| Sea Breeze E17: This little gem used
to be stuck up at the tube end of Walthamstow market (as did
several useful caffs now lost over the years.) It was destroyed
November 2003. Behind the etched glass door lay a fantasia of
Formica: large brown booth seats looking vaguely space-aged;
large coloured Mondrian panels on every surface; superb wooden
light fittings... a real live working and breathing classic in
the heart of E17 now shamefully replaced with yet another wretched
fried chicken outlet. Along with the recent news that the Tea
Rooms on Museum Street will close in January 2004 and the Copper
Grill in Eldon Street will be demolished next summer, a new salvo
of shutdowns is obviously on the cards. Grim. |
