All Contributions from danny
Peabody estate A Block
Block A | danny
I have lived in this block since 1970. My mum and dad moved into this block when it was modernised. Before that, we lived in one of the …
UB40
Cityside Jobcentre Whitechapel | danny
I left school in Summer 1977, and in the short period before finding a "proper job", this building was where I went to "sign on" to clai…
11 Dock Street
11 Dock Street | danny
Just found this website which has some interesting detail about this building at No 11 Dock Street. http://www.11dockst.co.uk/in…
My mum at Beagle House and my life in shipping
Maersk House | danny
My mum, Rose McLaughlin, and originally from Donegal in the Irish Republic worked in Beagle House as a tea lady. <img alt="" src…
Saving the Blitz Damaged Wall
Railway Viaduct Spur | danny
I remember as a young kid, being shown by my dad, that the damage visible on the supports to the railway bridge that diagonally crossed …
Old BT or Post Office Garage
14 Chamber Street | danny
I'm pretty sure that as a kid in the mid-1960s, going to school at Tower Hill School further along Chamber Street, that this building wa…
Harts and the Model Inn, 1978
57-60 Royal Mint Street | danny
This is a photograph taken in Royal Mint Street looking south-east towards the junction with John Fisher Street. On the left can be seen Ha…
The speech by Danny McLaughlin, a pupil, to the Cardinal
English Martyrs RC Primary School, St Mark Street | danny
This is the wording of the speech I had to read out to the Cardinal at the opening of the new buildings of English Martyrs School in St Mar…
Cardinal Heenan in procession to open the new school in St Mark Street
English Martyrs RC Primary School, St Mark Street | danny
Here we see Cardinal Heenan, head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, in procession to the opening ceremony the new English Martyr…
Royal Mint Street, 1980s
66 Royal Mint Street | danny
The north-west junction of Royal Mint Street and Leman Street prior to the demolition of these buildings to accommodate the construction of…
The Model Inn and Hart's Grocers, Royal Mint Street
Tower Mint Apartments | danny
An image looking south west from Royal Mint Street towards the junction with John Fisher Street. On the right is a café that was known as t…
The Lodge, Royal Mint Square, 1975
39 Royal Mint Street | danny
Polaroid picture taken by me of the soon-to-be demolished lodge building which served as the offices for the Royal Mint Square Estate that …
Whitechapel High Street near Blooms 1977
90 Whitechapel High Street | danny
Photo taken looking East towards Whitechapel Road in 1977. Bloom's sign can be seen along with shops Gelkoff's (confectioners) at No. 92 an…
Peabody Ironwork
Block A | danny
Typical Peabody ironwork on window sills on the Whitechapel Estate in John Fisher Street.
Peabody ironwork
Block A | danny
Typical Peabody ironwork on window sills on the Whitechapel Estate in John Fisher Street.
Royal Mint Street looking west 1980
Tower Mint Apartments | danny
A view looking west along Royal Mint Street near to its junction with John Fisher Street. The former school buildings of St Mark School are…
Cable St junction Dock Street 1980
1 Dock Street | danny
Cable Street at its junction with Leman Street and Dock Street circa 1980 - note Ford Corsair in foreground and Koiki's shop by then the Do…
Peabody Whitechapel Estate from East Smithfield 1977
52 East Smithfield, Royal Mint Estate | danny
A view from East Smithfield north towards the Peabody Whitechapel Estate in John Fisher Street. This is before the construction of the new …
Docklands Action Centre 1980
2 Cable Street | danny
An image of the Docklands Action Centre at 2 Cable Street in 1980. A centre for activism in the area to try and ensure a better deal for lo…
The construction of the Royal Mint Estate
Royal Mint Estate | danny
Photo taken looking north in John Fisher Street as construction of the Royal Mint Estate gets underway circa 1980.
Royal Mint Estate
Royal Mint Estate | danny
Photo taken looking north from East Smithfield across the derelict site that was to form part of the new Royal Mint Estate built by the GLC…
Royal Mint Estate
Royal Mint Estate | danny
Old industrial buildings, warehouse on corner and William Douger Tea and Coffee buildings on John Fisher Street and at the junction with Ne…
Sidoli's in Leman Street, now demolished
Leman Locke | danny
A picture of one of the two buildings, now demolished, used as a café and wine bar by the Sidoli family in Leman Street, photographed on 2 …
Sidoli's in Leman Street in 2007
Leman Locke | danny
Sidoli's Wine Bar in Leman Street, photographed on 2 Sept 2007, in the premises of what I believe was a former school building.
Royal Mint Street 1984/5
Tower Mint Apartments | danny
A picture taken around 1984/5 showing the view eastbound along Royal Mint Street towards the junction with Cable Street. Buildings and the …
Demolition for DLR in Royal Mint Street, mid 1980s
66 Royal Mint Street | danny
This photo shows the demolition of former shops and houses along the northern edge of Royal Mint Street towards that street's junction wit…
View of Cable Street, Royal Mint Street and Leman Street 1977
Unit 73a, 25 Cable Street | danny
An image taken from one of the penthouse flats at the top of Shearsmith House on the St George's Estate, Cable Street in 1977. The flat was…
Leman Street looking south, 1980
Aldgate Tower | danny
This is a view looking south from just north of the recently demolished (2018) Beagle House, whose steps can be seen on the right of the ph…
The old fish shop Royal Mint Street
Guinea Court | danny
A image taken in the early 1980s from A Block on the Peabody Whitechapel Estate in John Fisher Street looking towards the rear of the old f…
Alie Street South Side near junction of Mansell St
Royal College of Pathologists, 6 Alie Street | danny
One of my images of Alie Street - south side taken some time in the early 1980s before redevelopment of the buildings from its junction wit…
Rear of fire damaged building at 52 Commercial Road
52 to 58 Commercial Road | danny
Image from around 2006 of the rear of the fire damaged building at 52 Commercial Road.
Old industrial building at 120 Leman Street
120 Leman Street | danny
The building that was formerly on the site at 120 Leman Street can be seen in this picture looking west along Chamber Street. The woman s…
Newsagent and Confectionery Shop, Alie St and Leman Street
Premier Inn, 66 Alie Street | danny
This picture dates from 1977. The shop remained on this site for a number of years after the adjoining buildings on Leman Street and Alie S…
Peggy O'Brien from Co Clare Ireland, at Alie Street. Photo from the O'Brien Collection.
Premier Inn, 66 Alie Street | danny
My mum's best friend Peggy O'Brien, a native of County Clare in Ireland, on the roof of the dwellings she lived in at Goodman's Fields near…
The man who held out!
Premier Inn, 66 Alie Street | danny
Here is a composite image showing the SE junction of Alie Street and Leman Street before the current new Goodman's Field development and af…
Former NatWest Bank cheque clearing centre
Premier Inn, 66 Alie Street | danny
One of four pictures taken in 2011 of the then-empty Natwest Bank Cheque Clearing Centre which stood on the Goodman's Fields site at the co…
Natwest Bank Clearing Centre
Premier Inn, 66 Alie Street | danny
One of four pictures taken in 2011 of the then-empty Natwest Bank Cheque Clearing Centre which stood on the Goodman's Fields site at the co…
NatWest Bank cheque-clearing centre
Premier Inn, 66 Alie Street | danny
One of four pictures taken in 2011 of the then empty Natwest Bank Cheque Clearing Centre which stood on the Goodman's Fields site at the co…
Dock Street and East Smithfield 1976
40 Dock Street | danny
View towards Dock Street and East Smithfield from the top floor of Shearsmith House, Cable Street in 1976. Former Tea Warehouse close to bo…
Looking north on John Fisher Street 1975
46-54 John Fisher Street on the Royal Mint Estate | danny
This is a picture taken in 1975 looking north along John Fisher Street just south of its junction with the former New Martan Street. This s…
St Paul's Church, Dock Street, 1980
St Paul's Church | danny
An image of St Paul's Church, Dock Street showing other neighbouring buildings including those on either side of the junction with Flank St…
Fire! 11 June 2019 at 133 Leman Street
133 Leman Street | danny
Firemen attend a blaze in the kitchen which wrecked the Bon Appetit cafe / restaurant at 133 Leman Street on 11 June 2019.
Camperdown Street c 1980
Pennine House, 28 Leman Street | danny
Circa 1980 image looking south down Leman Street towards the junction with Camperdown Street. CWS HQ at 99 Leman Street visible in backgrou…
24 Prescot Street
Premier Inn, 24 Prescot Street | danny
A wider image of 24 Prescot Street and the former Holy Family Sisters Convent. Also shown is the property east of the convent, occupied by …
Gowers Walk and the Johnny Walker Warehouse
52 to 58 Commercial Road | danny
A view of the former Johnny Walker warehouse on Commercial Road, now the campus of Hult University London, from the north end of Gowers Wal…
Gowers Walk and the Johnny Walker Warehouse
52 to 58 Commercial Road | danny
A view of the former Johnny Walker warehouse on Commercial Road, now the campus of Hult University London, from the north end of Gowers Wal…
DLR viaduct construction over Leman Street
Pier in middle of Leman Street | danny
This image shows the construction of the DLR viadcut over Leman Street circa 1985.
Corner of John Fisher Street and Royal Mint Street, 1980s
Tower Mint Apartments | danny
This is a view of two buildings which comprised two retail premises - a cafe (right) once known as the Model Inn, and a newsagents / confec…
The Original School Building
De Mazenod House, 62 Chamber Street | danny
One of the upper floors of the original Catholic Tower Hill School that occupied this purpose built school building until the school moved …
Old Tower Hill School
De Mazenod House, 62 Chamber Street | danny
Headteacher and Secretary's Office inside the original Tower Hill School building. This school was occupied until the school moved to new p…
Old Tower Hill School Building
De Mazenod House, 62 Chamber Street | danny
Entrance to the library inside the original Tower Hill School building. This school was occupied until the school moved to new premises in …
Catholic Procession Altar, 1960s
23 Prescot Street | danny
An image looking east along Prescot Street with an altar set up for the annual procession through the streets of the parish of English Mart…
Natwest Bank cheque-clearing centre
Premier Inn, 66 Alie Street | danny
One of four pictures taken in 2011 of the then-empty Natwest Bank Cheque Clearing Centre which stood on the Goodman's Fields site at the co…
Tower Hill School - Chamber Street
De Mazenod House, 62 Chamber Street | danny
A mosaic of images showing the old Tower Hill school which later became the English Martyrs Community Centre until its demolition and repla…
Old Tower Hill School
De Mazenod House, 62 Chamber Street | danny
One of the upper floors inside the original Tower Hill School building. This school was occupied until the school moved to new premises in …
Catholic Procession - Yeoman's Yard off Chamber Street
65–66 Chamber Street | danny
An image taken in Chamber Street in the mid 1960s as children from Tower Hill School form up for the annual parish procession from English …
Catholic Procession - Yeoman's Yard and Chamber Street
65–66 Chamber Street | danny
A shot of the Catholic procession forming up in Chamber Street outside Tower Hill Catholic School in the mid 1960s. In the background, on t…
Invitation to the opening of English Martyrs' School, 1970
English Martyrs RC Primary School, St Mark Street | danny
This was the invitation sent out by the Governors and Headmistress (Sr Marie Therese) welcoming people to the opening of the new school bui…
The old rag and bone merchant's house
Leonardo Royal Hotel Tower Bridge, 45 Prescot Street | danny
This is the rear of perhaps the last house left standing on the north side of Prescot Street by the 1980s. As a kid, in the sixties, I reme…
Former Convent and Presbytery of English Martyrs Church
Premier Inn, 24 Prescot Street | danny
This is a photograph from the mid-1980s, perhaps early 1980s of the buildings which were on the site of the building that is now the Premie…
Blitz Damaged Wall
Railway Viaduct Spur | danny
WW2 bomb damage to wall and stones of former railway bridge at Mansell Street / Chamber Street
Building the Docklands Light Railway, c. 1985
Pier in middle of Leman Street | danny
An image looking north from the junction of Leman Street with Cable Street, Dock Street and Royal Mint Street. The new girders supporting t…
Leman Street station buildings 1978
Pier in middle of Leman Street | danny
Remains of Leman Street Station on the London Tilbury & Southend Railway in 1978. These are at the junction of Leman Street and Cable S…
Panorama of corner of Cable Street and Dock Street in 2008
1 Dock Street | danny
A panorama created from images taken in 2008 showing the buildings at the corner of Cable Street and Dock Street, E1. Originally a cafe, th…
Rear of 24 Prescot Street
Premier Inn, 24 Prescot Street | danny
This is a photograph taken in Chamber Street circa 1985 showing the rear of the Holy Family Sisters' convent at 24 Prescot Street. The conv…