Last of the Real High Streets

Acclaimed street photographer, Colin O’ Brien and award-winning travel writer, Jane Egginton love living off vibrant Chatsworth Road. This high street, filled almost exclusively with independent shops, is a rarity in modern Britain.

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

Thems Please

Thems Please is a pop up exhibition in the 'old Wrigleys shop' on Chatsworth Road of sculptures made over a fifteen year period by B...

Monday, 20 September 2010

Chats Palace Exhibition

You may have read in Hackney Today (20th Sept) about our upcoming exhibition at Chats Palace. In this exhibition, words and images we have g...

Friday, 23 July 2010

The Juice Bar

“Chatsworth Road is raw and diverse. I love it around here” says Lumiere, owner of the local juice bar. “It’s a real community, which is som...

The French Deli

“We need the market to work. It really hurts to see empty shops and landlords just leaving”, says the owner of the French deli, L'epicer...

Regal Pharmacy

“We have been in Chatsworth Road for 45 years’ says the owner, Jay. We used to own the pharmacy in what used to be the old post office, then...

East London Locks

'I think Chatsworth, which everyone calls Chats, is a fantastic road. I have had an office here since 1998 and if I don’t come here, I g...

Too Sweet

This Caribbean takeaway, open every day from 11.30 to 10, does a brisk trade in patties, stewed chicken, oxtail, fried dumpling and chicken ...

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About Me

Jane Egginton: I am an award-winning travel writer and member of the British Guild of Travel Writers (http://www.bgtw.org/jane-egginton.html) who has written about destinations around the world for book publishers, online guides and newspapers such as the Guardian and the Sunday Times.

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