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
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This Week: Skyscrapers Talk, Tudor Sights & Sounds, Dance Around the Roman
London’s tall buildings from the 1960s & 70sin need of refurbishment. Tudor Sights & Sounds. Dance and Arts Festival, Roman Road.
Read moreGeezers attend Secrets of the Homefront Girls book launch
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
Read moreEast End photos by Edith Tudor-Hart in Tate exhibition
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
Read moreAnybody Work at Yardley’s, Serious Road Closures
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
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