Well, I had the damnest luck: I woke up yesterday morning at 8 am with some kind of a virus: fever, throwing up, diarrhoea (I bet you all just needed to hear that, eh?). I stayed in bed the whole day, drinking this medicine which rehydrates the body and restores the minerals, fearing my Christmas would be ruined. But thankfully I'm feeling much better: the fever seems to be gone, I'm able to eat, though still feeling a bit weak.
Here's the next patch of pictures.
This is from one of the side streets of Brick Lane. The street address really shows the influence of immigrants, particularly from Bangladesh, in the area. I read somewhere that the percentage of Anglo-Saxon (hm, or Anglo-Norman? whatever) population here is about 39.
Written in blood. A very dramatic message in this painting, most likely expressing personal frustration or anger or sorrow. I wonder if the angel on the pedestal and the writing were done by the same person? If I remember correctly, this was on a street close to my hotel to the right: my hotel was Hackney Road 419-437, then take the street that goes towards north past the hotel on eastern side, skip east after one block, then again back north. This bit has industries and the gas works quite close and gets you to Regent's Canal after just some more steps.
Burned (?) parking meter (?) on Brick Lane
A shop, or possibly a tailor's?, near Brick Lane
Motorcycle repair and/or sale not too far from Brick Lane
Mosaic decoration in a building wall, again not too far from Brick Lane.
I think I'll post some pictures from Regent's Canal in the next patch.
Merry, warm Christmas to everyone!
The foundry of J. Hoyle & Son, est. 1880. The foundry master (?), the elder gentleman in the picture, cheerfully announced "I'm smiling!" as he came out with the younger guy just when I was taking a picture.
Graffiti, graffiti everywhere. This just on the opposite shore when going to the canal past my hotel.
View through Canal bridges, taken on monday, the 15th December. I recall this bridge is the next one from that of Cambridge Heath Road, towards Islington (going to opposite direction from the Cambridge Heath Road bridge, you reach Victoria Park after half a mile). Pardon me for using such a terribly touristy expression, but I think there's something wonderfully quaint about that shop sign, "Ron's Eel and Shell Fish". I wonder if eels and shell fish make good business, or is the sign old, and the business since expanded to other types of fish?
A small canal lock further towards Islington, on monday. Unfortunately I didn't get any good, detailed pictures of the lock.
Cloudy day on the canal, on the way to Islington. The red building on the left is a school, I think.
A lifebuoy by the canal close to the school in the above picture. No doubt a necessary implement when you have a school so close to water.
Sleepy, misty morning on Regent's Canal (Victoria Park on the left), on tuesday, 16th of December.
This is from one of the side streets of Brick Lane. The street address really shows the influence of immigrants, particularly from Bangladesh, in the area. I read somewhere that the percentage of Anglo-Saxon (hm, or Anglo-Norman? whatever) population here is about 39.
Written in blood. A very dramatic message in this painting, most likely expressing personal frustration or anger or sorrow. I wonder if the angel on the pedestal and the writing were done by the same person? If I remember correctly, this was on a street close to my hotel to the right: my hotel was Hackney Road 419-437, then take the street that goes towards north past the hotel on eastern side, skip east after one block, then again back north. This bit has industries and the gas works quite close and gets you to Regent's Canal after just some more steps.
Burned (?) parking meter (?) on Brick Lane
A shop, or possibly a tailor's?, near Brick Lane
Motorcycle repair and/or sale not too far from Brick Lane
Mosaic decoration in a building wall, again not too far from Brick Lane.
