If you have lived in the East End and never visited the model boating lake on the East side of the park you should add it to your bucket list. Geezers Paul Dixey and Alan
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Tag: Local History
Visit newly restored steam locomotive at Poplar
This weekend, Sat 18th & Sun 19th June 2022, you can visit the steam locomotive, “Poplar” as she celebrates her 150th anniversary. This is one of the first of a class of locomotives built at
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The Battle of Bow
The Battle of Bow. This is the story of a daring 1960s cash van raid.
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Local history workshop, and spectacular light show
This Friday, 19th Jan 2017, Tower Hamlets Borough Archivist, Malcolm Barr-Hamilton is leading a workshop on how to use the collections. Book your free place here. The East End History Club next meets at the Borough
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