The Lost World Of Three Colts Lane

WITH 2 DAYS TO GO, thanks to the generosity of 12 more donors since yesterday, we have now raised £21,021 with £3,979 left to find to reach our target of £25,000 to publish WOMEN AT WORK, Sarah Ainslie’s East End Portraits 1992-2025. CLICK HERE TO VISIT OUR CROWDFUND In 2010, Sarah Ainslie & I visited the taxi garages in Three Colts Lane as one of our first assignments together. Little did we know then that this world would be mostly swept away and redeveloped for co-working spaces and dark kitchens, yet this was also the place where we met Iflet, the motor mechanic, who would become the cover star of Women at Work. Situated midway between Spitalfields and Bethnal Green lies Three Colts Lane. Although many years have passed since there were colts here, today there are many other attractions to make this a compelling destination, especially if you are having problems with your car – because Three Colts Lane is where all the motor repair garages are to be found, gathered together in…