There are places that will be specially open for you to visit free of charge this weekend 21st and 22nd Sept 2019. Locally in Bow these include: Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park – which on Sunday
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Tag: history
East End news late May
Victoria Park The All Points East Festival comes to Victoria Park this weekend and next. See the lineup and book tickets here. State Graphics in China 1960s & 70s This interesting sounding exhibition is on
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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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Take a Daytrip from London – Bletchley Park
During WW2 British code-breaking was carried out 50 miles north of London at Bletchley Park. Today it houses a collection amazing museums. It’s very easy to get to from Euston Station. Rotor based cipher machines
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How Tudor Politics led to a Robbery at Old Ford
By now Henry was usually out of sight, increasingly ill with tuberculosis. Henry’s inner circle set about enriching themselves on an enormous scale.
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Alice Model Nursery
I like London because of all the constant change and dynamism which drives this city forwards. But everywhere you look there are reminders of our fantastic history. If you step across the road from Stepney
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Geezers attend Kate Thompson’s new book launch
The launch of Kate Thompson’s new book: The Stepney Doorstep Society, was really well attended as you can see from the photo above. It was held last Thursday in The Women’s Hall, at the Tower Hamlets
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Rainham Hall – once out in Essex!
On Sunday Sheila and I headed off to Rainham Hall to try to get our money’s worth out of our National Trust membership cards. I remember Rainham Hall from 50 years ago when you could
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