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I probably got more out of compiling that than you'll get from reading it, but I do like a good historical record.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 07.09.19 - 7:17 a.m. | #
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You forgot to include the most important place on Bow Road, the great Bus Stop M.
solar penguin | 07.09.19 - 7:35 a.m. | #
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No I didn't.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 07.09.19 - 7:41 a.m. | #
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Why is it the Thames Magistrates Court, is there an administrative area called Thames?
Looking at the old map on the National Library of Scotland site, it sits on the location of Bow County Court - this was relocated to a new site on the other side of Stratford on the corner of Romford Road and Tavistock Road - so someone made an effort to make things harder to find.
Still Anon | 07.09.19 - 8:31 a.m. | #
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when i think of the changes on my local high street in the last 50 years ...i feel sad. gone is the butchers, the green grocers, the family run DIY store, the small doctors surgery, the sweet shop, the fish & chip shop, the post office, the launderette and many more. replaced by upscale services and establishments. my heritage has been displaced and removed. this is part of the bitter divide that has sprung-up in this nation of ours.
Grumpy Anon | 07.09.19 - 9:45 a.m. | #
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Grumpy Anon - at least yours are upscale services and establishments!
Mine has been replaced by small scale grocers, those general tat stores with the plastic dustbins and buckets spilling onto the pavements, fried chicken shops and bookies!
Your gaff should one day be renamed DG Mansions!
Cornish Cockney | 07.09.19 - 10:02 a.m. | #
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I believe the Thames Magistrates Court was originally an arm of the river (Thames) police, before the police and court system had a clear dividing line.
Ewan | 07.09.19 - 10:42 a.m. | #
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Greengrocers, butchers and fishmongers shops have largely disappeared from the typical High Street because supermarkets provide all those products in one place and are often cheaper. Similarly family-owned ironmongers, as DIY shops used to be known, couldn't compete on price with the likes of B&Q and Screwfix so they also stopped trading.
I pay £7 to wash my clothes and £3 to dry them in my local laundrette so at those prices it's not hard to see why people prefer to clean their clothes in the comfort of their own homes using modern labour-saving devices - the days of the boiler and mangle are thankfully long gone.
So yes our shopping habits have changed but I don't see the connection to a loss of heritage and the creation of a political divide just because people have chosen to shop differently.
milliem | 07.09.19 - 11:22 a.m. | #
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The court has an explanation on the front of it, it serves Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. Though last time I looked at that plaque I can only remember it saying two boroughs. It's not readable on streetview.
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toby | 07.09.19 - 11:26 a.m. | #
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Well, there you go, Thames Magistrates Court has its origins in 1798, too late for local history month.
Still Anon | 07.09.19 - 12:02 p.m. | #
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I'm sad to see my favourite-named business - Kebabish - is no longer there. Maybe the fare wasn't kebabish enough. :-(
NickW | 07.09.19 - 12:07 p.m. | #
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My local high street has seen something of a revival in greengrocers, butchers, fishmongers and small food shops thanks to the many Eastern Europeans now living here. If many of them decide to leave because of Brexit, these shops will be lost again.
The shopping centre near where my son lives still has an ironmongers. It is not competition from B&Q that will kill it but the council's redevelopment plans.
JohnC | 07.09.19 - 12:49 p.m. | #
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We have a butchers, iron mongers and fruit and veg shop. What we have lost in the last 14 years is our 3 bakeries....
Southern Heights (Light Railway) | 07.09.19 - 3:42 p.m. | #
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The only surprise is there are not more betting shops or barbers in Bow Road.
My local 'High Street' has no butcher but 6 betting shops, about 25 cafes or fast food outlets and about a dozen places to get your hair cut.
Too typical unfortunately of many areas in London nowadays.
richard | 07.09.19 - 5:02 p.m. | #
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Betting shops: 2
Barbers/salon: 2
Supermarkets: 3
Fast food: 3
Pub: 2
Greasy spoon: 1
diamond geezer | Homepage | 07.09.19 - 5:20 p.m. | #
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I have heard it suggested (by people who ought to know) that not all barbers are there to cut hair.
Will | 08.09.19 - 10:22 a.m. | #
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