Update Oct 2020: Bow Food Bank has moved from Bow Church to the Bromley by Bow Centre (St Leonard’s Street E3 3BT). It’s open 8.30-12.30 on Mondays. It is open-access, and no referral is necessary. Bow
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Events and Exhibitions coming up soon
On Thursday 28th of June the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants to hear from you. Join the conversation with #SpeaktoSadiq. This free event is being held at the O2. Booking and details here. Also on at
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The sheer amount online fraud and street robberies going on leaves the police struggling to cope. A partial solution is to help prevent people from becoming the victims of crime. Some useful recent advice is
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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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Above – the early days of the Docklands Light Railway. The pub is the Connaught Tavern, near Royal Victoria Dock. We moved to Bow in 1985. It was affordable and easy for both Sheila and
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