Banglatown
Banglatown: A Community in Transition 1991. Where Brick Lane's southern end is connected to Whitechapel High Street in The London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which was officially renamed as Banglatown in 1997 Published by Café Royal Books.
Pagans, Hippies, Travellers
I was searching for the spirit of the ‘New Age’, with its loose coalition of nomadic lifestyles; Neo-Pagans, Hippies, Travellers and Circus Communities. Published by Café Royal Books.
Covid Times - The last of the family owned F Cooke Pie and Mash shops in London.
Les 65 and Pat Sullivan 63 share a meal together at F. Cooke’s. Les ‘I’m Pats better half and I’ve lived in Hoxton since 1973, before that I was up the road in Haggerston. I remember In 1972 when we was courting we couldn’t pass the one in Dalston without popping in for a pie and mash”. Bob - Joe’s brother - had a Pie and Mash shop on Broadway market which closed its doors for the last time on Christmas Eve 2019 after a120 years in business. Pat Sullivan 63 has lived in Hoxton all her life and really enjoys coming to the pie and mash on Hoxton Street. “Its something that we’ve been brought up with. I used to be neighbours with Kim (Cooke) when we was younger, so I’ve known her for many years.”
Covid Times - The last of the family owned F Cooke Pie and Mash shops in London.
Jamie (47) orders two pie and mash. “I’m a young man believe it or not” - Jamie says he’s been coming to Cooke’s Pie and Mash since he was a teenager. - “My grandad was actually born in 1899 and my nan was born in the 1900s because our mum had us late, there is literally just one generation from a hundred years ago”.