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Sarah Chapman, one of the seven original members of the 1888 strike committee

Matchgirls’ leader’s grave to be bulldozed

27th May 2020 Alan T Campaigns, History, News in and around Bow

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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Passenger train travelling through Devons Road on the way to Broad Street Station in 1898. Note the four wheeled carriages. Image courtesy Science Museum Group.

The vanished North London Railway though Bow

24th March 2020 Alan T History, News in and around 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

Clara Grant School, Knapp Road, Bow

30th December 2019 Alan T Health, History, News in and around 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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Whitechapel Bell Foundry looking towards the cafe

Plans to cast bells in Whitechapel Bell Foundry

10th November 2019 Alan T Arts in East End, Campaigns, History, News in and around Bow

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 signboard

Whitechapel Bell Foundry planning update

28th October 2019 Alan T History, News in and around Bow

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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