Comments on: Down The Old Roman Rd

By: DAVID FARREN

DAVID FARREN — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 22:06:05 +0000

I lived in Bethnal Green in the 50s. As kids we would, on Saturday’s eat at Pellicci’s (we called it Pellikies)
But now the only reference I can find is Pellicci’s in Bethnal Green Rd. There is no reference, that I can find, to the Pellicci’s in Roman Rd. Chips and peas 9d.
It was on the opposite side to Kelly’s pie shop, about 200yds left of Bonner St. Does anyone have any knowledge of it?

By: Di Corry

Di Corry — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 19:52:36 +0000

As Gary mentions it, I also remember the stretch of Roman Road being called Green Street which is now called ‘Globe Town’. Members of my family still refer to it as Green Street….which I think sounds much nicer.
My great Grandma was bombed out of Worley Street during the War and always used the shops and stalls around there.
There used to be another branch of G. Kelly in Green Street, now sadly gone forever.

By: Gary Arber

Gary Arber — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 17:23:12 +0000

Until the 1950’s the stretch of road from Bethnal Green to the Regents Canal was called Green Street, Roman Road started at the canal. My shop was number 159. Green Street was renamed Roman road and 300 was added to the original Roman Road shops, my shop became number became 459. St Barnabas Church was built for the Baptists but they rejected it as being (too grand) The Church of England took it over. A less ornate Church was erected for the Baptists a few doors down Grove Road where it remains to this day as Victoria Park Baptist Church. When the Gentle Author fancied a beer on his journey TGA should have called into the Young Prince, Barry the landlord owns it and does his “own thing” He stocks a fantastic range of drinks, you only get the best from Barry.
Gary

By: Dave Verguson

Dave Verguson — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 17:06:19 +0000

My dad grew up on Ellesmere Rd, one of the ‘elegant terraces’ that ran north from Roman Rd, though they only occupied the first floor and the toilet was down stairs and through the basement kitchen and out the back. My mum grew up off Grove Rd. (Granddad working on the railway as carriage painter and in the ARP )

We had moved out from Dalston to Romford ion the mid 1950s. We visited by bus and walked up from Mile End along Grove Rd. Does anyone else remember the toy shop on Roman Rd, not far from the junction with Grove Rd? I would run ahead just to look in the window!

By: Paul Loften

Paul Loften — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:10:40 +0000

…..and those that will walk down it in the future

By: Paul Loften

Paul Loften — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:59:56 +0000

Why do I bother reading and commenting on the Gentle Author? I have a lot to do with my time . Today’s blog explains it all. A stroll down the Roman Road can be a just be a stroll . However the Gentle Author transforms it into a trip trough time . We enter into another dimension, the past links to the present and the whole picture appears in our minds of the road as it was from the begining. So that is why I bother . My time is shared with the millions who have walked down the Roman Road before me.

By: Sue Hare (Radley)

Sue Hare (Radley) — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:32:01 +0000

I used to go there every Saturday to the market with my mum. Auntie Sylvie lived there & we gathered in her house with all of my aunts (my mum being one of 12). The market was full of bargains fantastic stalls selling all the latest fashions. Happy days.

By: Mathilde Grange

Mathilde Grange — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:12:15 +0000

The City View hotel is the best. Great road, great pictures.

By: Di Corry

Di Corry — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 08:50:17 +0000

Thank you for taking me on an early morning stroll down memory lane although much has changed since my childhood and subsequent visits there. I do hope that G. Kelly reopens as it’s my favourite pie and mash shop too!

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 07:48:59 +0000

Re Passmore Edwards in Cornwall (he was Cornish by birth):
http://www.passmoreedwards.org.uk/pages/Cornwall/Contents%20Cornwall.htm