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It was trade union offices for more than 30 years - latterly the ASTMS. Not sure whether or not the NT don’t think it’s worth mentioning.
dg writes: They mention it. |
I went to a couple of gigs there in the 80's. Brain of Morbius....
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I was always under the impression that Bromley Hall on the Blackwall Tunnel approach road was East Londons oldest home.
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"The oldest home in East London" is the claim on the map they give you at reception (1530s).
Bromley Hall is 50 years older (1480s), but no longer especially home-y. Depending on your definition of East London, Ancient House in Walthamstow is another half century older (1430s) and still occupied. |
Grandparents lived just round the corner in Sutton Place in the 1950/60s, but I never knew of Sutton House at the time; I think that was when it was a Trade Union HQ. I finally visited it about 15 years ago, but it seems to have developed since then.
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Time to dust off my NT card, and at least explore the tube-able properties!
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Probably 20 years or more ago, my late mother was a volunteer guide at Sutton House. When I visited the property a few years back, I recall that the tearoom was very much DIY, ie. find a cup, a tea bag, and some hot water and make it yourself.
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Is that a coach I spy at the back of the Breakers Yard?
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It was a great tea room, I'd have lunch there whilst waiting for my cab to be repaired.
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Nice writeup but no mention of all the super Dinky/Lesney toy cars set into the gates which made the biggest impression of all on me.
dg writes: see earlier post. |
I actually thought that Sutton house was in Sutton until I saw Tuesday's picture and recognized that that is Hackney
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I remember the aggro about the NT wanting to sell it off at the time, reported in Time Out and/or City Limits. When we went in 2017 there were LGBT themed art interventions.
The room done up as a squat amused me as it bore a freakily close resemblance to my girlfriend's room living out in Divinity Road in the early to mid 1980s. |
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