges, Shirtmakers
  22. Brick Lane Market 13
  23. Steve Lewis’ East End
  24. Leon Thompson, Ringing Master
  25. Max Levitas, Communist
  26. Leila’s Shop Report 4
  27. Belinda Hay, the Painted Lady
  28. Last Days of the White Vans of Whitechapel
  29. Postcards from Petticoat Lane
  30. Thomas Fairchild, Gardener of Hoxton
  31. At the Strangers’ Rest Mission

June 2011

  1. Spitalfields Antiques Market 24
  2. Spitalfields Market Portraits, 1991
  3. Night at the Spitalfields Market, 1991
  4. Grave Humour from Harrow
  5. Columbia Road Market 71
  6. Emanuel Litvinoff, Writer
  7. A Door in Cornhill
  8. Spitalfields Antiques Market 23
  9. In Search of Shakespeare’s London
  10. Colin O’Brien’s Clerkenwell Car Crashes
  11. Rob Ryan in Spitalfields
  12. Colin O’Brien’s Brick Lane Market
  13. Leo Epstein, Epra Fabrics
  14. The Redchurch St Rake’s Progress
  15. At the Fish Plaice
  16. John Moyr Smith’s Tiles 3
  17. Favourite Pie & Mash Shops (Part Two)
  18. At the Penny Farthing Race
  19. Brick Lane Market 12
  20. On the Thames with Crayfish Bob
  21. At the Algha Spectacle Works
  22. Spitalfields Antiques Market 22
  23. Rupert Blanchard, Salvager & Maker
  24. The Handbells of Spitalfields
  25. Beating the Bounds at the Tower of London
  26. Petticoat Lane Market 2
  27. James Boswell’s East End
  28. Aunt Busy Bee’s New London Cries
  29. Travellers’ Children in London Fields

May 2011

  1. Philip Venning, The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
  2. Colin O’Brien, Photographer
  3. At the Pagan Parade
  4. Brick Lane Market 11
  5. Aubrey Goldsmith of Shoreditch
  6. A Fireplace in Fournier St
  7. King of the Bottletops
  8. The Return of Anthony Eyton
  9. The Ceremony of the Lilies & Roses at the Tower of London
  10. Among the Breaking Boys
  11. Heather Stevens, Head Gardener
  12. The Caprice of Mr Pussy
  13. At Arthur’s Cafe
  14. Margaret Rope’s East End Saints
  15. Walter Breindel, Sewing Machine Repairs & Rentals
  16. The Bloody Romance of the Tower
  17. At the Dolls’ House Festival
  18. Brick Lane Market 10
  19. Joy Harris, Dressmaker
  20. Leila’s Shop Report 3
  21. Adam Dant’s Map of Clerkenwell
  22. At 123 Bethnal Green Road
  23. Henry Mayhew’s Punch & Judy Man
  24. At the Punch & Judy Festival
  25. Brick Lane Market 9
  26. Boiling the Eels at Barney’s Seafood
  27. At William Gee Ltd, Haberdashers
  28. Stephen Selby, Antiquarian
  29. At the Geffrye Almhouses
  30. The Dogs of Spitalfields
  31. The Spitalfields Nobody Knows (Part Two)
  32. Brick Lane Market 8

April 2011

  1. The Hackney Hoard
  2. A Wedding Dress of Spitalfields Silk
  3. Anthony Eyton, Artist
  4. The Return of Mick Taylor
  5. A Night at the Café de Paris
  6. The Spitalfields Nobody Knows
  7. In the Roof of St Paul’s Cathedral
  8. The Widow’s Buns at Bow
  9. The Curious Cabinets of EC1 & SE1
  10. In the Cellar of the Bishopsgate Institute
  11. A Renovation at Trinity Green
  12. The Oldest Ceremony in the World
  13. At James Hoyle & Son, Iron Founderers
  14. Brick Lane Market 7
  15. The Labour and Wait Brush Museum
  16. John Moyr Smith’s Tiles 2
  17. At the Wyvern Bindery
  18. Leila’s Shop Report 2
  19. Harry Landis, Actor
  20. At the Tweed Cycle Run
  21. Brick Lane Market 6
  22. Jack Sheppard, Thief, Highwayman & Escapologist
  23. At Stephen Walters & Sons Ltd, Silkweavers
  24. Prince of England, Underground Dancer
  25. Marge Hewson, Nursery Nurse
  26. Robson Cezar, King of the Bottletops
  27. White Collar Boxing at the York Hall
  28. Brick Lane Market 5
  29. Spitalfields Nippers

March 2011

  1. Tom’s Van
  2. Favourite Pie & Mash Shops (Part One)
  3. The Bread, Cake & Biscuit Walk
  4. All Change at 15 & 17 Fournier St
  5. John Thomson’s Street Life in London
  6. Brick Lane Market 4
  7. Brian Barrett, Foundry Foreman
  8. At Persauds’ Handbag Factory
  9. At Terry’s Tropicals
  10. Shajeda Akhter, Playworker
  11. More of Rowlandson’s Lower Orders
  12. My Quilt
  13. Columbia Road Market 70
  14. Leslie Norris of Bethnal Green
  15. Mud God’s Discoveries 3
  16. Pellicci’s Collection
  17. Leila’s Shop Report
  18. Bryan Edwards, Pawnbroker
  19. Brick Lane Market 3
  20. Naseem Khan OBE, Friend of Arnold Circus
  21. At Liverpool St Station
  22. David Eyre, Chef
  23. The Pump of Death
  24. Thomas Rowlandson’s Lower Orders
  25. Constable’s Dues at the Tower of London
  26. Brick Lane Market 2
  27. Grace Payne, City of London Resident
  28. Trevor Chelsea, Smithfield Butcher
  29. At the City Corner Cafe
  30. A Lesson in Tripe

February 2011

  1. At Bunhill Fields
  2. Columbia Road Market 69
  3. Ally Capellino, Bag Lady
  4. Tom Disson, Fishmonger
  5. Jonathon Green, Lexicographer
  6. At God’s Convenience
  7. A Renovation in Fournier St
  8. The World of the East End Car Wash
  9. Brick Lane Market 1
  10. More John Player’s Cries of London
  11. At the Hoop & Grapes
  12. An Afternoon with Roa, Street Artist
  13. The Brick Lane Temperance Association
  14. Spring Bulbs at Bow Cemetery
  15. Mud God’s Discoveries 2
  16. Petticoat Lane Market 1
  17. Maurice Evans, Firework Collector
  18. Before & After in Fournier St
  19. John Player’s Cries Of London
  20. Paul Kirby, Upholsterer
  21. The Wallpapers of Spitalfields
  22. At the 65th Annual Grimaldi Service
  23. Sunday Morning in the East
  24. East End Scrap Dealers
  25. William Nicholson’s London Types
  26. Mark Petty’s Multicoloured Coats
  27. John Leighton’s London Cries
  28. Spitalfields Market Portraits

January 2011

  1. At International Magic
  2. Columbia Road Market 68
  3. The Dosshouses of Spitalfields
  4. Stanley Rondeau at the V&A
  5. Homer Sykes, Photographer
  6. Wheatley’s Cries of London
  7. All Change at Shelf
  8. John Moyr Smith’s Tiles
  9. Columbia Road Market 67
  10. Dilruba Khanam, Photographer
  11. Mavis Bullwinkle, Secretary
  12. At James Ince & Sons, Umbrella Makers
  13. Rob Ryan’s Tintinnabulation of Bells
  14. The Alteration Tailors of the East End
  15. The Wax Sellers of Wentworth St
  16. Columbia Road Market 66
  17. Jil Cove, Spitalfields Resident
  18. The Old Signs of Spitalfields
  19. Jimmy Keane, Caretaker
  20. Geraldine Beskin, Occultist
  21. Norman Phelps, Model Boat Club President
  22. Fiona Skrine, the Sit-in at Spital Square
  23. Columbia Road Market 65
  24. Epilogue. The Weasel
  25. Drakes of London, Tiemakers
  26. Holmes & Watson, Spitalfields Piglets
  27. The Manhole Covers of Spitalfields
  28. Mud God’s Discoveries 1
  29. Beggars, Newspaper Sellers & Bubblegum Machines
  30. Chapter 5. Shootout in Sidney St
  31. Chapter 4. A Tip Off

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December 2010

  1. Night at the Brick Lane Beigel Bakery
  2. In Search of Relics of Old London
  3. With the Spitalfields Milkman at Christmas
  4. Some Christmas Baubles
  5. Mama Irene, Chef
  6. The Ghosts of Old London
  7. On Christmas Night in the City
  8. Maurice Franklin, Wood Turner
  9. Chapter 3. A Funeral at Christmas
  10. Myra Love, Maori Princess
  11. Mr Pussy in Winter
  12. Laura Knight, Graphic Artist
  13. Columbia Road Market 64
  14. Chapter 2. A Body in Grove St
  15. Captain Shiv Banerjee, Justice of the Peace
  16. Chapter 1. Murder in Houndsditch
  17. Toilets at Dawn
  18. At the Ten Bells
  19. Patricia Niven’s Golden Oldies
  20. Columbia Road Market 63
  21. The Back Passages of Spitalfields
  22. The Return of Joanna Moore
  23. Remembering the Cat Lady of Spitalfields
  24. Michael Louca, Gunmaker
  25. The Record Dealers of Spitalfields
  26. At Lady Sandra Bates’ Birthday Bash
  27. Columbia Road Market 62
  28. Terry O’ Leary, Joker
  29. The Curry Chefs of Brick Lane
  30. A Farewell to Spitalfields
  31. The Cat Lady of Spitalfields

November 2010

  1. Stephen Watts, Poet
  2. Albert Hafize, Fish Merchant
  3. Columbia Road Market 61
  4. Adam Dant’s Map of Shoreditch in Dreams
  5. A Dead Man in Clerkenwell
  6. Charles Dickens at The Eagle
  7. Simon Costin, Museum of British Folklore
  8. Bill Crome, Window Cleaner
  9. Olha Pryymak, A Painting a Day
  10. Columbia Road Market 60
  11. Adam Dant’s Map of Shoreditch in the Year 3000
  12. Russella, London’s Top Tranny
  13. John Keohane, Chief Yeoman Warder of the Tower of London
  14. On the Papercut Express with Rob Ryan
  15. The Milk Float that became a Carnival Float
  16. At the Lord Mayor’s Show
  17. Columbia Road Market 59
  18. Adam Dant’s Map of Shoreditch as New York
  19. In & Out the Eagle Tavern
  20. Peter Hardwicke, Signwriter
  21. Lucinda Rogers’ East End
  22. Ivor Robins, Fruit & Vegetable Purveyor
  23. The Cobblers of Spitalfields
  24. Columbia Road Market 58
  25. Adam Dant’s Map of Shoreditch as the Globe
  26. A Room to Let in Old Aldgate
  27. Abdul Mukthadir, Waiter
  28. Molly the Swagman
  29. Eric Reynolds, Creative Regenerator
  30. At Ezra Street Market

October 2010

  1. Columbia Road Market 57
  2. Further Adventures of Ben Eine
  3. At Truman’s Brewery, Spitalfields, 1931
  4. Tony Jack, Truman’s Brewery Chauffeur
  5. Martin Usborne, A Fox in Hoxton
  6. All change at Crescent Trading
  7. The Stripper & the Oral Historian Chit Chat
  8. Columbia Road Market 56
  9. In Bishopsgate, 1838
  10. Hosten Garraway, Verger of Spitalfields
  11. Maria Pellicci, the Meatball Queen of Bethnal Green
  12. Hogarth at St Bartholomew’s Hospital
  13. Larry Goldstein, Toyseller & Taxi Driver
  14. Among the Mudlarks
  15. Columbia Road Market 55
  16. Joseph Markovitch of Hoxton
  17. Pete Donne, Rough Trade
  18. Hugh Wedderburn, Master Woodcarver
  19. A Day Out from St Hilda’s
  20. Jazmine Miles-Long, Ethical Taxidermist
  21. The Flowergirls of 1851
  22. Columbia Road Market 54
  23. Tony Purser, Flowerseller of Fenchurch St
  24. The Roundels of Spitalfields
  25. King Sour DA MC, rapper of Bethnal Green
  26. Vagabondiana of 1817
  27. John Olney, Donovan Brothers Ltd
  28. The Trannies of Bethnal Green
  29. Columbia Road Market 53
  30. In Spitalfields in Autumn
  31. Laurie Allen of Petticoat Lane

September 2010

  1. Dennis Severs’ Menagerie
  2. The Life of a Mudlark, 1861
  3. Steve Brooker, Mudlark
  4. At the Pearly Kings & Queens’ Harvest Festival
  5. Columbia Road Market 52
  6. The Secret Gardens of Spitalfields
  7. Frances Mayhew, Wilton’s Music Hall
  8. Tubby Isaac’s Jellied Eel Stall, Aldgate
  9. In the footsteps of C.A.Mathew
  10. C.A.Mathew, Photographer
  11. So long, Jimmy Cuba
  12. Columbia Road Market 51
  13. Ian Harper, Wood Grainer
  14. Edward Greenfield, Music Critic
  15. Ainsworth Broughton, Upholsterer
  16. At the Bunny Girls’ Reunion
  17. Alan Dein's East End Decollage, 1989
  18. With the Pigeon Fliers of Bethnal Green
  19. Columbia Road Market 50
  20. David Dimitriou, actor/dog-walker
  21. Derek Prentice, Master Brewer
  22. Spitalfields Antiques Market 21
  23. At the Boys' Club 86th Anniversary Dinner
  24. At Canvey Island
  25. At the New Spitalfields Fruit & Vegetable Market
  26. At the Old Spitalfields Fruit & Vegetable Market
  27. Simon Pettet's tiles at Dennis Severs' House
  28. The Strippers of Shoreditch
  29. On The Rounds With The Spitalfields Milkman

August 2010

  1. Lenny Hamilton, Jewel Thief
  2. Rob Ryan, papercut artist
  3. One Hundred Penguin Books
  4. How Raymond’s Shop became Leila’s Shop
  5. Paul Gardner, paper bag seller
  6. First Annual Report
  7. Spitalfields Antiques Market 20
  8. Blackberry season in the East End
  9. At Malplaquet House
  10. The rise of Ben Eine, street artist
  11. Columbia Road Market 49
  12. Andy Rider, Rector of Spitalfields
  13. At Three Colts Lane
  14. Spitalfields Antiques Market 19
  15. Stephen "Johnny" Hicks, the boxer-poet
  16. Richard & Cosmo Wise, Rag Dealers
  17. Blackie, the Last Spitalfields Market Cat
  18. Columbia Road Market 48
  19. Sanu Miah, Businessman
  20. Stanley Rondeau, Huguenot
  21. Fergus Henderson, bookworm
  22. Ron Goldstein, Cambridge & Bethnal Green Boys’ Club
  23. More of Jim Howett's shop fronts
  24. At The Grapes in Limehouse
  25. Columbia Road Market 47
  26. The Return of Pamela Freedman
  27. Phil Maxwell, photographer
  28. Spitalfields Antiques Market 18
  29. Bengali lunch
  30. Mark Petty, trendsetter
  31. Jim Howett’s Spitalfields Shopfronts

July 2010

  1. Columbia Road Market 46
  2. Truman's returns to Spitalfields
  3. George Cossington, Steeplejack
  4. Spitalfields Antiques Market 17
  5. The Return of Aubrey Silkoff
  6. Jim Howett, Designer
  7. Norman Phelps, Model Boat Club President
  8. Columbia Road Market 45
  9. David Milne, Dennis Severs’ House
  10. Niki Cleovoulou, dress designer
  11. Spitalfields Antiques Market 16
  12. More East End Shopfronts of 1988
  13. Up the tower with Rev Turp
  14. Adam Dant’s Map of Shoreditch
  15. Columbia Road Market 44
  16. Who is Arnold Circus?
  17. Steven Berkoff at E.Pellicci
  18. Spitalfields Antiques Market 15
  19. Agnese Sanvito, photographer
  20. At Bow Cemetery
  21. The Tailors of Spitalfields
  22. Columbia Road Market 43
  23. At Shakespeare’s first theatre
  24. At Sandys Row Synagogue
  25. Spitalfields Antique Market 14
  26. Return to W. F. Arber & Co, Printing Works
  27. Jo & Sheba Eferoghene, Novo Fashions
  28. The Boat Club photographic collection
  29. Columbia Road Market 42
  30. My East End Photography Competition
  31. Victoria Park Model Steam Boat Club

June 2010

  1. Spitalfields Antiques Market 13
  2. Mama Thai, The Noodles Of Spitalfields
  3. Joan Rose at Arnold Circus
  4. Alan Dein, East End Shopfronts 1988
  5. Columbia Road Market 41
  6. Cleo’s Barber Shop
  7. Lucinda Douglas-Menzies, Spitalfields Portraits
  8. Mr Pussy in Summer
  9. Helen Galland, Spitalfields City Farm
  10. On the roof with Roy Emmins
  11. Colin Taylor, the secret language of Tic-Tac
  12. Columbia Road Market 40
  13. A Spitalfields weaver’s stool
  14. James Lowe, St John Bread & Wine
  15. Spitalfields Antiques Market 12
  16. Ricardo Cinalli, artist
  17. In Search Of The Walbrook
  18. Joanna Moore, Artist
  19. Columbia Road Market 39
  20. A Walk With Mike Myers
  21. David Sawer, composer
  22. Spitalfields Antique Market 11
  23. Stephanie Sian Smith, headdress maker
  24. In The Debtors’ Prison
  25. The return of Ben Eine, street artist
  26. Columbia Road Market 38
  27. Joan Rose at Gardners Market Sundriesmen
  28. The Dog Roses of Spitalfields
  29. Andrew Coram, Antique Dealer
  30. Robson Cezar, Saludos Amigos!

May 2010

  1. Sheepshearing at Spitalfields City Farm
  2. More White Vans of Whitechapel
  3. Columbia Road Market 37
  4. Adam Dant, Artist
  5. The Door To Shakespeare’s London
  6. Spitalfields Antiques Market 10
  7. A Dress of Spitalfields Silk
  8. Roy Emmins, sculptor
  9. The Baishakhi Mela in Spitalfields
  10. Columbia Road Market 36
  11. 13 Princelet Street, the Landmark Trust
  12. Mick Pedroli, Dennis Severs' House
  13. Spitalfields Antiques Market 9
  14. Paul Bommer, illustrator & printmaker
  15. On the rounds with the Spitalfields milkman
  16. Steve Benbow, Beekeeper at Tate Modern
  17. Columbia Road Market 35
  18. Mohammed Tayyab, restauranteur
  19. Beating the Bounds in the City of London
  20. Spitalfields Antiques Market 8
  21. Syd's Coffee Stall, Shoreditch High Street
  22. Charlie Burns, King of Bacon Street
  23. Nathaniel's latest discoveries
  24. Columbia Road Market 34
  25. Bill the Ostler of Spread Eagle Yard
  26. From Spitalfields to the Isle of Sheppey
  27. Spitalfields Antique Market 7
  28. The Secrets of Christ Church, Spitalfields
  29. The ‘Drawing London’ Group in Spitalfields
  30. Joan Naylor of Bellevue Place
  31. Columbia Road Market 33

April 2010

  1. Pearl Binder, artist & writer
  2. A Pilgrimage to Old Town
  3. Spitalfields Antiques Market 6
  4. The return of Roa, street artist
  5. Dog days at Club Row Market
  6. A Night in the Bakery at St John
  7. Columbia Road Market 32
  8. Rob Ryan at Somerset House
  9. Juke Box Jimmy, the Scots Cockney
  10. Spitalfields Antiques Market 5
  11. The Last Derelict House In Spitalfields
  12. Philippa Stockley, novelist
  13. Alexander Hartog, Tenor & Mantle Presser
  14. Columbia Road Market 31
  15. Dan Jones, Rhyme Collector
  16. The Coriander Club, Lutfun Hussain
  17. Spitalfields Antiques Market 4
  18. Vote for Nina Bawden!
  19. The lost world of the laundrettes
  20. Jones Dairy, Henry Jones & family
  21. Columbia Road Market 30
  22. Beatrice Ali, Salvation Army Hostel Dweller
  23. In Geoffrey Fletcher's footsteps
  24. Spitalfields Antiques Market 3
  25. Spinach & Eggs from Spitalfields City Farm
  26. Isabelle Barker’s hat
  27. Albert Stratton, pigeon flyer
  28. Columbia Road Market 29
  29. Clive Murphy, Oral Historian & Writer of Ribald Rhymes
  30. Danny Tabi, furrier

March 2010

  1. Spitalfields Antiques Market 2
  2. Alex Preston, novelist & banker
  3. Jim Heppel, New Spitalfields Market
  4. Hot Cross Buns from St John
  5. Columbia Road Market 28
  6. Dino's Grill & Restaurant
  7. John William, fashion editor
  8. The Barrows Of Spitalfields
  9. Jimmy Cuba, music dealer
  10. Bentley & Bramble, Spitalfields' twin goats
  11. Des & Lorraine’s collection
  12. Columbia Road Market 27
  13. A Spring shirt from Liberty of London
  14. Linda Carney, Machinist
  15. The Heroes Of Postman’s Park
  16. Philip Pittack & Martin White, cloth merchants
  17. Happy Birthday, Edward Bawden!
  18. A Raucous Party in Shadwell
  19. Columbia Road Market 26
  20. Sandra & Dennis at The Golden Heart
  21. The Barbers of Spitalfields
  22. Andy Willoughby, Gardener
  23. Old Town in Fournier St
  24. My beautiful community launderette
  25. Simon Pettet’s tiles
  26. Columbia Road Market 25
  27. Rodney Archer, Aesthete
  28. Pelliccis' celebrity album
  29. Hookey Alf of Whitechapel
  30. Hullabaloo at the Thrift Store
  31. Nina Bawden, novelist
  32. Hugo Glendinning, photographer

February 2010

  1. Columbia Road Market 24
  2. Gary Arber’s Collection
  3. Dickens in Spitalfields 5, the young artist
  4. Spitalfields Antiques Market 1
  5. Billy Frost, The Krays’ Driver
  6. Mark Jackson & Huw Davies, Photographers
  7. Willy Moon, songwriter
  8. Columbia Road Market 23
  9. Mr Pussy thinks he is a dog
  10. Lenny Hamilton, Jewel Thief
  11. The shoe-shiners of Leadenhall Market
  12. Jeremy Freedman, photographer
  13. Dickens in Spitalfields 4, the silk weavers
  14. Kitty Valentine, artist
  15. A Valentine from Spitalfields
  16. Maria Pellicci, cook
  17. The catkins of Clerkenwell
  18. Alf Morris, tube disaster survivor
  19. Paul Gardner’s collection
  20. Dickens in Spitalfields 3, in the streets
  21. One Hundred Penguin Books
  22. Columbia Road Market 22
  23. Anna Skrine, custodian
  24. Alan Hughes, Master Bellfounder
  25. Rochelle Cole, Poulterer
  26. Gary Arber, printer
  27. Dickens in Spitalfields 2, the silk warehouse
  28. Sarah Ainslie, photographer

January 2010

  1. Columbia Road Market 21
  2. The life of Mr Pussy
  3. Harvey Cabaniss, Verde & Co
  4. Paul Gardner, Paper Bag Seller
  5. The strippers of Shoreditch
  6. Dickens in Spitalfields
  7. Nathaniel Lee-Jones, antiques dealer
  8. Columbia Road Market 20
  9. All Change at 27 Fournier St
  10. The Return of Joan Rose
  11. Matthew Reynolds, the Duke of Uke
  12. So Long, Rossi’s Cafe
  13. Graham Bignell, New North Press
  14. Dereliction of care
  15. Columbia Road Market 19
  16. The Golden Heart, 1986
  17. Graffiti at Arnold Circus
  18. Goshka Macuga, artist
  19. Mike Myers, The Spitalfields Crooner
  20. Amy Cooper's handiwork
  21. So long, Piers Wardle
  22. Columbia Road Market 18
  23. The vermin of Spitalfields
  24. Shakespearian actors in Shoreditch
  25. Orhan Pamuk, The Museum of Innocence
  26. Twelfth Night in Spitalfields
  27. Marianna Kennedy, Designer
  28. Taj Stores, then & now
  29. Doulton Lambeth ware
  30. The Spitalfields Bellringers

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December 2009

  1. James Mason in Spitalfields, the London Nobody Knows
  2. Knees-up at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Social Club!
  3. The white vans of Whitechapel
  4. Christmas Greetings from Spitalfields
  5. Oranges & lemons say the bells…
  6. How Raymond’s shop became Leila’s shop
  7. Columbia Road Market 17
  8. Labour & Wait, top Christmas gifts
  9. Benjamin Pollock, a penny plain, tuppence coloured
  10. James Brown, illustrator & printmaker
  11. The Romance of Old Whitechapel
  12. Columbia Road Market 16
  13. Mick Taylor, Sartorialist of Brick Lane
  14. Mr Sammy's beigel shop in Brick Lane
  15. Gavin Cornwell, A Haircut At The Morgue
  16. Spitalfields' winter berries
  17. Columbia Road Market 15
  18. Women Sing East
  19. At the Crossbones Cemetery
  20. Sister Bridget & Sister Bernadette at Providence Row
  21. St John, the first mince pies of the season
  22. Robert Ryan, Papercut Artist

November 2009

  1. Spitalfields' magnificent organ
  2. Columbia Road Market 14
  3. Ashley Jordan Gordon, photographer
  4. Artists' canteen at the Rochelle School
  5. Wickhams’ Lopsided Department Store
  6. Itchy, the Spitalfields pig
  7. The politics of porridge
  8. Columbia Road Market 13
  9. Mr Pussy’s viewing habits
  10. Dennis Severs, the house of silence
  11. Justin Piers Gellatly, baker and pastry chef
  12. A sense of proportion
  13. The worshipful company of butchers
  14. Seen at the Lord Mayor's parade
  15. Columbia Road Market 12
  16. A cat on wheels in Whitechapel
  17. St Pauls Cathedral graffiti
  18. Tyrone's cinema, the Genesis
  19. Piss-up at the brewery!
  20. Chris Dyson, architect
  21. Brick Lane Market 1987
  22. Columbia Road Market 11
  23. Baked apples
  24. Brian Butler’s Furniture
  25. Gathering winter fuel in Spitalfields
  26. The front garden at number 7 Fournier St
  27. When Roy Kinnear got his ladder stuck in Shadwell
  28. The Bookshop On The Corner In Hoxton
  29. Columbia Road Market 10

October 2009

  1. The Crossrail drillers
  2. Ben Eine, Shoreditch types
  3. Shakespeare in Spitalfields
  4. Jill’s handiwork
  5. For all your feathery requirements
  6. Dan Cruickshank’s sex book
  7. Columbia Road Market 9
  8. Bishopsgate bathhouse frolics
  9. Albam, a bold enterprise
  10. The Carpenters Arms, Gangster Pub
  11. Steve Benbow, homes wanted for bees
  12. St John, Go Nuts for Doughnuts!
  13. Roa, the squirrel and the rat
  14. Columbia Road Market 8
  15. Paul Trevor, photographer
  16. Kevin Read, The Spitalfields Milkman
  17. Edward Bawden on Liverpool St Station
  18. Sunday board games in Brick Lane
  19. Mr Pussy Takes A Nap
  20. Franze & Evans, the divine Teresa
  21. Columbia Road Market 7
  22. Hospital visiting in Whitechapel
  23. Labour & Wait, connoisseurs of hardware
  24. Youthquake in Spitalfields
  25. St John, the Tart with the Heart of Custard
  26. Burly pearlies in Brick Lane
  27. 27 Fournier St, all reasonable offers considered
  28. Columbia Road Market 6
  29. Rob Ryan, the art of the knife
  30. Autumn Crocus

September 2009

  1. Early days for Spitalfields Life
  2. John Gay, photographer
  3. Mr Pussy, natural born killer
  4. Dance fever, Waacking at the Angel
  5. Columbia Road Market 5
  6. Leman St, in a model universe
  7. The Bollards of Spitalfields
  8. Onions from Leila’s Shop
  9. My Spitalfields garden
  10. So long, Patsy Kelly & Reg Fuller
  11. My life as an ant
  12. Columbia Road Market 4
  13. At Broadstairs
  14. YBA (Young Brazilian Artist)
  15. Whitechapel Market, the plums are here
  16. Life of the marionettes
  17. Mr Pussy takes the sun
  18. Along came a spider in Buxton St
  19. Show time in Spitalfields
  20. Columbia Road Market 3
  21. Sandra Esqulant, the Queen of Spitalfields
  22. Graffiti in Sclater Street
  23. Walking west from Spitalfields
  24. Invasion of the monster veg in Spitalfields
  25. The future skyline of Spitalfields
  26. Mr Fox in Spitalfields
  27. Columbia Road Market 2
  28. Shakespeare’s younger brother
  29. Brick Lane market find
  30. First Thursday, Raven Row
  31. Taj Stores, Ramadan Mubarak
  32. The stones of Spitalfields

August 2009

  1. Ponystep, the beautiful people
  2. Columbia Road Market 1
  3. Saturday ritual, Bethnal Green
  4. St John, the Daily Loaf
  5. Mr Pussy in Spitalfields
  6. Welcome to the Neighbourhood

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