On Gennaio 23rd, 2010 Andy Milano (non verificato) said:
Hiya'll
I'm Andy from Milano Italy and I would love to share my memories. I've been to Tent City two times in summer 1986 and in summer 1988 as I was travelling by car with my tent, some friends and few money. Tent City was the cheaper place to sleep in London you could have used your own tent or rest in your sleeping bag on iron beds into large military style tents. There was a concrete block with toilets, showers, offices and large locked rooms where you could have stored your belongings. There was a truck turned into a bar where you could have bought basic style sandwiches, bottles ofmilk and Cadbury chocolate bars. Moreovere there where 2 steel pipes structures with wooden benches and tables fixed on it and funny white and yellow plastic shelter on them whwrw yo could have eat our take away food, talk, play music and have a beer.Just infront of Tent City there was a sall cafè run by an old lady, under the train arches with an orange door and a large sign telling "no campers served here" In my mind there are still the feelings about a no stress stay, the friendly atmosphere and the taste of meeting people from all around the world. I still remember the US guy working as a hairdresser in central London, I still remember the italian guy crying because he was fired from his McDonald's job and I still remember the sweet eyes of Kati the finnish girl from Turku I was about to fall in love with. I still remember those happy days when I was 23 and 25, when I was still at university, when I was much more energetic (and not looking for hygene and cleaness where I sleep). I've been to Tent City area in 2006 (the tube stop is East Acton) and I've had one of the biter bites I've ever had. The concrete block has been destroyed, the bar truck has been towed away and a large bunch of scrap denies cars to enter the parking area. The only remains are the white swinging metal fence at the entrance and of the two steel pipes structures with some rotting benches on it. Time flyes unfortunately but is good to find these experiences in my "inner bag" when I sometime open it :-). You can stil see Tent City from high by using Google Earth typing " London 201 Old Oak Common Lane " and if you switch to Street View mode youcan still see the steel structure I was talking.
Hiya'll
I'm Andy from Milano Italy and I would love to share my memories. I've been to Tent City two times in summer 1986 and in summer 1988 as I was travelling by car with my tent, some friends and few money. Tent City was the cheaper place to sleep in London you could have used your own tent or rest in your sleeping bag on iron beds into large military style tents. There was a concrete block with toilets, showers, offices and large locked rooms where you could have stored your belongings. There was a truck turned into a bar where you could have bought basic style sandwiches, bottles ofmilk and Cadbury chocolate bars. Moreovere there where 2 steel pipes structures with wooden benches and tables fixed on it and funny white and yellow plastic shelter on them whwrw yo could have eat our take away food, talk, play music and have a beer.Just infront of Tent City there was a sall cafè run by an old lady, under the train arches with an orange door and a large sign telling "no campers served here" In my mind there are still the feelings about a no stress stay, the friendly atmosphere and the taste of meeting people from all around the world. I still remember the US guy working as a hairdresser in central London, I still remember the italian guy crying because he was fired from his McDonald's job and I still remember the sweet eyes of Kati the finnish girl from Turku I was about to fall in love with. I still remember those happy days when I was 23 and 25, when I was still at university, when I was much more energetic (and not looking for hygene and cleaness where I sleep). I've been to Tent City area in 2006 (the tube stop is East Acton) and I've had one of the biter bites I've ever had. The concrete block has been destroyed, the bar truck has been towed away and a large bunch of scrap denies cars to enter the parking area. The only remains are the white swinging metal fence at the entrance and of the two steel pipes structures with some rotting benches on it. Time flyes unfortunately but is good to find these experiences in my "inner bag" when I sometime open it :-). You can stil see Tent City from high by using Google Earth typing " London 201 Old Oak Common Lane " and if you switch to Street View mode youcan still see the steel structure I was talking.
Tent City forever !