A series of six films about English communities where the past is still strongly reflected in the present. 1: Roman Road, Bow
Today Roman Road is one old street in a sea of modern blocks, but it's a street that bursts with life on market days. Petticoat Lane may attract the tourists, but Roman Road, the only other full-scale street market left in the East End, still draws the locals in search of value for money, and ex-locals in search of nostalgia.
And if the traders' Winter Shopping Festival is not quite the 150th Anniversary of the market as advertised, it can boast among its attractions HENRY COOPER , a mobile band, and a mammoth ' knees-up ' in the Town Hall.
Brian Trueman talks to traders and customers about why Roman Road survives.
Film cameraman DAVID JACKSON A
Film recordist
DENNIS CARTWRIGHT
Film editor PETER MARSH Producers
JOHN C. MILLER SID WADDELL
BBC Manchester
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