Down Brick Lane with its 24-hour bagel shops flanking the pub -past grafitti writ large - and shops catering to the restaurant trade - up the stairs to the 2nd floor (no lift) - to find a warehouse of art materials -
My first teaching was done in London's East End, and there was still a lot of the old traditional east end at that time (one of the schools I taught in as a supply teacher had the Kray twins as alumni but most of the kids were much nicer than that!). At that time (beginning of the 70s) there were only a few signs that the area would become trendy. I remember Brick Lane well and am surprised at how familiar it still looks...
past grafitti writ large -
and shops catering to the restaurant trade -
up the stairs to the 2nd floor (no lift) -
to find a warehouse of art materials -
oooo what you could do in there!!!
ReplyDeleteOooh nice...
ReplyDeleteMy first teaching was done in London's East End, and there was still a lot of the old traditional east end at that time (one of the schools I taught in as a supply teacher had the Kray twins as alumni but most of the kids were much nicer than that!). At that time (beginning of the 70s) there were only a few signs that the area would become trendy. I remember Brick Lane well and am surprised at how familiar it still looks...