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And you didn’t even mention the Viking Shop...
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Wood street indoor market used to be a real gem 20 years ago and was much busier and much more interesting, alas on a recent visit I was bitterly disappointed to find that many of the units were empty and up for rent with many of the most interesting units long gone, I really hope that it is only a temporary glitch and that it is not on the sad road to closure.
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Wood Street Market has been through the wars recently, fishislandskin. Half of the market was demolished for flats and there was a long and public row between the father-daughter ownership team about the future direction of the market which led to the daughter quitting and many stall-holders moving out. In the last year, however, it seems to be getting back on its feet with some excellent new arrivals and a pick up of footfall. Long may it continue.
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I have visited Martin's Toys & Memorabilia to buy a special gift. I really enjoyed the place, I did notice at the time that most of his customers were men.
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Not even a hint of snow in the pictures, yet the roads seem empty of cars. Perhaps your visit to Wood Street was last weekend and you started early?
Let's see, it couldn't have been Sunday 25th because you did 'Three Parks' that day so maybe Saturday 24th . . . . . ? "Come, Watson, the games afoot!" |
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WOW, I just went to God's Own Junkyard yesterday for the first time, what a coincidence :)
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@RayL, click on the pictures opens up Flikr, this then shows they were taken on the 23rd
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I have been racking my brains over the line 'everything from the central fountain westwards is closer to Wood Street' ...
should it not be eastwards? dg writes: Fixed, thanks. |
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Vallentin Road, by Wood Street station is named after Sir James Vallentin, a distiller. Some of his descendants have been larger-than-life characters, including the early TV chef Fanny Cradock.
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There's one bit of development on the Whipps Cross hospital grounds - though just outside of your allotted area - the midwives' Portakabins have been removed (I'm not quite sure where the midwives have been moved to) and are in the process of being replaced by an M&S Simply Food. I guess it's mostly for the benefit of patients and staff, but Upper Leytonstoneites will probably be happy with that development too.
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Wow, sounds like it's really worth a visit. The kids would love the neon. I might wait until the Assembly Rooms open.
Was the Vestry House Museum outside your area? Perhaps it comes into Walthamstow Central's area. dg writes: Yes, it's outside the area. I still went, though. And it's still very good. |
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I spend quiet a bit of time on Wood Street as my teenage daughter has trumpet lessons there. As an earlier poster has noted it has a rather fine Viking shop and also a shop called "Window to the Womb' where pregnant women can get a '4D scan' of their unborn child. One new addition is that the Homebase (just past the Wood Street library) has been replaced by a branch of the Australian DIY chain Bunnings. It's very proud of its Aussie inheritance with staff trained to be extra welcoming and metal chook sheds and the like (built for the Australian climate) on sale. Cheap cafe in there too for those, like me, hanging around for an hour at a time when local cafes are largely closed.
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