How the TV Licence Fee started Huge changes have happened since the radio receiving licence was introduced. In 1920 the Marconi Radio Company began to broadcast test signals from Chelmsford to a band of amateur
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Whitechapel Bell Foundry plans on hold
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry development was granted planning permission by Tower Hamlets Council on 14th Nov 2019. The plans include retaining the listed building and shopfront. Making internal alterations to provide new artists workshops and
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Hastings Pier – a cautionary story
Hastings pier became dilapidated and unsafe and closed in 2006. In 2010 it was destroyed by fire. Two men were arrested for suspected arson, but were not charged because of a lack of evidence. Hastings
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Matchgirls’ leader’s grave to be bulldozed
The grave of Sarah Chapman, one of the leaders of the 1888 Matchgirls’ strike in Fairfield Road, is at risk of being bulldozed. Manor Park Cemetery is in private hands and the want to ‘mound’
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The vanished North London Railway though Bow
Old Ford and Victoria Park stations have vanished along with most of the track from Bow Road. But the North London Railway (NLR) station, simply called Bow from 1850-1944, was reborn as Bow Church on
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Clara Grant School, Knapp Road, Bow
Do you remember Knapp Road School? Bill Hawkins emailed us to ask, if anyone remembered Knapp Road School. A walk to Knapp Road told me that it is now called The Clara Grant Primary School,
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Plans to cast bells in Whitechapel Bell Foundry
Whitechapel Bell Foundry update: Tower Hamlets Council have approved the plans. Read the news on the BBC. The Tower Hamlets Development Committee will consider the latest planning application for Whitechapel Bell Foundry next Thursday, 14th
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Whitechapel Bell Foundry planning update
Kay Harding wrote in to say that she’d signed the petition to save the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, but wondered what was happening next. I promised to conduct some research. I started with the Tower Hamlets
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