Visit to London

Ten Bells Pub - Bricklane (also know as The Jack the Ripper between 1976 - 1988)

This pub has become famous for its association with two victims of Jack the Ripper, Annie Chapman and Mary Kelly. During this visit, it appeared very run down and in-between renovation, with toilets straight out of hell, but the ten bells has a strange atmosphere and seems to attracts many drinkers including many tourists who stop as part as a walking tour.
The decorative tiles are entitled 'Spitalfields in ye Olden Time" and date back to the late 19th Century designed by the firm of Wmb B Simpson and sons.

  

Invader Artist - Spitalfields (taken from Rootmasters window, while enjoying some healthy scran)

 

D*face, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane

Drone Dog, D*face's signature character on top of a battered car.

Rootmaster veggi - london's first vegan Bustaurant also reasonably priced too.

This part of London has a real vibe about it, a great place to spend a saturday afternoon. I was amazed how many Londoners ride fixie's now and how they all congregate around Spitalfields, maybe the newly opened Missionworkshop has a lot to do with the steady flux of riders cruising through bricklane, or maybe this is just where the 'cool' folk hang out? What ever it was I felt right at home surrounded by fellow riders and the good graffiti and artistic images that decorated the outsides of buildings rather than shitty tags you normally see strewn around the city.