Roman Road, Bow. 24th January 2019

The pie and mash shop on Roman road has been closed for as long as I’ve lived here. The other morning as I was walking down to get the number 8 bus I saw there was new plywood hoarding up and a white sheet of paper stuck on the front.

As I went over to investigate, a local stall-holder fella appeared by my side -

“Great news innit! It’s been three years and they’ve finally got round to putting a sign up saying ‘w’re temporarily closed’. Oh yes, things are really moving now lad! It’s might only be another three or four years before we get some bloody pie and mash.”

He walked back to set up his stall with a shake of the head and a chuckle.

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