Clapton Pond Blog

Low Level Affluence

What are we like round here? The ads and posters in Palm 2 tell their own story: we're agitational, alternative, entrepreneurial, musical and rather pre-occupied with our health. We're a bit affluent too, though mostly at the low end of the scale. That's some of us, anyhow. A broader picture of this part of Clapton is provided by the demographic profiles on the Council's website.

At Last: Phoenix Rises From Ashes Of Don's Cafe

It's well over four years since Don's Cafe closed, but I can still taste the last fried egg I ate there. For a while afterwards there were no fried eggs to be had near the Pond, whether on toast or with bacon and chips. Life was bad. Happily, Havana's has since filled the gaping space, but Don's place just stayed boarded up. Nothing changed exccept the colour of the builders' fencing.