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SilverSurfer
4:15 Sat Apr 8
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I was in a tattoo convention in the Old Brewery some time back, we went for some food up the road. The place had just opened. I asked for a bit of pie n mash as it was on the menu, the fella said it would be quite a while, then told someone to turn on the lights in the cabinet to heat up the pies.
We left, and after being harassed by a load of no marks inviting us into their restaurants, we chose a place. After we had ordered, the music came on so loud that we couldn't speak. Fucking Aliens.
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oudekerk kid
10:37 Fri Apr 7
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I always knew the bit by the tunnel with all homelss and people selling used clothes and junk out of suitcases on the floor as club row, im going back to the seventies/ eighties mind , used to go down the lane with my grandad as a kid he was a regular when not working on a sunday. I saw dinos grill is now gone , great cafe.
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wanstead_hammer
7:20 Fri Apr 7
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Still go down the lane every Sunday. It's shrinking though as the new 'apartments' go up. (there's only the Bethnal Green end with stalls and some down club row (and a small square with stalls)
You can still get off the cuff/unusual bits and pieces if you look about.
Blackmans is still going strong for your daisys.
And on Roy's record stall (by the crossroads), Trevor who helps him out is West Ham and puts bubbles on, in between Bowie, Stones, Free, Stranglers etc etc.
The hipsters are in the corn flake shop and giving out flyers for the 'vintage' shops. (Loads of em queue outside the 338 cafe further down Bethnal Green rd to have the breakfast. Apparently it's a fry up with pancakes on it! Prob charge em a cockle each at least. Muppets.
Good few characters by the coffee stall where you can get hold of something or the other.
Lot of tourists down there mainly for the beigel shop of course ma boy. Then they carry on through to the Brewery end, then on to Spitalfields. (They're not interested in the hooky mountain bikes.
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Northern Sold
6:00 Fri Apr 7
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Has marco still got his classic scooter shop there?
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Gavros
5:45 Fri Apr 7
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you know someone's old school when they call it Club Row.
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BubblesCyprus
5:34 Fri Apr 7
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Bought some well decent Shoes in Club Row back in the day and pets for sale at the end of Club Row kept kids entertained.Jewish Bakery Top Notch as well. Grandfather and myself caried home our weeks supply of Bread all the way back to Forest Gate bottle of Corona was my reward Think it was a number 25 Bus IIRC ?
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13 Brentford Rd
3:45 Fri Apr 7
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Whatever happens, don't mention mass uncontrolled immigration. On no.
Same with the NHS.
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Gloucester Iron
2:22 Fri Apr 7
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Went down to Mendoza on Brick Lane during the afternoon of the Chelsea home match. Had not been down there for a while, but it was certainly no better or worse than I seemed to remember it...
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J.Riddle
2:04 Fri Apr 7
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Well I suppose they are all necessities to hipster folk around them there parts.
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Sven Roeder
2:01 Fri Apr 7
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Don't worry
It will be a Cereal Cafe , Beard Wax Shop, Tattoo Parlour, Skinny Jean Market led recovery
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Gavros
1:58 Fri Apr 7
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Off the top of my head
Cereal Killer - a cafe that only sells cereal.
MOO Cantina - Argentinian steak house
Jack the Clipper - hipster barbers
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J.Riddle
1:54 Fri Apr 7
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Gavros, I can believe that, so with all these hipsters moving in what necessities will they sell to pay the high rents and rates that you can't get online?
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Northern Sold
1:52 Fri Apr 7
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P*** bashing in Brick Lane was a regular occurrence back in the day by the meathead Boneheads .. absolute no go zone
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Gavros
1:50 Fri Apr 7
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brick lane market does cracking trade. what's being talked about here are the bangladeshi places going out of business, because (a) the competitive race to the bottom has made the food shit and (b) rent are going up as hipster-oriented shops are opening up.
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BRANDED
1:47 Fri Apr 7
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It used to be the Warsaw Ghetto when I was down there
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Northern Sold
1:46 Fri Apr 7
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I don't get it
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