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Well you fooled every one who thought you were going on the Eurostar !
Bob | 10.03.13 - 7:46 a.m. | #
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I passed Norton Folgate in the latter part of last year, probably just a short time after the sandwich shop had closed [or had been closed?]
Its shelves were still stacked with food and drinks, but it was reasonably obvious that the place was shut down and no-one was coming back.
RogerW | 10.03.13 - 8:52 a.m. | #
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I'm afraid you've made a small mistake DG. The bus takes a right by a big church on to Hackney Road, not Bethnal Green Road (that's where the Tea Building and Box Park are).
Great read though.
Matt Smith | 10.03.13 - 8:56 a.m. | #
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I'm surprised you didn't mention the Italian furniture shop on Lea Bridge Rd. At night you can see it from space!
Dan | 10.03.13 - 9:31 a.m. | #
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As for fooling everyone / Eurostar, the 48 post refers to "a weekday afternoon". Whatever. More happy returns and bons voyages, DG, whether it's Walthamstow or Waterloo-in-Belgium!
Malcolm | 10.03.13 - 9:49 a.m. | #
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Good to hear the Lea Valley Ice Rink is still going strong despite the recent trend for skating in slightly more fashionable locations; it must be over 10 years since I made my second, and last, attempt at skating there.
Looking ahead a year the route for the 49 bus looks like it should be a little bit more interesting.
Whiff | 10.03.13 - 9:52 a.m. | #
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Ah yes, Hackney Road, thanks Matt.
The Italian furniture shop got edited out, for brevity, but I shall make a point of mentioning it for the 55. And probably the 56.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 10.03.13 - 10:32 a.m. | #
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I'm with Matt – that wasn't Bethnal Green Road, that was Hackney Road. And the blingy bag and shoe shops aren't selling to the locals; they're the last few survivors of a once-thriving wholesale fashion accessories industry. They're selling to traders in glamorous, glitzy places such as Roman Road and Romford markets.
Anyway, less nitpicking. Happy birthday!
ChrisM | 10.03.13 - 10:34 a.m. | #
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When you do the 49, you've got to do the whole route to Crystal Palace, not today's pitifully emasculated modern version.
Matt | 10.03.13 - 12:09 p.m. | #
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Not entirely sure that the bus station is Walthamstow's "pride and joy" even if you are being a tiny bit sarcastic. I think we can stretch to better than that.
The 675 school bus is run by CT Plus whose garage is at Ash Grove. It would probably have been a positioning run when you saw it. CT Plus hope to build a new garage on the defunct car park site opposite Walthamstow Stadium. However permission to do so is entangled with the tortuous progress of development proposals for the Stadium site.
I quite like the run on the 48 having done it lots of times. I get the feeling you were rather underwhelmed by the whole experience and were almost doing it out of duty rather than because you really wanted to. If you've reached that stage then perhaps it's time to break the tradition? - heresy I know but if it is a chore then it's time to stop.
PC | 10.03.13 - 9:21 p.m. | #
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The 48 replaced the North end of the 35 in 1968 fom Shoreditch via Dalston Junction and Pembury Road it went on to Whipps Cross (covered by the 56 today).
It again replaced the north end of the 35 when re-routed via Hackney in 1990.
On a personal note, Delores, my conductress and I at Whipps Cross on the 48 in January 1979 http://www.flickr.com/photos/isarsteve/5396009969/in/set-72157605356012646/
IsarSteve | Homepage | 10.03.13 - 11:09 p.m. | #
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That's a wonderfully evocative old photo, Steve, thanks for sharing.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 10.03.13 - 11:11 p.m. | #
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I'd have waved if I'd known you were passing the Bakers Arms! There are still a lot of independent shops and businesses round here, and some striking examples of unusual interpetrations of the English language. Did't you like the £1-a-bowl sellers?- I think we were one of the first:they always looks so colourful and wholesome and they come up with some great buys eg Fairtrade bananas, pea-pods, mini-plum tomatoes etc
Jan 842 | Homepage | 11.03.13 - 2:20 p.m. | #
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That wonderfully evocative old photograph of Isar Steve and his conductress was taken by myself at Whipp's Cross in 1979, I was also a driver on route 48 at the time and have some great memories of the original route.
Fishislandskin | 11.03.13 - 4:14 p.m. | #
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