{"id":11751,"date":"2021-01-15T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=11751"},"modified":"2021-01-11T10:07:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T10:07:52","slug":"marshgate-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=11751","title":{"rendered":"Marshgate Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Marshgate Lane from Northern Outfall Sewer, 1990<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Marshgate Lane runs through the centre of Stratford Mash and what became the London 2012 Olympic site. It’s southern end was a short distance north of the bridge over St Thomas’s Creek on Pudding Mill Lane, and it ran parallel and a few yards to the east of Pudding Mill Lane, which rejoined it just south of the Northern Outfall Sewer. Marshgate Lane then continued in its northerly route past Knobs Hill to run beside the Old River Lee and across both the City Mill River and the Waterworks River to Carpenters Road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Industry between Marshgate Lane and the City Mill River, 1983<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It’s southern area still follows the same route, though it now starts at Stratford High St, which was previously Pudding Mill Lane, and north of the sewage outfall its route is completely different. But what was back in the 1980s a street lined for much of its route with industrial premises is now a wasteland with some athletic facilities, parts of which will shortly be covered with tall blocks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maryland Plastics, St Thomas’s Creek, Pudding Mill Lane, 1983<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As well as the Olympic devastation, Crossrail has also played havoc with the southern area. An earlier addition with little disruption was the Docklands Light Railway, extended to Stratford for the Olympics and opened to the public in 2011 with a station on Pudding Mill Lane, which gives considerably more convenient access to the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marshgate Lane, 1990<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It isn’t always easy to decide now exactly where I took some of these pictures as I wandered freely around the area, both on the streets, on the Greenway and other footpaths and through some small areas of waste land. So some pictures captioned as Marshgate Lane may actually be on Pudding Mill Lane or even Barbers Rd or Cooks Road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marshgate Lane, 1990<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There was considerable opposition from some of the businesses in the area to the redevelopment for the Olympics, and for some it was the end of their business, while a few did well out of their relocation. I continued to photograph in the area during the redevelopment, though access to much of it was closed, the area surrounded by a blue fence and security guards. Now there is little to attract me back to Stratford Marsh, and my few visits before Covid have been sadly disappointing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marshagate Lane, 1990<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

More pictures from the 1980s on Flickr.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All photographs on this and my other sites, unless otherwise stated, are taken by and copyright of Peter Marshall, and are available for reproduction or can be bought as prints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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