How the TV Licence Fee started Huge changes have happened since the radio receiving licence was introduced. In 1920 the Marconi Radio Company began to broadcast test signals from Chelmsford to a band of amateur
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Whitechapel Bell Foundry plans on hold
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry development was granted planning permission by Tower Hamlets Council on 14th Nov 2019. The plans include retaining the listed building and shopfront. Making internal alterations to provide new artists workshops and
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Hastings Pier – a cautionary story
Hastings pier became dilapidated and unsafe and closed in 2006. In 2010 it was destroyed by fire. Two men were arrested for suspected arson, but were not charged because of a lack of evidence. Hastings
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Matchgirls’ leader’s grave to be bulldozed
The grave of Sarah Chapman, one of the leaders of the 1888 Matchgirls’ strike in Fairfield Road, is at risk of being bulldozed. Manor Park Cemetery is in private hands and the want to ‘mound’
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The vanished North London Railway though Bow
Old Ford and Victoria Park stations have vanished along with most of the track from Bow Road. But the North London Railway (NLR) station, simply called Bow from 1850-1944, was reborn as Bow Church on
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Geezers Organised Activities (inc Bow Bowls) January – March 2020
Geezers Organised Activities: January 2020 Weekly Weight Training sessions at gym in Bethnal Green for men over 55. Saturday 18th January 2020 Kate Thompson Book Signing The Geezers were invited to a book signing at Newham
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Another Eye photo exhibition at Four Corners
Now closed due to Coronavirus. Another Eye, the new exhibition at Four Corners, celebrates the women photographers who came to Britain as refugees in the early 1930’s. Mostly Jewish, they were fleeing fascism and had
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New Book: The East End Canal Tales
There’s a new book out written by Carolyn Clark which weaves together the memories of 50 local residents with historical accounts. The East End Canal Tales tells intriguing, humorous, moving and often surprising stories of
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