*STOP PRESS* DLR strike called off The first AGM of the Roman Road Bow Neighbourhood Forum is this Saturday, 21st April 2018. It’s being held at St Paul’s Church, St Stephen’s Road, London, E3 5JL from 3-5pm. The details
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Category: History
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Sylvia Pankhurst mural on Old Ford Road
This brilliant new mural has appeared on the side of the Morpeth Arms, 402 Old Ford Rd, Bow, E3 5NR. In 1914 the East London Federation of Suffragettes moved their headquarters to the building next door to the
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What’s on near Bow early March 2018
On Sat 3rd March Jane Parker is leading a walk around the art deco buildings of N4 and N5 – details. Another Kind of Life is a blockbuster photography exhibition which has just opened in the
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Tower Hamlets outside London, Geffrye Museum closing, Poetry Writing, Globe Town Vision, Apple Mac training,
Here’s a wonderful post in the Londonist about Tower Hamlets on Sea. The 1970s amateur video here is a real delight. My photo above shows another reason to visit Dover as a tourist. It’s the
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London’s Air Ambulance, Charles Booth’s map of Deptford, Suffragette City walk
Above – Charles Booth’s poverty map of Deptford London’s Air Ambulance gets urgent, essential, pre-hospital medical care to patients inside the M25. They need to double their income over the next five years to continue to
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