Everything is happening in London: here’s a small collection of photos on the streets of East London, particularly Brick lane and Spitalfields.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 27 April 2019
Posted as part of Wit’s End: People
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Love the guy reading his book. A quiet counterpoint to the bustle of the other shots.
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Such an interesting locale. We have a local Italian cafe called “Brick Lane” so, naturally I checked out the original last time I was in London. After a lot of walking, I finished up at the Geffrye Museum.
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Lovely gallery – that last one is a real treat…
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I love the look the bloke in the last photo is giving you 😀
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Where I grew up. I would say that to my time in the fifties and early sixties, there was more a jewish presence. The commonwealth immigrants were there, but not so noticeable. Sunday morning down the lane with my dad was an unforgettable experience, with a glass of sarspararillea from a stand (probably the predecessor of the coke). Buying old 78 rpm records, 4 for two shillings (old currency) as well as comic books which were very cheap. Today it would all be computer etc. but when I was younger it was the real thing. I is different today, but still has its East End character. I wonder if they still speak cockney. That was the language I grew up with and still my mother tongue.
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I’m sure you’d still recognise the accent and the phrases. I used to run a company operating ATMs, and we offered choice of language on many of the ones in London – English or cockney! The cockney option was very popular 🙂 https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130213-atm-machines-cockney-east-london/
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I had to laugh, that was good. My dad would use more of the cockney phrases than I did. It wasn’t really the ideal accent in a grammar school in the City of London to speak, but it stays. One of my favourite soaps on the TV is East Enders
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Oooh, I’ll have to ask you about those, Debbie! Time to get back up ther, methinks!
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I’m up for that, Sue! There’s always something / someone new to see 🙂
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