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Dan Cruickshank’s photographs of Whitechapel and environs in the early 1970s
By the Survey of London, on 30 November 2018
This is a post of photographs arising from the Survey of London’s Whitechapel History Fest, held at the Idea Store Whitechapel in late October. The event drew more than 200 people to attend a range of talks and discussions, as well as poetry readings and the premiere of a film. We were delighted that Dan Cruickshank came to present the final talk of the occasion, a wide-ranging overview of Whitechapel’s history from a personal point of view. He recounted his walks through the wider E1 area in the early 1970s, using his own photographs of that time as illustrations. Dan has now kindly shared these and a number of other contemporary photographs with us. All images are the copyright of Dan Cruickshank.
185 and 187 Whitechapel Road
23-25 Parfett Street, Whitechapel
Lambeth Street, Whitechapel
Former sugar refinery, converted to tea warehouse, Dock Street, Whitechapel
Brushfield Street, Spitalfields
Sclater Street, Spitalfields
Fleur-de-lis Street, Spitalfields
St Katharine’s Dock warehouses
London Dock and warehouses
London Dock warehouses (Pennington Street or north side)
America Circus
6 Responses to “Dan Cruickshank’s photographs of Whitechapel and environs in the early 1970s”
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Jonathan Madden wrote on 30 March 2020:
Brilliant pictures. the one of Lambeth Steet Whitechapel is of particular interest as my Great Grandfather’s address in 1877 is given as 20 Lambeth Street. There has been continuous and extensive development in the area so buildings are difficult to trace. Looking at the picture I’m presuming that behind the wall is the railway, although what the large building above it is I’m not sure.
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Louise wake wrote on 28 October 2020:
Great pics.would love to know the name of this particular sugar refinery that is featured above.does anyone know please?
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Survey of London wrote on 15 May 2021:
Dear Mrs Wake
Sincere apologies for our slowness in picking up your question. All we know about this building can be read here – https://surveyoflondon.org/map/feature/1364/detail/#site
Kind regards
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Evelyn wrote on 11 September 2021:
Great to find a photograph of Lambeth Steet, Whitechapel. My great grandparents lived on number 63, which was probably above a pub at the time.
Excellent pictures, me and my mate used to fish from that mound of dirt shown in the corner of the london dock..
Very good fish and memories.