The Meeting Started at 1.40pm In Attendance R. Ayliffe. D. Carnegie, E Collins, J. Day, R. Feltwell, R. Gipson, B. Godfrey, A Morton, S. Halliwell, P. Murray, B.Stradling, D. Tomlin, C. Wiggins, J. Wiggett, T
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Author: Alan T
I started as a photographer and I'm fascinated by, and documenting England. I'm especially interested in the history of the East End of London. I've lived in Bow since 1985.
Local News late March 2019
Talk at Nunnery Gallery On Thurs 14th March The Gentle Author is giving an illustrated talk on the work of East End painter Dorothy Rendell (1924 – 2018). It’s at The Nunnery Gallery, 181 Bow
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Popular Spitalfields Pub to Close
The Water Poet at 11 Folgate Street will be closing on 29th March. Having read this in Time Out, I thought I’d drop in today. The building hadn’t been used as a pub for some
Read moreInternational Women’s Day event
Tomorrow, 6th March, is International Women’s Day and Collingwood is putting on a big afternoon event to celebrate.All women are welcome from 2 – 5pm at Collingwood Hall, Barnsley Street, London E1 5RB. It’s south of Bethnal
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Local News early March 2019
Bow Church Chocolate Morning Sat 2nd March 11am-1pm. Fairtrade say that the UK chocolate industry is worth £4bn a year, yet almost all cocoa farmers in West Africa live in poverty. Bow Church is open
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