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Street markets

Roman Road Market is the first street market to launch a space in the metaverse called Cabbage Alley.

Cabbage Alley: Roman Road is the world’s first street market on the metaverse

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 Tabitha Stapely 168 Views 1 min read

Social Streets, the media company that publishes news and culture magazines for Tower Hamlets, has launched Cabbage Alley, the first

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Elif Cinpolat, who makes and sells Turkish gosleme from her stall on Roman Road Market.

A taste of Turkey on the Roman: Elif Cinpolat’s golden gözlemes 

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 Polly Nash 247 Views 4 min read

Serving up traditional Turkish gözlemes, Cinpolat feels at home on the Roman. If you’ve ever strolled through Roman Road market

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Urban Makers Christmas Market at Ecology Pavilion

Guide to East London Christmas Markets in 2021

November 24, 2021January 13, 2022 Dominika Kubinyova 15093 Views 9 min read

Every year the concrete metropolis fills up with twinkling lights, festive decorations, tiny stalls, pop-ups, and a merry atmosphere to

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A man with his shirt off holds rolls of fabric at Roman Road Market photoessay from 2020, by photographer Wedgley Snipes.
Roman Road Market photoessay © Wedgley Snipes

Market day on Roman Road [photoessay]

July 7, 2021February 25, 2022 Evie Breese 608 Views 3 min read

Take a stroll down Roman Road market with photographer Wedgley Snipes. People have been ‘going down the Roman’ for over

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An underwear stall at busy Roman Road Market, East London

The insider’s guide to East London markets

May 22, 2019July 30, 2019 Anna Lezard 67601 Views 14 min read

East London has a lot to offer, but one of its best known offerings is its proper traditional East End

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Andy Adenegan Candi Donut Roman Road Marke

The Donut Man can – the tale of Andy Adenegan’s Candi Donut Co

March 3, 2019January 13, 2022 Natasha Forrest 52690 Views 7 min read

Andy Adenegan, known to Roman Road locals as ‘The Donut Man’, has been at his spot outside Bow library at

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Enzo at his Saint Sugar of London on Roman Road

Brioche to the people – Saint Sugar of London celebrates over a decade of market life

February 4, 2019January 13, 2022 Frederick O'Brien 18582 Views 6 min read

Kierkegaard bread? Rumzipan? Anti-oxidant bombs? It can only be Saint Sugar of London. The healthy eating bakery stall is a

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Image of Roman Road showing a horse and carriage, shops with awnings and market stalls
Roman Road Market Old Ford archive postcard

The history of Roman Road Market

September 6, 2018October 4, 2019 Tabitha Potts 27494 Views 4 min read

Roman Road Market has a rich and varied history, as befits its status as one of the oldest trading street

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Dawud Marsh looks at Roman Road then and now [photoessay]

September 3, 2018February 25, 2022 April Kosky 26930 Views 8 min read

These ‘then and now’ photographs of Roman Road Market, recreating archive images from the 1960s to the 1990s, reveal how

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Brian Baker tribute on Roman Road

Roman Road Market traders pay tribute to Brian Baker

July 31, 2018May 23, 2019 April Kosky 13020 Views 1 min read

Roman Road market traders paid tributes to wheelwright Brian Baker who passed away on 25th July. On Saturday a traditional

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Archive image of Roman Road Market, East London, from 1990s

Roman Road Market in the 1990s [photoessay]

July 24, 2018February 25, 2022 April Kosky 3476 Views 2 min read

We found a bunch of the best Roman Road Market 1990s flashback images for you to enjoy. Scroll through and

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Roman Road Market in the 1960s [photoessay]

July 11, 2018February 25, 2022 April Kosky 6685 Views 3 min read

Flashback to the swinging 1960s, a decade of the Beatles, the Civil Rights movement, short skirts and bargain deals in

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