On the bottom of Queens Road at its junction with Markhouse stands the Common Gate Hotel, a former pub that closed its doors in 2002. The building

This is my Walthamstow. Tales, rants and meanderings of a proud resident of E17
On the bottom of Queens Road at its junction with Markhouse stands the Common Gate Hotel, a former pub that closed its doors in 2002. The building
I’ve lived in Walthamstow for 12 years but this year I discovered something new about the glorious Stow, it has a thriving twitter community. I
We grabbed a table outside Ricco’s and I ordered a cup of tea and a Greek salad with humus, I don’t quiet remember when I
It started with a whisper, a distant threat on the horizon, the feeling that someone or something is watching you. We all put it to the
Sitting on a deckchair pretending to be happy, that’s how I spent the first night in our house. We had lived in Walthamstow for seven years,