More improvements for cyclists and pedestrians in the Olympic Park When the new cultural area opens, along with the London College of Fashion, plus lots of new apartments; the Olympic Park will gain thousands more
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Tag: Olympic Park
Local News from the Geezers
Stratford Olympic Park half marathon Sunday 10th Feb Richard, captain of the Olympic Park boat, is running in aid of the Any Old Irons Sporting Stories. Any Old Irons members will be meeting at the
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Talk on Women’s Suffrage, V&A Museum at Olympic Park
Above: part of map from QE Olympic Park website showing the location of Stratford Waterfront (and V&A Museum). The Legacy of the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage by Rachel Reeves MP This talk is tomorrow Thurs 22nd
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The Shrouds of the Somme 8th-18th Nov 2018
Above: a British casualty. After 141 days the Battle of the Somme ended on 18th Nov 1916. On the first day 19,240 British men died. By the end of the battle over 1.1 million men (British,
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BBC Music, London College of Fashion, Sadler’s Wells East, V&A East: Plans for Stratford
Stratford Waterfront Redesign You may remember that because of the fuss over the view of St Paul’s from Richmond, some buildings at Stratford had to be redesigned to be lower because they stuck up behind
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More photos of the Olympic Park Building Site
Top photo: Mud, Olympic Park. May 2008 In the previous post of my photos taken of the run-up to the 2012 Olympics, most were taken from the Bow side. This post shows more from the
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Changes at Stratford
Back in March the Architects Journal ran an article headlined Major redesign for Olympicopolis to save St Paul’s views. It said that in Nov 2017 the Friends of Richmond Park called upon London Mayor Sadiq
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Rebel World Cup, New Writing, Bubble Rush Runners, Music Festival and ABBA.
Grim News on the Streets Late last week a cyclist was filmed threatening a driver with an enormous ‘zombie-killer’ knife in Croydon. Saturday’s Daily Mail reports that two teenagers were rushed to hospital following a
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