Onyx House, pictured below is on the site of Essex House, a big old house built in the 18th Century. It was presumably named as this was the road to Essex, which at that time
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Tag: history
Morocco Slaves, Synagogue, Music Halls, Boxing, and Mosque
The OurBow website has been moved to new servers and has recovered from the cyber attack. How a Whitechapel pub came to be called the Morocco Slaves…
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Who lived where you live a hundred years ago?
I’m sure you read that the 1921 census has been released into the public domain. To access the census you register with findmypast.com. You get 14 days free then they charge, so provided you remember
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How Discussions in Chisenhale Road led to Brutalism in Poplar
Before WW2 Chrisp Street Market was a street of shops with market stalls along middle. A bit like the Roman Road Market looks today – but a lot more lively. The background to the redevelopment
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Stretcher Railings
Ken Stewart wrote in to ask: “My father who used to frequent the Moulders [Bromley High Street, E3] told me the old flats opposite going down to near the Seven Stars, their metal fencing was
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