News and events in and around Bow, in the East End of London from The Geezers. We are currently looking for new members who live in or near Bow, London, E3.
Over the past few months Labour councillors have been working hard to scrutinise and challenge Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s proposed changes to the budget for Tower Hamlets Council. This budget was first published just before Christmas. Council officers now say
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Tower Hamlets Council recently emailed out its proposed budget for 2023/4. It includes: Sounds good to me. There’s lots more, which you can read in great detail on the Tower Hamlets website. I couldn’t find
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The Roman Road Trust initiated a Neighbourhood Plan for Roman Road. Mike Mitchell went to the Inaugural Public Meeting in February 2016 and decided to get involved. He kindly agreed to come and talk to
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Feeding the Hamlets Exhibition This exhibition, downstairs in the Borough Archives, has just opened. Until mid-Victorian times much of Bow was still fields growing produce for London. In one of my many history books indoors
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During the summer Tower Hamlets Council received 700 responses in response to a survey of our ten street markets. It has published a draft plan, and is asking for local responses here by next Sunday
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