{"id":62112,"date":"2017-07-28T22:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T15:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-brockley-south-east-london\/"},"modified":"2017-07-28T22:33:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T15:33:23","slug":"lets-move-to-brockley-south-east-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-brockley-south-east-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Brockley, south-east London"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt feels like London used to feel, only with decent coffeeWhat\u2019s going for it? I like Brockley. Gentrification advances, but has yet to overwhelm the place. Duck down the odd back alley, squint and you might have slipped down a wormhole to 1978 when it was full of sociology students from Goldsmiths, bohemians and the scent of wacky baccy and rosebay willow herb. A glance in an estate agent\u2019s window might break the spell, but the geography of hills, valleys and crisscrossing railway lines is complex enough to keep hidden wormholes to a past long disappeared in inner London, like a wee nature reserve off terraced streets, or Hilly Fields park, its stone circle glowering over London\u2019s thrusting skyline, the glorious Rivoli Ballroom, and the shaggy mews of overgrown flora behind the town houses on Wickham Road. It feels like London used to feel, only with decent coffee. And a lovely Saturday market. The past wasn\u2019t always so great.The case against The centre has no centre, just a gigantic knot of roads and railways. Quite a few ratruns in this age of Waze. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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