In the second album of photographer Peter Marshall’s pictures of cafes in London between 1980 and 1990, we’re off to Mo’s, Maggie’s, Ivy’s and Pegy’s. These cafes and more were in business before chains of coffee shops cropped up on pretty much every high street offering a vast array of styles and flavours. This was a slice of London life before you could milk an almond and when a syrup was something you wore on your noggin.
Coffee? How d’yer take it – with or without?
Come as you are…
Ivy Café, Lewisham, 1990
Como café, High St, Walthamstow, Waltham Forest, 1989
Pegy’s Cafe, 75, Atlantic Rd, Brixton, Lambeth, 1987
Cafe, Earl’s Court, Kensington & Chelsea, 1987
Bambinos, Café, Fulham, West Kensington, Hammersmith & Fulham, 1990
Café, Caledonian Rd, Pentonville, Islington, 1990
St Pancras Cafe, Pancras Rd, Kings Cross, Camden, 1990
Victory Cafe, Hackney Rd, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, 1986-8
Joe’s Cafe, Old Kent Rd, Peckham, Southwark, 1989
The Cafe, Kilburn High Rd, Brondesbury, Camden, 1988
Maggie’s Cafe, Silk Mills Path, Lewisham, 1990
San Remo Cafe, Lancaster Rd, Notting Hill, Kensington & Chelsea, 1988
The Recession Cafe, Islington Green, 1989
Cafe des Artistes, Finborough Rd, West Brompton, Kensington & Chelsea, 1988
Josies CAFE, Mantle Rd, Brockley, Lewisham, 1990
Mo’s Cafe, Clarence St area, East Hull, 1989
Sun Cafe, 20, Sun St, Finsbury, City, 1986
Café, Poplar, Tower Hamlets, 1990
Takeaway, Café, Marsham St, London, 1987
Regent Cafe, Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, 1986-8
Ruby In The Dust, Cafe, Restaurant, Camden High St, Camden, 1987
Parma Cafe, 59a, Camden Rd, Camden, 1986,
Café, High St, Walthamstow, Waltham Forest, 1989
Via: Peter Marshall.
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