Only two weeks till Simon “BRAPA” Everitt will be donning his pixie outfit (above) and riding his silver reindeer into rural village pubs on Christmas Day, demanding a pint at 11.57am. Pubs are certainly in the middle of festive season meltdown (these posts are so far behind the Halloween decs are still up), which (touch… Continue reading A WALTHAMSTOW MARKET PUB
Tag: East London
NINJA – AVOIDING THE PLASTICS AT WEST HAM
My own haul of football grounds pales compared to Duncan McKay, and many other ground hoppers. I did, however, visit the 92 league grounds in a 5 year period in the ’90s, much to the delight of Mrs RM. Since you ask, Middlesbrough’s Riverside was the loudest, but City’s trips to crumbling grounds like Oxford and… Continue reading NINJA – AVOIDING THE PLASTICS AT WEST HAM
GIDEA PARK – TAKE COURAGE YOU ‘APPY ‘AMMERS
There can’t be many posts about Gidea Park, except of course the ones from Simon and Alan. It’s basically a garden suburb in the styles of Petts Wood or Shirley, with some attractive foliage and a functional shopping arcade. Until recently, it was dangerously close to the appropriately named Zombieland Skatepark, a favourite of my younger son until… Continue reading GIDEA PARK – TAKE COURAGE YOU ‘APPY ‘AMMERS
E17
Walthamstow is a fairly unremarkable suburb of London, notable for it’s long-closed Racing Stadium and it’s highly regarded Labour MP. In recent years it has seen some impressive modernisation that made a repeat visit unmissable when I was in the area at the weekend. The main areas of interest are the vibrant High Street market, the… Continue reading E17
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