This past weekend students were in Grantham, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Paris. I was in London. Sunday early I walked from myGracechurch Street hotel through Leadenhall Market
(mostly pubs and boutiques now, but the 19th century fixtures remain) through to Petticoat Lane
(active, with many Africans) to Brick Lane
(Saturday is more active there, but still lots of stalls and Bangladeshis). Along the way is Hawksmoor's church in Spitalfields
(went to the market there too) and almshouses
. Towards the end of my East End jaunt saw a Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor circa 1902.
Then back across Aldgate and into the City, where I saw Lloyd's Register of Shipping building (the original basis of their shipping empire)
.
(mostly pubs and boutiques now, but the 19th century fixtures remain) through to Petticoat Lane 
(active, with many Africans) to Brick Lane 
(Saturday is more active there, but still lots of stalls and Bangladeshis). Along the way is Hawksmoor's church in Spitalfields 
(went to the market there too) and almshouses
. Towards the end of my East End jaunt saw a Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor circa 1902.
Then back across Aldgate and into the City, where I saw Lloyd's Register of Shipping building (the original basis of their shipping empire)
.
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