At last the refreshment building at the Museum of the Home has re-opened. Still called Molly's it has had a (another) refurbishment and is still expensive. Its re-opening comes just as the museum has re-ordered its galleries and included new layouts of the 'house through time' section.
It is a little ironic that a museum that now prides itself on promoting the history of working class dwellings in east London has become something of a middle class stronghold - especially where catering is concerned. There remain alternative places to eat in the former coal arches along Geffrye Street.
The re-opening coincides with the final closure of Randal Cremer School. The local area mutates and changes every few years. This of course is entirely natural.
I will try and post the notes from my visit to the old public shortly before it was rebuilt to accommodate the flats and restaurant.
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Very good Philip, lots of informationt there, In Geffrye Street, some famillies who lived there were, the Wrights there were 2 daughters, Brenda and Patricia, the Farmers, and I remember June and her family who lived in the house next to the pub. And of course we all went to Randal Cremer School.
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