In 1898 they moved into the church itself, marching down Brick Lane in procession with their scrolls and a band.

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Nazneen (Tannishtha Chatterjee), a beautiful Bangladeshi girl who, in the nineteen-eighties, gets sent to London to marry an established businessman, settles into Brick Lane, a traditional immigrant enclave.

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"Monica Ali's Brick Lane is a novel that we are enormously proud to have published - we find both the accusations against it and any demand for censorship ludicrous, " she added.

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Sunday UpMarket off Brick Lane sells apparel, accessories and home goods from small-scale designers, and Broadway Market, located in the uber cool Hackney area, is known for celebrity spottings and delicious Ghanaian food.

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Profitable after just two years, it is looking to add 20 to its staff of 27 by the end of the year, says Lucy Wei, who patrolled the firm's stall at the Brick Lane jobs fair.

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But neither MI5 or police Special Branch - who are supposed to monitor extreme groups - had heard of him before he was arrested and charged with bombing Brixton, Brick Lane and Soho - killing three and injuring 129.

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In place of the kosher butchers, fish-fryers, boot-makers, furriers and tailors who lined Brick Lane itself a century ago, and the weavers and cheese-makers of Huguenot days, there are now sari centres, halal restaurants and vendors of exotic produce.

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Brick Lane is popular among students for its many inexpensive Indian restaurants like Muhib and Tayyabs, which serve heaped bowls of curry, and a popular option for a night out is to start with dinner in the area -- where many of the restaurants allow diners to bring their own alcoholic beverage -- then move on to the numerous nightlife locales nearby.

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The property faced a four-lane highway, but Serenola was tucked behind a brick wall and a modest electric gate.

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