Category Archives: London East

October 9, 2009

Stoke Newington

I’ve been in Wood Green Library all morning reading up on gentrification, i.e. the process of displacing working class residents and replacing them with middle class types. It’s actually a lot more complicated than that, but you know what I … Continue reading →

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June 13, 2009

Walthamstow

It was with some trepidation that we headed out for a stroll along a soggy Walthamstow High Street this Saturday past. Not because of the usual fears, that the vast hordes of market shoppers would infuriate and aggravate us, or … Continue reading →

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March 19, 2009

Chingford

  The role call of Chingford’s notables is impressive in an awful kind of way. Starting well with Leslie Phillips, it quickly descends from David Beckham, to Teddy Sheringham, to Samantha Fox, to Daniella Westbrook, to Blazin’ Squad. It’s redolent … Continue reading →

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March 13, 2009

Barkingside

  There are huge swathes of this part of London with little to break them up, and this section of the north east is perhaps the epitome of that. Lengthy avenues are filled with identical suburban homes and traffic, and … Continue reading →

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September 18, 2008

South Woodford

  We’re entering a world of controversy here. What category do I enter South Woodford in? Is it Essex? London North? London East? It’s difficult to know the correct protocol here – my usual tactic of insisting on Essex to … Continue reading →

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