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Christmas lights get turned on at Roman Road, east London., Mrs Mills Experience play live
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Christmas lights get turned on at Roman Road market, east London, Mrs Mills Experience provide the music

Tue 4th December, 2012 - by editor - 1 Comment

On 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.

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Mrs Mills Experience entertain the shoppers in the East End's Roman Road street market
Brixton / music / photos / Places

Mrs Mills Experience entertain the shoppers in the East End’s Roman Road street market

Thu 15th November, 2012Thu 15th November, 2012 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Pearly Queens and Pie & Mash, Roman Rd Market, East London
London / Places

Pearly Queens and Pie & Mash, Roman Rd Market, East London

Tue 13th November, 2012Tue 13th November, 2012 - by editor - 4 Comments.

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 …

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London / photos / Places / railways

Accumulator tower, hydraulics and bonded stores, Royal Mint St, E1

Sat 15th January, 2011Sat 15th January, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

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 …

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London / Places

London’s Shoreditch turns into Williamsburg (circa 2005)

Wed 15th December, 2010Sat 8th January, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Currently 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.

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