22 April 2011

To Ridley Road market

We took the 236 bus ... an interesting journey. These ladies with their traditional dresses in amazing fabric were on the way to the market too -At the African fabric stores we bought just this one length -
Next stop, Dalston Mill Fabrics - wow! The front rooms have high ceilings with shelves and shelves of all sorts of fabrics -
Further back is a room with buttons, trims, etc -
Further still, to a room with woollens; and up the narrow stairs to the room with silks, behind which is another low-ceilinged room with more silks (note the padded lintel!) -
Incredible.

1 comment:

Cate Rose said...

The fabric shop looks like a fabulous fabric shop in San Francisco called Britex.