Before WW2 Chrisp Street Market was a street of shops with market stalls along middle. A bit like the Roman Road Market looks today – but a lot more lively. The background to the redevelopment
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Category: History
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The Match Tax Protest of 1871
On Saturday 24th April 2021 The Matchgirls Memorial will be marking 150 years since the Match Tax Protest of 1871. Bryant and May workers along with the owners of the factory in Fairfield Road Bow,
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Stretcher Railings
Ken Stewart wrote in to ask: “My father who used to frequent the Moulders [Bromley High Street, E3] told me the old flats opposite going down to near the Seven Stars, their metal fencing was
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Geffrye Museum Renovation, BRUNEL MUSEUM WALKS, Disabled Questionnaire, Covid Testing, Lido Re-Opening
Geffrye Museum expanded and renamed The renovation of the Grade 1 listed almshouses and the additional development of 80% new space is almost complete. The renamed Museum of the Home will open as soon as
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A History of the TV Licence – How did we get here?
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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