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Recently rewatched "Our Friends In the North" where Peter Vaughan played Felix Hutchinson, the aging Jarrow Marcher. He put in a towering performance, but then there were a lot of those in his 222 credits over the years... The extraordary thing about Grouty was that he was only in 3 episodes...

There is a profile of Tooting in today's New York Times complete with a selection of magnificent photos. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/travel/mayor-sadiq-khan-london-england-tooting.html

I was born in South East Asia of English parents from Yorkshire and have lived in the south of England since age 3 and London since age 7. Am rather curious to know where the little Englanders think I should be living.

St George's A&E doctor, Tooting born and bred of Pakistani/Polish parentage, holds Tooting for Labour, with increased majority. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36555789

I'm struggling to see any definition of "shithole" here other than "too many darkies".

Off to cast my vote. Wonder how the candidates are feeling right now. :( RIP Jo Cox.

They don't have a Mixed Blessings Carribean Bakery in Karachi. Or two of the finest English pie shops in the country. Or a hipster "Chicken Shop". For me the main issue is too many Chelsea shirts.

Right by the tube so they don't have to go any further, leaving the rest of Tooting for everyone else. Works nicely!

Tooting has the only Grade 1 listed art deco cinema in the entire country. It is a thriving eclectic melting pot of cultures and has something for everyone.

It's by-election day for the good people of Tooting (that silver haired fox Sadiq Khan having moved upstairs), so I thought a paring or two of the patina of what counts here for culture would interest some. Here is the toast stall on Google Streetview They make some accommodation with urban...

Sadly gone, there are many fantastic curry houses along that strip but none of the veggies reach the heights that Kastoori's scaled. However there is now a hipster toast stall next to the Grade 1 listed Granada cinema which adds to the eclectic melange.

And they're off! The runners are: Rosena Chantelle Allin-Khan, Labour Party Dan Watkins, Conservative Party Des Coke, Christian People's Party Alexander James Glassbrook, Liberal Democrats Howling Laud Hope, The Official Monster Raving Loony Party Zirwa Javaid, Independent Elizabeth...

Anyone else live in this magnificent part of South London? Today is the day comrades, rise up and throw off your shackles!