The times they are a changin

And an appropriate song choice as it was recorded by Bob Dylan in 1964, which is also the year that the Co-Op shown here at the intersection of Leagrave Road and Dunstable Road was taken. It is now the site of Nadeem Plaza which was opened on Saturday, May 10 2008. The multi-purpose site houses a cafe, shops, flats and offices and features a penthouse boardroom with panoramic views of Bury Park and beyond. Entrepreneur Mohammed Nadeem was the man behind re-invigorating the previously neglected piece of land.


This part of town is known as Bury Park, and since the late 60s, has become the centre of the Asian community. A walk through Bury Park can make you feel like you are in a different country as the shops very much serve the needs of the local community, so you will see Saris rather than dresses in the clothes shops and exotic fruit and vegetables in the grocers stores, and some pretty bling gold in the jewelers shop windows..