https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/25/columbia-road-market-76/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 09 Oct 2016 09:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/25/columbia-road-market-76/#comment-1110901 Sun, 09 Oct 2016 09:06:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58656#comment-1110901 In the 80s they used to sell a brilliant long grey mesh, flat bottom bag called a Columbia Carrier which you could stuff with plants. I just threw mine out today, it had almost completely disintegrated but it was the most useful plant carrier I ever had. Wish they were still made!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/25/columbia-road-market-76/#comment-41872 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:32:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58656#comment-41872 Interesting that twiddly willow was being sold on the market in 1976 – I thought it was invented in 1985! It was everywhere then…

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