The hidden history of Cabbage: the obscure fashion industry practice that helped shape Roman Road Market
Cabbage – the clothing, not the vegetable – at one time drew crowds to Roman Road Market, making it a
Read more
Roman Road Market
Cabbage Alley: Roman Road is the world’s first street market on the metaverse
Social Streets, the media company that publishes news and culture magazines for Tower Hamlets, has launched Cabbage Alley, the first
Read more
A taste of Turkey on the Roman: Elif Cinpolat’s golden gözlemes
Serving up traditional Turkish gözlemes, Cinpolat feels at home on the Roman. If you’ve ever strolled through Roman Road market
Read more
Market day on Roman Road snapped by zine-maker Wedgley Snipes [photoessay]
Take a stroll down Roman Road market with photographer Wedgley Snipes. People have been ‘going down the Roman’ for over
Read more
Roman Road provides inspiration for fashion shoot
Angular high rise estates, colourful shop fronts, graffiti-covered doorways and graphic 60s tiling. Local fashion photographer Leanne Bebbington has drawn
Read more
Brioche to the people – Saint Sugar of London celebrates over a decade of market life
Kierkegaard bread? Rumzipan? Anti-oxidant bombs? It can only be Saint Sugar of London. The healthy eating bakery stall is a
Read more
Vernon Hall’s philanthropic origin: The old Bow library was originally known as the Passmore Edwards Library
Obscured by trees, most of us pass by Vernon Hall without a second glance, hurrying on to the Idea Store
Read more
The history of Roman Road Market
Roman Road Market has a rich and varied history, as befits its status as one of the oldest trading street
Read more
Dawud Marsh looks at Roman Road then and now [photoessay]
These ‘then and now’ photographs of Roman Road Market, recreating archive images from the 1960s to the 1990s, reveal how
Read more
Roman Road Market traders pay tribute to Brian Baker
Roman Road market traders paid tributes to wheelwright Brian Baker who passed away on 25th July. On Saturday a traditional
Read more
Roman Road Market in the 1990s [photoessay]
We found a bunch of the best Roman Road Market 1990s flashback images for you to enjoy. Scroll through and
Read more
Roman Road Market in the 1960s [photoessay]
Flashback to the swinging 1960s, a decade of the Beatles, the Civil Rights movement, short skirts and bargain deals in
Read more