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WEBSep 17, 2024 · Margaret Nairne brought her great-great-great-great-aunt’s diary to show me and I publish these excerpts today. It is an Almanack of 1776 belonging to fourteen-year-old Susannah Dalbiac, whose father Charles Dalbiac was a silk & velvet merchant who ran the family business with his brother James at 20 Spital Sq.
In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house ...
WEB3 days ago · Margaret Nairne brought her great-great-great-great-aunt’s diary to show me and I publish these excerpts today. It is an Almanack of 1776 belonging to fourteen-year-old Susannah Dalbiac, whose father Charles Dalbiac was a silk & velvet merchant who ran the family business with his brother James at 20 Spital Sq.
Human Life - Spitalfields
WEBNov 3, 2016 · 4 4.13.23 George Dickinson, Sales Manager. 5 3.31.23 St Mary Stratford Atte Bow Church. 2 3.24.23 Some People From Spitalfields History. 3 3.21.23 Phil Mills, Steeplekeeper. 5 3.14.23 At Margolis Silver. 11 3.13.23 Sheila Bell Remembers Great Eastern Buildings.
Criminal Life - Spitalfields
WEB3 12.16.21 Chapter 3. The Burial Of The Victims. 4 12.10.21 Chapter 2. Horrid Murder. 8 12.7.21 Chapter 1. The Death Of A Linen Draper. 13 10.8.21 A Brief Introduction To Criminality. 25 6.11.21 The Executions Of Old London. 11 …
Susannah Dalbiac’s Diary, 1776 | Spitalfields Life
WEB5 days ago · Susannah Dalbiac’s Diary, 1776. Cover price is £35 but if you order now you can buy it for £30 and you will receive a signed copy on publication in October. Margaret Nairne brought her great-great-great-great-aunt’s diary to show me and I publish these excerpts today. It is an Almanack of 1776 belonging to fourteen-year-old Susannah ...
Lost Spitalfields | Spitalfields Life
WEBSep 24, 2021 · So look back at these elegiac photos of what was lost in Spitalfields before your time, reconcile yourself to the loss of the past and brace yourself for the future that is arriving. Spital Sq, only St Botolph’s Hall on the right survives today. Spital Sq photographed in 1909. Church Passage, Spital Sq, 1733, photographed in …
The Gentle Author’s Tour Of Spitalfields
WEBSep 4, 2021 · Two extra tours announced on Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd October at noon. Tickets cost £50 and include a signed copy of one of The Gentle Author’s books as a souvenir. Email [email protected] to reserve a place. Please give your first and second choice of date and specify which book of mine you …
The Custom House Is Saved | Spitalfields Life
WEBJul 1, 2022 · When Geoffrey Chaucer worked as Comptroller of the Customs of Wools, Skins and Tanned Hides in the Custom House, constructed by John Churchman in 1382, duties had formerly been collected since 1203 at Wool Quay just to the east. Tudor expansionism was reflected in an enlarged Custom House of 1559, destroyed a century later by the Great Fire.
The Renewal Of Dennis Severs’ House | Spitalfields Life
WEBJul 28, 2021 · 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 ...
Visit The Secret Gardens Of Spitalfields
WEBMay 23, 2022. by the gentle author. Bookings for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOURS are now open for June & July. Gardens in Spitalfields are open for visitors on Saturday 11th June from 10am – 4pm. Find details at the website of the National Gardens Scheme. You may also like to read about. Cable St Gardeners. …