Politics and Culture
Photographer Joshua Blackburn claims to have visited all 462 of the remaining launderettes in London, capturing them before they disappear forever from our high streets. Now generally run-down and struggling along, they're a last bastion of retro individuality – and for many of us a nostalgic reminder of those early bedsit years.
[Photos © Joshua Blackburn]
Launderama is published by Hoxton Mini Press.
There used to be one somewhere round here called Heck of a Wash and now I can’t remember where it was – I htought it was Stoke newington Road but now I’m not so sure. Anyway, I don’t see it from buses any more.
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Yes, it evidently was the one on Stoke Newington Road that’s now called something boring – it came up here: https://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/heck-of-a-wash-london-2
but there’s a pparently one in East Finchley, don’t know if that’s still going.
https://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1261/49598.php
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From a brief flick through the index of Launderama, I can’t see any mention of East Finchley. As Hoxton Mini Press state – “Please note: the book features a selection of images from Joshua’s collection, not all 462 launderettes. That would be a very fat book…”
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Mick Hartley 
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