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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Tag: history
Open House London this weekend
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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To the Edge of Bow
The Boundaries of Bow How far do the boundaries of Bow extend? Standing in Hackney Wick a few days ago I realised that I didn’t know whether I was in Hackney or Tower Hamlets, so
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Take a Daytrip from London – Bletchley Park
During WW2 German Enigma, then Lorenz messages were being decoded 50 miles north of London at Bletchley Park. You can visit the site to see how the Bombe machines, and the later Colossus computers cracked
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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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