tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056146054627113746.post637147094861156441..comments2023-10-20T17:28:36.625+01:00Comments on tattyhousehastings: East London is a changing...Bev http://www.blogger.com/profile/04640812762955604592noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056146054627113746.post-38691032771784007372009-11-05T11:23:42.161+00:002009-11-05T11:23:42.161+00:00I worked for Haringey PCT/Social Services before c...I worked for Haringey PCT/Social Services before coming here...Substance Misuse Commissioning. We were in A1, which like B1, and nearly all the other non-mental health wards is now an admin block. I think there was an older people's ward somewhere with real patients in though...<br />My best St Ann's story was my friend Jeff hurting his foot about ten years ago, and hobbling up to Reception at St Ann's and asking to see someone. If I remember rightly they just told him it was a mental hosital (nice use of words) and to hobble off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056146054627113746.post-63207562989995768862009-11-05T10:24:01.010+00:002009-11-05T10:24:01.010+00:00Good Grief.....I worked at St. Ann's hospital ...Good Grief.....I worked at St. Ann's hospital too!! I even lived on-site for a while.<br />In the early 80's I was Accommodation Officer for the doctors' and nurses' homes.<br />Before that worked at the Prince of Wales' Hospital on Tottenham High Road.....closed ages ago.<br /><br />Small world.......Sandra Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04538875136752456633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056146054627113746.post-68993568530264661842009-11-04T22:28:39.127+00:002009-11-04T22:28:39.127+00:00Jen - I forgot your Eastend roots -yes, do have a ...Jen - I forgot your Eastend roots -yes, do have a look. You can probably see the buildings and stuff from Victoria Park, and even if not have a lovely walk/pint in the organic pub.<br />Sandra - um, no Tottenham is very not gentrified. I used to work at St Ann's (N15), not a great area. N17 probably even worse. Sadly crack is a big problem around the streets. But if you'd lived in Walthamstow Village or towards Green Lanes then oh my god yes, you'd be kicking yourself for selling...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056146054627113746.post-11965531669575384662009-11-04T20:16:14.605+00:002009-11-04T20:16:14.605+00:00I'm heading up Roman Road this weekend so thin...I'm heading up Roman Road this weekend so think I'll take a wander over and have a nosey after reading your post. Most of my family have moved out now but you should hear the opinions they've got on it all!Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07043779855693106751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056146054627113746.post-36298372235251832032009-11-04T19:46:44.697+00:002009-11-04T19:46:44.697+00:00I used to live in Tottenham (N17) but haven't ...I used to live in Tottenham (N17) but haven't been back there in over 25 years. <br /><br />I used to love walking along the Lea Valley to Picketts Lock. Apart from the odd dog-walker it was completely deserted back in the day. <br /><br />I expect the whole area has been yuppified now and the little 2 up-2 down terraced house I lived in is worth squillions of pounds.Sandra Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04538875136752456633noreply@blogger.com