In recent days, the weather in London has been bright so I waited for a suitably occluded sky to set out with my camera in search of Val Perrin’s Brick Lane and below you can see my photographs beneath Val’s shots from 1972, revealing more than forty years of change in Spitalfields

Brick Lane 1972

Brick Lane

Cheshire St 1972

Cheshire St

Cheshire St 1972

Cheshire St

Brick Lane 1972

Brick Lane

Cheshire St 1972

Cheshire St

Brick Lane 1972

Brick Lane

St Matthew’s Row & The Carpenters’ Arms 1972

St Matthew’s Row & The Carpenters’ Arms

St Matthew’s Row 1972

St Matthew’s Row

Sclater St 1972

Sclater St

Corbett Place from Hanbury St 1972

Corbett Place from Hanbury St

Bacon St 1972

Bacon St

Code St & Shoreditch Station 1972

Code St & Shoreditch Station

Pedley St Bridge 1972

Pedley St Bridge

1972 Photographs copyright © Val Perrin

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