Monday, 21 April 2014

Wednesday, April 16/2014



Another Turkish section of London. Actually, it's much more multicultural than that. We take the overground to Dalston Junction on Kingsland High Street and then walk past Turkish restaurants and shops up to Ridley Road Market. Fruit, vegetables, fish, clothing, handbags, trinkets, electrical goods. All at highly competitive prices and the food, at least, of good quality.  And the customers know it. It's happily crowded with people of every imaginable ethnic background, with a great variety of languages and dress styles. In many ways Petticoat Lane as it must have been decades ago before it existed largely to overcharge tourists. A feast for all the senses.