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
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Category: History
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East 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
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Anybody 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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Was this the last pub in Bromley by Bow?
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
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To the Edge of Bow
The Boundaries of Bow How far do the boundaries of Bow extend? Standing in Hackney Wick a few days ago I realised that I didn’t know whether I was in Hackney or Tower Hamlets, so
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Do you collect things?
This summer the V&A East project will be creating a new exhibition at the Lansbury Micro Museum (Chrisp Street Market). The exhibition will be called For the Love of Things and the V&A want to
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1970s Photos, Week of Theatre, and Other News
Photo above: constant change on the Greenwich Peninsula. Another Time, Another Place: Hackney in the 70s & 80s There’s currently a fascinating exhibition of Neil Martinson’s photos on show in Hackney Museum until 13th July
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This Weekend 4th – 6th May 2019
Streets of the World outdoor photo exhibition at Canary Wharf These photos are great. Jeroen Swolfs has spent 7 years photographing the street life of 195 capital cities of the world. This enormous outdoor photo
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