I
set out to go to Broadway Market in Hackney and ended up at the Angel Islington
and Euston. It is a long story but I will keep it short for the evening is warm.
The Central Line to Bethnal and a bus and there it was – just as I found it a
few years ago. And the outdoor table
tennis stone table was still there – it was the first one I had seen i9n London
and now they are everywhere.
Walking
through the stalls I sussed out where I might but a piece of cheese and some
fresh crusty bread for my supper. The chicken and ham pie looked tempting at £4
a slice. I asked the young lady to cut it up for me – and it crumbled. The man
standing by – her father perhaps? – told her to give me another piece but I
said I wanted to eat it and I like crumbly pastry. You can have it for two
quid, the man said – and they both laughed as I took their photograph. Sitting
on a wall in the park to eat, O told a lady who was there with her daughter
about the pie. They both laughed too!
There
were few strawberries to be seen so I bought two packs of raspberries which will
go well with the meringues and fresh cream we are having for Sunday lunch. The
man assured me they came from a very good farm and I believed him! The Regents
Canal was calm with a slight breeze which made watching the antics at the lock
pleasurable – as I did not have to heave the gates open.
I
spotted that a bus would take me to the Angel Islington and here I noted that
another bus would go to Liverpool Street Station. What I failed to notice,
however, was the direction in which the bus I boarded was going – until it
struck me that Euston is not Liverpool Street. It was hot! A bus to Holborn and
another took me where I wanted to go.
There
is something about London Markets that fascinate. My favourite of Borough, but
Broadway comes a close second. I heard it said that the square in BBC TV’s EastEnders was based on Broadway Market.
Although Broadway is one long street and not a square!
