History Archives

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Open House London this weekend

20th September 2019 Alan T Arts in East End, History, News in and around Bow

There are places that will be specially open for you to visit free of charge this weekend 21st and 22nd Sept 2019. Locally in Bow these include: Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park – which on Sunday

Remember Eddy Grimstead?

19th September 2019 Alan T History, News in and around Bow

I just happened to be in Brighton on 26th August – Bank Holiday Monday. This was the last day of the ModWeekender. On the Saturday there had been a special event to celebrate the 40th

Learning the dance for Tudor Sights and Sounds at Bow Church

Dumb Smart meters, Thames Water, Sainsbury’s puts tills back, Events at Bow Church

15th September 2019 Alan T Events near Bow, E3, History, News in and around Bow

Dumb smart meters still being installed This project seems to have started in 2008 when Energy Secretary, Ed Milliband, set the goal of rolling out 50 million smart meters by 2019. There are 15 million

This Week: Skyscrapers Talk, Tudor Sights & Sounds, Dance Around the Roman

9th September 2019 Alan T Arts in East End, History, News in and around Bow, Roman Road

London’s tall buildings from the 1960s & 70sin need of refurbishment. Tudor Sights & Sounds. Dance and Arts Festival, Roman Road.

Geezers attend Secrets of the Homefront Girls book launch

14th August 2019 Alan T Arts in East End, Events near Bow, E3, History, News in and around Bow

Last Thursday some of the Geezers made it to the launch of Kate Thompson’s 10th non-fiction book: Secrets of the Homefront Girls. It was held in a room packed with people at Canning Town library

East End photos by Edith Tudor-Hart in Tate exhibition

5th August 2019 Alan T Arts in East End, History, News in and around Bow

Photos from the 1930s to 50s by Edith Tudor-Hart and her brother Wolfgang Suschitzky are on free display in the Spotlight Gallery at Tate Britain until 17th Nov 2019. It’s a big square room, and

Anybody Work at Yardley’s, Serious Road Closures

11th July 2019 Alan T Events near Bow, E3, History, News in and around Bow

Book Launch date change to 8th Aug Local author Kate Thompson is launching a new book called Secrets of the Homefront Girls, set in the Yardley’s factory, Stratford during World War 2. Kate would love

Was this the last pub in Bromley by Bow?

30th May 2019 Alan T History, News in and around Bow, Where's my boozer gone?

Photo above – vanished without trace – The Blue Anchor. Philip Mernick, Chairman of East London History Society, kindly sent us the article below. It also appears in their Summer 2019 Newsletter. You can download