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* the history of the “Tate & Lyle” Sugar Refinery-at Silvertown-London-E16

Those of you with a ‘sweet tooth’ may enjoy this particular London Shoes topic – a topic which is stirring and sometimes a bit lumpy. This week’s London Shoes publication is about a particular factory that has been churning out its product for over 140 years, and is still very much doing so to this ...Read more...

*The history of the “Trebor” sweet factory – Forest Gate-London-E7

  London Shoes received an e-mail last week from one of its followers in Australia, who enquired as to whether I knew anything about the old sweet factory that used to be located in Forest Gate–London E7 – as his grandfather had once worked there, and as a child, he remembers his grandad telling him ...Read more...

*London’s – Oldest Curry Houses

  My London Shoes website blog for this week was a bit unusual as it had a bit of a gastronomical theme about it – as the subject matter is all about London’s ‘oldest’ Indian restaurants. I had always believed that London’s first Indian restaurants came on the scene in the 1960s and ‘70s, but ...Read more...

*All about…”Smithfield Market”

My London Shoes quest for this week was a bit different from my normal jaunts out, as it was necessary for me to be up and out ‘on the road’ at the crack of dawn, in order to witness the subject matter in all its glory. The topic in question is actually a place that ...Read more...

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