Last Saturday the scaffolding was finally removed from Bow Church Tower. The first part of a Heritage Lottery Funded restoration of the church is complete, and ready for you to see. On Sat 14th July
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Category: History
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More photos of the Olympic Park Building Site
Top photo: Mud, Olympic Park. May 2008 In the previous post of my photos taken of the run-up to the 2012 Olympics, most were taken from the Bow side. This post shows more from the
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Forgotten Suffragettes
A lady called Esther kindly emailed us about the incredible suffragette stories almost nobody knows about. Esther says, “While statues of Millicent Fawcett are all well and good, in this centenary year of *some* women getting the
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Concert at St Mary’s Church Bow, and other news
Photo above: Site of Captain Cook’s house, Stepney. Summer Music at Bow Church (Bow Road, E3 3AA) – Friday 8 June, 7.30pm-9.30pm The Queen Mary University of London Chamber Ensemble, String Quartet and Jazz Ensemble will
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Photos from before the Olympics
Photo above: dumped tyres, Trego Road, Hackney Wick. Before Britain bid for the Olympics I had already roamed the canals and strange wasteland between Bow and Stratford with a camera. Back then I was shooting
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