Widegate Street, E1
Widegate Street looking towards Artillery Passage (1912)

On Saturday 20 April 1912, photographer CA Mathew stepped off the train at Liverpool Street Station in London and spent the day photographing the streets and local Jewish community around Spitalfields market - in particular, the crowds of curious children who gathered there.

Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute
Widegate Street is now a short street connecting Middlesex Street and Sandy’s Row.