Grace Boyle, Author at Roman Road LDN

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Local independent shops offering online Christmas gift shopping

November 26, 2020January 11, 2022 Grace Boyle 0 Comments Guides

December is around the corner, which means that the run up to panic buying last minute bubble bath sets is

Young linda in the back garden of 40 libra road

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Memories: from Libra Road to Brodick House

November 7, 2020January 14, 2022 Grace Boyle 2 Comments Features

From the outdoor toilets and fireside tin baths of Libra Road, to the brand new high rise flats of Brodick

Man launching steam boat in Victoria Park lake

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This is Home: photographs of the Victoria Park Model Steam Boat Club

October 24, 2020June 22, 2021 Grace Boyle 0 Comments

Stumbling across these beautiful black and white photos of the Victoria Park Model Steam Boat Club from 1949, we were

Cockney Cultural heritage Heritage Local

Cockney rhyming slang history: the roots, the rhymes and the reasons

October 10, 2020January 14, 2022 Grace Boyle 8 Comments Features

Ever fallen down the ‘apples and pears’? Have you had your ‘barnet’ chopped recently? Called a mate on the old

Rows of pre-fab buildings in Mile End Park, London, where the Eco Pavilion now stands

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Mile End Park’s Eco Pavilion; from post-war prefabs to picturesque parkland

September 20, 2020January 14, 2022 Grace Boyle 3 Comments Features

The lush greenery around Mile End park’s Ecology Pavilion, which we wander around today, was once a thriving neighbourhood made up of Lessada Street, Totty Street and Palm Street. Haven’t heard of these names? It’s because they no longer exist.