Buildings in Brick Lane at corner of Sclater Street
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Buildings in Brick Lane at corner of Sclater Street
Buildings in Brick Lane at corner of Sclater Street
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SC_PHL_01_047_78_2862 (Collage 53577)
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The London Archives: LCC Photograph Library
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Side elevation of terraced houses at 125-127 Brick Lane, Bethnal Green, looking north at the corner of Sclater Street. Number 125 has a marble cartouche set within brick frame consisting of a small aedicule which reads "Here is Sclater Street 1717". The building is Grade II listed, listing number 1065731. At the time it was a retailer of various forms of Budgerigar and Canary seed trading as Trowers and the previous merchant is partially shown underneath beginning as Flem..... Stems of millet hang above the door. Graffiti has been sprayed onto the lower wall stating 'Revolt Agrily' [sic]. There was a Sunday Bird Fair on Sclater Street in 1900s. Every Sunday the thriving market sold live animals and birds. John Galt, a local missionary and amateur photographer photographed countless varieties of birds including larks, thrushes, canaries, pigeons and parrots which were on sale to the public. Displayed in small cages and some wrapped in pocket-handkerchiefs, the birds were hung along the walls of the three and four storey buildings. This building in Brick Lane still exists.
Side elevation of terraced houses at 125-127 Brick Lane, Bethnal Green, looking north at the corner of Sclater Street. Number 125 has a marble cartouche set within brick frame consisting of a small aedicule which reads "Here is Sclater Street 1717". The building is Grade II listed, listing number 1065731. At the time it was a retailer of various forms of Budgerigar and Canary seed trading as Trowers and the previous merchant is partially shown underneath beginning as Flem..... Stems of millet hang above the door. Graffiti has been sprayed onto the lower wall stating 'Revolt Agrily' [sic]. There was a Sunday Bird Fair on Sclater Street in 1900s. Every Sunday the thriving market sold live animals and birds. John Galt, a local missionary and amateur photographer photographed countless varieties of birds including larks, thrushes, canaries, pigeons and parrots which were on sale to the public. Displayed in small cages and some wrapped in pocket-handkerchiefs, the birds were hung along the walls of the three and four storey buildings. This building in Brick Lane still exists.
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