On Sunday Sheila and I headed off to Rainham Hall to try to get our money’s worth out of our National Trust membership cards. I remember Rainham Hall from 50 years ago when you could
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Category: History
We need your personal and shared memories of of growing up, living and working in Bow
Suffragette exhibition at Tower Hamlets Archives, Bancroft Road
Photo above: Sylvia Pankhurst, 1910 This fascinating exhibition is on until 20th Oct 2018 at Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives, Bancroft Road, London, E1 4DQ. There’s a lot to see here about the
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Great photo exhibition near Globe Town Market
Back in the early 1970s I was a keen photographer with a home darkroom. Few venues exhibited photographs. Camera clubs and the Royal Photographic Society showed “pictorialism” which harked back to Edwardian times. These were
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Elizabethan Manor House at Barking
On Sunday, when the rain eased off, I took myself off along the District Line, one stop past Barking to Upney. It was only a short walk from there to visit Eastbury Manor House. It
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Mindfulness Walkshop, Cash Machine Criminals, Pie & Mash Shops, Student Architecture
Mindfulness in Victoria Park On Sunday 29th July 2018, Mel Sutton will lead a walkshop exploring the ways to a mindful approach in our day to day living. It’s part of National Park City Week. Details
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