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Christmas lights get turned on at Roman Road market, east London, Mrs Mills Experience provide the music
Posted on Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012 | 1 CommentOn Saturday the Mrs Mills Experience were invited back to play the Roman Road street market in London’s East End, this time to entertain the shoppers before the Christmas lights were turned on. -
![On Saturday afternoon we played a rather unusual gig, with the band being plonked in the middle of an East End street market and being asked to perform for Channel Four who […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/mrsmills-roman-road-mary-portas-02-115x115.jpg "Mrs Mills Experience entertain the shoppers in the East End’s Roman Road street market")
Mrs Mills Experience entertain the shoppers in the East End’s Roman Road street market
Posted on Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 | No CommentsOn Saturday afternoon we played a rather unusual gig, with the band being plonked in the middle of an East End street market and being asked to perform for Channel Four who […] -
![I snapped these three, rather dapper, young pearlies on Roman Road Market in Bow, East London, E3 last Saturday. Pearly Kings and Queens (aka pearlies) are an organised charitable tradition of working […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pearly-queens-pie-and-mash-01-115x115.jpg "Pearly Queens and Pie & Mash, Roman Rd Market, East London")
Pearly Queens and Pie & Mash, Roman Rd Market, East London
Posted on Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 | 4 CommentsI snapped these three, rather dapper, young pearlies on Roman Road Market in Bow, East London, E3 last Saturday. Pearly Kings and Queens (aka pearlies) are an organised charitable tradition of working […] -
![Abandoned for at least 30 years is this old ‘accumulator tower’ at Royal Mint St, by Tower Hill, London E1, which had been used for storing hydraulic power. “An accumulator […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/lms-city-goods-bonded-stores-01-115x115.jpg "Accumulator tower, hydraulics and bonded stores, Royal Mint St, E1")
Accumulator tower, hydraulics and bonded stores, Royal Mint St, E1
Posted on Saturday, Jan 15, 2011 | 1 CommentAbandoned for at least 30 years is this old ‘accumulator tower’ at Royal Mint St, by Tower Hill, London E1, which had been used for storing hydraulic power. “An accumulator […] -
London’s Shoreditch turns into Williamsburg (circa 2005)
Posted on Wednesday, Dec 15, 2010 | 1 CommentCurrently swarming with hipsters, estate agents, career-seeking graffiti artists, wannabe musicians, website-promoting entrepreneurs, record-bag clutching DJs and – thankfully – a fair few normal people, is the area of Shoreditch in east London.