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A lot of the houses along that stretch are delapidated and a real eyesore with dead fridges and stained mattresses rotting in the front gardens. Further up, behind the Ivory Mansions asian wedding venue is a row of derelict garages stuffed with rubbish. The council offered to pay to remove it and the landlord refused. Whatcha gonna do?
Further up again, nearly under the railway bridge, was a nail bar that turned out to be a highly successfull brothel:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1384487/Lyubov-Clyde-How-Ukrainian-nail-bar-blonde-English-beau-68-millions-brothels.html