{"id":10165,"date":"2012-11-15T11:33:05","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T11:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=10165"},"modified":"2012-11-15T11:33:45","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T11:33:45","slug":"mrs-mills-experience-entertain-the-shoppers-in-the-east-ends-roman-road-street-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/mrs-mills-experience-entertain-the-shoppers-in-the-east-ends-roman-road-street-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs Mills Experience entertain the shoppers in the East End&#8217;s Roman Road street market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mrsmills.org\/images\/mrsmills-roman-road-mary-portas-10.jpg\" alt=\"Mrs Mills Experience play the Roman Road Street Market in London's East End as part of Channel 4's Mary Portas TV series, Saturday 10th November 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday afternoon we played a rather\u00a0unusual\u00a0gig, with the band being plonked in the middle of an East End street market and being asked to perform for Channel Four who were filming a new series with Mary Portas.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mrsmills.org\/images\/mrsmills-roman-road-mary-portas-01.jpg\" alt=\"Mrs Mills Experience play the Roman Road Street Market in London's East End as part of Channel 4's Mary Portas TV series, Saturday 10th November 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"423\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After getting a right earful from the stall holder opposite (he was pissed off because he&#8217;d had\u00a0people\u00a0standing in front of his wares all day long), things were smoothed over and we had fun playing to the passing shoppers.<\/p>\n<p>We got some good singalongs going, but it has to be said that not everyone enjoyed our music (see pic above!).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mrsmills.org\/images\/mrsmills-roman-road-mary-portas-04.jpg\" alt=\"Mrs Mills Experience play the Roman Road Street Market in London's East End as part of Channel 4's Mary Portas TV series, Saturday 10th November 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"422\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HRH Mary Portas watched us for a bit too, but our main fan was a truly unhinged street drinker who battled Nicola hard for the microphone, before she danced so fast she fell over in a heap.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mrsmills.org\/images\/mrsmills-roman-road-mary-portas-16.jpg\" alt=\"Mrs Mills Experience play the Roman Road Street Market in London's East End as part of Channel 4's Mary Portas TV series, Saturday 10th November 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mrsmills.org\/images\/mrsmills-roman-road-mary-portas-06.jpg\" alt=\"Mrs Mills Experience play the Roman Road Street Market in London's East End as part of Channel 4's Mary Portas TV series, Saturday 10th November 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mrsmills.org\/images\/mrsmills-roman-road-mary-portas-08.jpg\" alt=\"Mrs Mills Experience play the Roman Road Street Market in London's East End as part of Channel 4's Mary Portas TV series, Saturday 10th November 2012\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had a ton o&#8217; 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