Found all my old backups from previous laptops! They are a little out of order at the end but mostly chronological.

  1. New Cross (near New Cross Gate east London line, now overground, station), 2006
  2. New Cross, 2006
  3. Dagenham in the snow, 2010
  4. View from Parliament Hill in Hampstead Heath (I think?), 2009
  5. Dagenham street from the bus, 2009
  6. Tasty Kebab (best late night student food), New Cross, 2007
  7. People dressed like a zebra around Christmas, in central, 2006
  8. Layer Marney (Essex), 2012
  9. Hackney Weekend, 2012
  10. Fish pedicure near Romford 😖 (I did not participate but went with friends), 2011
  11. Spitalfields on film, 2011
  12. Parliament Square Peace Campaign near Westminster, 2012
  13. Rooftop club (Virgin??), 2012
  14. Bethnal Green, 2012
  15. Shahjalal Estate in Bethnal Green, 2012
  16. Women’s volleyball, London Olympics, 2012
  17. Boris bikes near Shoreditch (taken on a horrible phone camera), 2012
  18. Aftermath of no-cuts protest against Conservative/LibDems near Ritz hotel, 2011
  19. Video game arcade near Tottenham Court Road, 2007
  20. Wetherspoons near Tottenham Court Road, 2007

by euclidiancandlenut

29 comments

  1. Example is still the best mixed genre artist of the noughties. Back during a simpler time

  4. Those fish pedicure things are right up there with the weirdest fads of the 2010s. Who even thought of that as a concept.

  5. I moved to a scuzzy flat in Gospel Oak in 2009 that is *just* out of view in pic 4. The skyline view from Parliament Hill of that time will always remind me of what I specifically believe to be the good ‘ol days (before all my old friends left the city). I still live nearby but, even with the financial crash, it was a time of such optimism for me. Thanks for sharing!

  6. Pic 20 – The Montague Pike if I’m not mistaken (Previously the Marquee Club)

  7. Feels like 2012 was the last “normal” year we had. After that it felt like we had crossed timelines.

  8. I bought a MIDI lead from Homtron once. True story.

  12. London 2012 was such a mood! I still remember the feeling of seeing the city brimming with so many visitors and big sports personalities. My local area was unrecognisable! Many of the regulars had zapped out of town to escape the mayhem as aliens took over their spots at my usual hangouts lol

    Ah, solid memories …

  14. I got lured by “2012 London” and I’ve been stuck here since, chasing that same high and never quite hitting it again 🥲

  15. Maybe show kebab prices because other than that, it looks the same

  18. Neither New Cross kebabs did it for me. Threw my lot in with Uncle Wrinkle.

  20. Mans was cool until 2006 or so in sawf lahndahn (goldsmith’s) then went all posh out east.

  21. Remember people saying they had ‘post 2012’ blues after the Olympics and Paralympics, which was so true. When I very occasionally walk around the Olympic park, the memories and feeling occasionally hit. Loved it, what a time!

  22. I wish you’d taken a photo of the Wetherspoons food and drink menus.

  24. London as the worldwide capital city of hipsteria! When living in Shoreditch was a bold move and when the Dean Street Townhouse was an actually cool place.

  27. The first Dagenham pic is near Civic Center I am sure of it.

  28. Snow! I remember we used to get snow over easter. Now we get summer weather.

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