Islington and the area southwest of the Angel are extremely interesting. After all, it was not always the gentrified chichi place it is now: - old London Jewry

Islington and the area southwest of the Angel are extremely interesting. After all, it was not always the gentrified chichi place it is now: - old London Jewry still had a presence on Rosebery Avenue, in little mom and pop stores. I used to stuff my face on salt beef sandwiches prepared by a lovely old lady near Sadlers Wells. - down towards Clerkenwell is the Church of the Holy Redeemer, a rare example of the High Anglican Church (aka "bells and smells"). I cant go in here without feeling like someone out of Dickens who just had a nice letter from Cardinal Newman. - City University is nearby, and although its all polished now, back then it was very much a local education resource for working people. I took Russian at night school here once.