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I recently discovered the naga doner. Spectacular creation! If you like spicy food and like doner kebabs it is a marriage made in heaven.

Dan | 18.03.22 - 7:18 a.m. | #

Have you been keeping a record of the zebra crossing count on other B roads?

Ian | 18.03.22 - 7:50 a.m. | #

This very local audient, for one, appreciates the minutiae. Long may the B Roads continue.

MartinG | 18.03.22 - 7:53 a.m. | #

Ben Jonson Road was called that in 1894 so is an unusually old road to be first name + surname. The bridge over the canal was called that even earlier in 1851.

Sprout Eater | 18.03.22 - 8:27 a.m. | #

The start of this walk is very much my area as I grew up in the tower block (Latham House) which overlooks what was then Stepney Green school and had various family parties at the now demolished Dame Colet House just across the road. The only time I went in to the school was for some local Labour Party hustings (probably in 1974 when I was 11) which the then local MP Peter Shore failed to turn up for. He was deputised for by Dennis Healey who I remember appalled my young self by his patronising manner towards young women asking questions!

Joan | 18.03.22 - 8:29 a.m. | #

Stepney Green college ran a series of cycling courses for Bangladeshi pupils’ parents who wanted to ride with their children.

We used the large playground for off-road skills, moved on to local roads to play with traffic, & had some fun rides in Mile End park to Victoria Park.

After the courses, people were able to buy the folding bikes with a subsidy. It felt like an unusually well joined up series of courses.

Toni | 18.03.22 - 9:03 a.m. | #

The 2022 A-Z shows the B140 using Devas Street, more practical for the Motorist and just common sense by the cartographer.

Alan JS | 18.03.22 - 9:11 a.m. | #

That's intriguing Alan.

Indeed the National Street Gazetteer now shows a B Road continuing along Devas Street (although the underlying OS map still shows the B140 bending north as described in today's post).

diamond geezer | Homepage | 18.03.22 - 9:19 a.m. | #

Thanks for the stroll down memory lane - again, as you have previously blogged about Stepney Green.
I lived there, with my family, for 10 years. And attended what was then Stepney Green comprehensive school for 6 years, which used to be painted black, between '66 and '72.

Dave | 18.03.22 - 10:22 a.m. | #

This being Tower Hamlets, it is quite normal to see cars parked on double yellows on Ben Jonson Road. In this case, looking at your second photograph, there are cars parked over a yellow box junction on the estate. I presume the yellow box junction was painted to aid pedestrians in reaching the bus stop in the island situated between the estate road and the B140. The meat wagon may be parked on double yellows but I guess we should be pleased that they didn't park on the zig zags.

finlay | 18.03.22 - 12:19 p.m. | #

Having visited a few weeks ago for Sunday lunch, I can confirm that the Angel of Bow is incredibly well patronised. There are clearly a lot of people after oysters (and roast dinners) along the B140.

James M | 18.03.22 - 6:49 p.m. | #

For the first year of the pandemic I walked this route twice a week from our home in Whitechapel to our studio space just off Empson Street. All the while unsuspecting of its designated B road status. In the spring of last year I bought a bike and now traverse the cycle lane along the main road then turn right just before Bow Church. I've told my eldest about your blog from time to time. Yesterday we were going to visit their brother in Goodmayes Hospital and as our District Line train stopped at Bow Road I wondered aloud whether I'd ever passed the mysterious DG in the area. Now I realise I should perhaps have made that remark at Bromley-by-Bow station instead.

Colin | Homepage | 20.03.22 - 11:17 a.m. | #











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