This is 'Fish island' believe it or not- in industrial Bow. In the shadow of the Olympic Park and around the site beloved of east-enders- Percy Dalton's peanut Factory.
Sadly most of the housing here is luxury- no social housing as far as I could see- but also the remains of old London light industry, real workman's cafes (not pastiches), the canal and River Lea and a more than a hint of London's past.
Very atmospheric and evocative and suddenly I was a small child and running past the rag factories and wood sheds of Silvertown
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