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Strange but true, there is still a ‘crater’ on the marsh, known as Bomb Crater Pond, (what else?) but it is not where the bomb fell. I suppose it was sensible to move it nearer to the footpath so that passes by […]

Living in a caravan or a shed in a garden is not a good idea, you will be jumped on by the council. Are you not aware of the ‘sheds with beds’ problem? Many landlords are exploiting tenants by charging sky high […]

On a slightly different but related subject, I can’t  remember seeing the fountain on the corner of Rectory and Amhurst Roads, mind you I wasn’t looking for it, but that pointed building on that corner was once […]

Yes that is the remains of the fountain ( I think) sorry if my almost non-existent computer skills caused a hiccup!

Yes, that’s the one.   And here it is yesterday!

STOP PRESS. It seems that the cold weather may have killed the weeds that grow on this flower bed. The remains of the fountain are there, I have taken a photo of it, and now I will try to attach it, Fingers crossed!

After finding some long lost family photos, I have added them to my website along with a few memories stirred up by them.

http://www.tales-of-the-old-east-end.co.uk

No, the fountain is not there any more, I do hope it has not been destroyed!

Marie, please don’t call her ‘Lloyd’, was and still is a source of pride for many older Eastenders. She took the criticsisms made by the establishment and threw them right back at them. Once she jokingly a […]

The drinking fountain, minus the statue, was found some years ago and placed next to the Public Library in Homerton High Street. It was mostly overlooked and unappreciated, nearly always covered in rubbish. I […]

I have a mention on the V2 rocket website, a rocket fell on Walthamstow Marsh when I was a kid, blowing in our windows.I have written about it in my website http://www.tales-of-the-old-east-end.co.uk

I have just added Part 2 to the stories and still adding. I told you that I talked a lot. I have written about some local characters and got a few replies from readers who remember them. Have you ever heard of Tex […]

The Dalston Odeon was never a ‘fleapit’ but a picture palace. Almost opposite, was the Plaza ( I think that was the Name), now this was a ‘fleapit’ or ‘bug hutch’ as we used to say!

Yes, the sign is still there, it is above the Testi kebab shop on the corner of Batley Road and Stoke Newington High Road. I recall going there to see ‘The Golem’, an Israeli horror film!

In the 1950s there were about 17 OR 18 cinemas along the road from Dalston to Stamford Hill, including tha ABC. Opposite Stoke Newington Police Station was the unusual Vogue Continental. This unique cinema showed […]