Vallance Road East London 1985

Walking up Vallance Road towards Bethnal Road in the 1980s you would pass derelict land enclosed by ramshackle boarding. All of it has now been built on. ‘Luxury housing’ has increased and social housing diminished. In the distance in the photograph below you can see the familiar landmark of the railway bridge. The woman pushing the trolley bag has to negotiate a rough terrain compared with the improved paving on Vallance Road today.

Woman with a shopping trolley on Vallance Road. East London, 1985.

Vallance Road 1983 – 2015

Vallance Road In The East End

Phil Maxwell At Watney Market

The Changing East End (18)

The City From Whitechapel 1984 – 2017

Changing Whitechapel Market

Whitechapel Market 1984 – 2006

Watney Market East London