Over 40 years on, Paul has released a book, Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane. But the photos aren't just being appreciated now: as early as 1976, the photographer was exhibiting his photos in local ...

STARTLING pictures of what life was like in London’s famous Brick Lane 40 years ago have emerged ... Back in the late 1970s it contained some of the worst poverty in Britain and was still ...

Protesters hold a banner that says Save Brick Lane and placards during a 2021 demonstration against the redevelopment of the Truman Brewery. In the 1970s, hundreds of Bengali families in ...

recalls when the Bangladeshis moved in during the 1970s and 1980s, there was a lot of overcrowding in the flats. "That's why they originally started to meet up in Brick Lane, to chat and be ...

Earlier photographs demonstrate the Jewish influence on Brick Lane, with large numbers of Jews settling in Spitalfields during the early 1900s. Among the images in the gallery is one of the Beigel ...