Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Bloody cheek !!
I knew that area well as I worked just across the road from Brick Lane; there are some good Indian restaurants there.
Roger
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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Yes roger It was very good for a curry ,shame its Turing into downtown Islamabad
There was a remembrance service 4 or five years back to the Jewish bombing victims of ww2 in this aria ,and the fanatic started stoning the crowd.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I'm sure the ordinary Muslim business people don't want to be drawn into that nonsense. I used to visit lots of the Indian clothes wholesalers round there when I worked for Natwest at their computer centre and they were all very nice, but astute, businessmen.
Roger
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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Like all mafia clans ,they rule and recruit by fear,, and finance with the rackets and drugs supply.
Brian Dixon
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that's right kieth lets give them all 40 lashes for not drinking booze.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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roger refers to india and keith to pakistan, in my recollection brick lane is almost totally bangla deshi.
about 15 to 20 years back a study was done on the effects of extreme right thugs in the area, the conclusion from local business persons was that they wanted protection from the gangs in their own community rather than a few slogan shouting yobs.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I didn't draw any distinction really Howard, I wouldn't know where they came from - Pakistan, Bangladesh and India were all the same country once.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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indian restaurants serve alcohol roger, having said that i used to frequent a "restaurant" in humberstone street in whitechapel, lousy decor but excellent and very cheap food. run by a devout muslim family who would not sell alcohol but customers could bring a bottle of wine along and they would uncork it and supply glasses.
doubt if they would be allowed to get away with that today.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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There are a number of Indian/Bangladeshi/Pakistani restaurants who offer a BYO (bring your own) drinks; works very well too and in fact draws more people in.
Roger