Well, after two weeks, we’ve done it. We’ve found, let, and moved into Flat 2, 7 Allen Road, Stoke Newington, N16 8SB. The small diamond-shaped sign on the front of the building reads Butterfield House. When I look out the front door, or the window of our bedroom, which looks to the street, I see the sculpted iron-gated entrance to Butterfield Green. Down the street is a pub called The Shakespeare. Next door is a yoga studio called YogaHome. We’re in the town of Stoke Newington, the burough of Hackney, the city of London, the country of England, the United Kingdom, Europe. It’s nice to be here.
“Stokey”, as the locals call it, is the bohemian center of north-east London, refuge of artists, musicians and lesbians. Stoke Newington Church Street is one of the greatest streets in London for “pottering,” as Caroline says. Second-hand stores, Flower shops, Sandwich counters, Organic food stores, Vintage furniture, Art.Boutique clothing; hours and hours of shopping. Yummy mummy’s of the Hackney set push posh prams past punks and pavement dwellers. We have some of the best Indian food in London (Rasa, the originals), Turkish, Italian (Il Bacio), and Gastropubs. For drinking we have Ryan’s Bar, the Auld Shilelagh, the Three Crowns, The Prince, The Londesborough and many more. You must come visit!
Over the next year I’ll try and share this and other parts of London with you. It will be London discovered…uncovered…covered.
“Stokey”, as the locals call it, is the bohemian center of north-east London, refuge of artists, musicians and lesbians. Stoke Newington Church Street is one of the greatest streets in London for “pottering,” as Caroline says. Second-hand stores, Flower shops, Sandwich counters, Organic food stores, Vintage furniture, Art.Boutique clothing; hours and hours of shopping. Yummy mummy’s of the Hackney set push posh prams past punks and pavement dwellers. We have some of the best Indian food in London (Rasa, the originals), Turkish, Italian (Il Bacio), and Gastropubs. For drinking we have Ryan’s Bar, the Auld Shilelagh, the Three Crowns, The Prince, The Londesborough and many more. You must come visit!
Over the next year I’ll try and share this and other parts of London with you. It will be London discovered…uncovered…covered.
Allen Road, N16 - incidentally, just round the corner from where the first ever bomb dropped on London from the air fell in WW1
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