From the Jewish Chronicle:
"Sandy’s Row in Spitalfields is the oldest functioning Ashkenazi synagogue in the country and services have been attended regularly since 1854. Every weekday, except Fridays, a growing band of City workers flock there to attend the minchah service. Proceedings are short and sweet — all over in eight minutes, performed at breakneck speed by merchant bankers and stock-traders who swap their Bluetooth headsets for tallit in order to pray in their lunch hours."
More on those worshippers here and more on Sandy's Row here. And speaking of synagogues, I never did find out why this fine example got leveled.
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