These previously unpublished photographs by David Granick capture the streets and waterways of London’s East End in the warm hues of Kodachrome film. Journey back in time to a place now long vanished.
David Granick (1912-1980) was a photographer who lived in the East End his whole life. His color slides laid untouched until 2017 when a local photographer,
Chris Dorley-Brown, examined them at Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives.
“I was completely blown away by these pictures,”
says Dorley-Brown, of the first time he saw Granick’s slides. “I had always suspected that there was a great color collection of East London photographs taken during this era.”
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Brushfield Street, 1970 |
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Belhaven Street, 1977 |
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The New Globe, Mile End Road, 1977 |
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The George Tavern, Commercial Road, 1969 |
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Watney Market, 1974 |
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Spitalfields Market, 1973 |
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Whitechapel Road, 1965 |
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Stifford Estate, Stepney Green, 1961 |
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Gardiners, 1960s |
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West India Dock, 1971 |
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Alie Street, 1963 |
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Commercial Road, 1974 |
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Three Colt Street, 1975 |
(Photos: © David Granick/Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives)
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