West is east
Welcome to my neighbourhood in west London. Uxbridge Road in Shepherd’s Bush is a vibrant thoroughfare lined with shops, always thronging with people and filled with the oxygen of everyday life. It’s a multicultural district embracing people from around the world. A glance at some of the shop fronts reveal that the Middle East has left an impression on the area, with elegant signs in Arabic and colourful displays of produce.
In the midst of this is the stately blue of Bush Hall, a music venue with 19th century roots which sits next to the local mosque. Walk further down the road and find a small group of Somali shops, Polish supermarkets, Syrian restaurants, coffee shops, clothes stores – an entire urban community.
Enjoy this pen portrait of just one absorbing London street.
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Eclectic is the word for this street, Mike and I’ll be interested to see the other end of it. Very, very different from country Australia.
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Yes, I think there’s a big contrast to your part of the world, Lee. The urban riches here are very concentrated and varied, but you have all that landscape there.
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Ah, yes, our landscapes :)
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Like the whole collection.
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Thank you Diana. And all quite literally on the doorstep!
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Great set Mike and a really good idea. Might try something similar myself for my own neighbourhood.
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Thanks very much, Mark. This eclectic corner of the world is a real draw – there’s another busy stretch in the other direction to cover.
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