Shopping Archives — Bethnal Green LDN

Nestled down Calvert Avenue of Arnold Circus you’ll find a traditional greengrocer that champions food cultivation, consumption, and community integrity.

Wood engraving depicting Columbia Market hall which was the Victorian precursor to Columbia Road Flower Market that exists today in Bethnal Green

Columbia Market Hall c. 1873, from the V&A archives

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Columbia Market Hall: from failed fish market to thriving flower market

4 May 202225 April 2023 Niamh O'Neill

Built by philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts, Columbia Market Hall once stood where Columbia Road Flower Market now exists, and was an

Fishmongers and their fish at Fresh Fish, Bethnal Green Road

Photo by Lily Wakeley, © Social Street CIC

Culture Life and living Local Shopping

A day in the life of fresh fish fishmonger, Ramadan

8 December 202123 March 2023 Lily Wakeley

Fresh fish is a high street staple on Bethnal Green Road. We speak to the passionate fishmonger Ramadan about what

Christmas scenes at Columbia Market, Bethnal Green

Local Out & About Shopping

A Guide to Bethnal Green’s Best Community Christmas Events

3 December 202123 March 2023 Lily Wakeley

There is nothing that says Christmas more than the amuse-bouche assortment of tinsel tinted events that build up to the

Shop front of The Common Press Bookshop, which 'welcome' graphic and illustration of womxn reading books. Brick Lane.

The Common Press welcomes you into their bookshop, inviting us to hire their podcast studios and to rent their event space. © Glass House Projects

Culture Out & About Queer London Shopping

Glass House Projects: Brick Lane’s radical new queer shop and venue

19 October 202123 March 2023 Lily Wakeley

It’s hard to miss the fabulous display of high-heeled buxom womxn reading on the glass front of Brick Lane’s new

The market with a sunset picture of the gas store in the background

Image: Oval Night Market

Local Shopping

Oval Night Market returns

25 June 202123 March 2023 Niamh Carroll

As the Oval Night Market returns to Bethnal Green, organisers are confident of the long-term future of the event, despite

The front of Brick Lane Bookshop

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Review: Brick Lane Bookshop

25 May 202123 March 2023 Niamh Carroll

Brick Lane Bookshop is a compact bookshop with a lot of charm. It celebrates East London as well as offering

Customers browsing the front of Blackman's Shoes, Cheshire Street

Image: Roy Katzenburg

Local Out & About Shopping

Blackman’s Shoes: Serving East Londoners since 1935

3 April 202123 March 2023 Niamh Carroll

Family-run shoe shop, Blackman’s Shoes, has shunned online retail and embraced its East London locale. Despite lying just metres off