Basterfield Billy

Neighbourhood ramblings from the Golden Lane area of London

Saturday, 3 November 2018

Picture: Concrete Repairs

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Pattern left by concrete repairs to the ceiling of the Stanley Cohen House undercover area close to Fann Street and Bowater House.

Across the great divide

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Cross Golden Lane from one side to the other and you step over the line. The west side, the estate side, is in the City of London, less a Lo...
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Golden Lane Gallery: Great Arthur House roof garden

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Power and the people. Signpost shows Cripplegate Ward officials at the top and a Golden Lane Gallery poster comprising residents' photog...
Wednesday, 31 October 2018

Golden Lane: November 2018

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One of our Common Councillors, Hatfield House resident Sue Pearson, blew her top not long ago at a City Corporation planning meeting, accusi...
Tuesday, 9 October 2018

Golden Lane: October 2018

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A prize for the Most Dangerous Place on Golden Lane does not exist. If it did, it would go to the southwest corner of the estate at the ju...
Tuesday, 2 October 2018

EC1: An international neighbourhood

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I like to think of the Golden Lane Estate as warm and welcoming, a place where people from across the globe can feel comfortable and safe...
Saturday, 15 September 2018

Ouch, that really hurt!

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The Roof of the Sir Ralph Perring Centre on the Golden Lane Estate is a potential death trap for delinquent male teenagers, who prowl its di...
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Billy Mann
I'm originally from Liverpool and worked as a national magazine journalist for more than 30 years before suffering a stroke at age 53. I started this blog as part of a neurorehabilitation programme and wrote the very first postings with one finger of my disabled left hand. Later, art became another therapy for me at Headway East London's Submit To Love studios. I write a monthly column about my London neighbourhood for a local newspaper and volunteer as a teaching assistant, coaching schoolchildren in aspects of journalism.
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