Those damn gentrifiers, pushing out the original Bengali residents, who pushed out the original Jewish people, who pushed out the original French immigrants, who pushed out the original Georgian English people, etc etc.
Hands up if you’re a cockney descended from Huguenot silkweavers
I forget the name off the top of my head, but there’s a mosque on Brick Lane that used to be a synagogue, before that it was a Methodist chapel and before that, it was a chapel for the Huguenots.
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Those damn gentrifiers, pushing out the original Bengali residents, who pushed out the original Jewish people, who pushed out the original French immigrants, who pushed out the original Georgian English people, etc etc.
Hands up if you’re a cockney descended from Huguenot silkweavers
I forget the name off the top of my head, but there’s a mosque on Brick Lane that used to be a synagogue, before that it was a Methodist chapel and before that, it was a chapel for the Huguenots.
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