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Author: Grace Boyle

Christmas presents wrapped
Local Shopping 

Local independent shops offering online Christmas gift shopping

November 26, 2020January 11, 2022 Grace Boyle 0 Comments Guides

December is around the corner, which means that the run up to panic buying last minute bubble bath sets is

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Young linda in the back garden of 40 libra road
Cultural heritage Life and living Local 

Memories: from Libra Road to Brodick House

November 7, 2020January 14, 2022 Grace Boyle 2 Comments Features

From the outdoor toilets and fireside tin baths of Libra Road, to the brand new high rise flats of Brodick

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Man launching steam boat in Victoria Park lake
Cultural heritage Local News 

This is Home: photographs of the Victoria Park Model Steam Boat Club

October 24, 2020June 22, 2021 Grace Boyle 0 Comments

Stumbling across these beautiful black and white photos of the Victoria Park Model Steam Boat Club from 1949, we were

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Market stalls in petticoat lane
Cockney Cultural heritage Heritage Local 

Cockney rhyming slang history: the roots, the rhymes and the reasons

October 10, 2020January 14, 2022 Grace Boyle 8 Comments Features

Ever fallen down the ‘apples and pears’? Have you had your ‘barnet’ chopped recently? Called a mate on the old

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Black & white portrait of coffee shop customer through a window
Housing and social care Local News 

Through the window: Quarantacinque’s lockdown photo essay

October 2, 2020November 27, 2022 Grace Boyle 0 Comments covid, Features

If you’ve been down to Roman Road’s café Quarantacinque recently, you may have noticed a photography display stuck humbly to

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Rows of pre-fab buildings in Mile End Park, London, where the Eco Pavilion now stands
Cultural heritage Heritage Local 

Mile End Park’s Eco Pavilion; from post-war prefabs to picturesque parkland

September 20, 2020January 14, 2022 Grace Boyle 3 Comments Features

The lush greenery around Mile End park’s Ecology Pavilion, which we wander around today, was once a thriving neighbourhood made up of Lessada Street, Totty Street and Palm Street. Haven’t heard of these names? It’s because they no longer exist.

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Campaign poster to stop 5G tower on Selwyn Green in Medway Conservation Area, Bow, Tower Hamlets
Environment Local News 

Residents campaign against plans for 18 metre high 5G tower on Selwyn Road

September 11, 2020January 13, 2022 Grace Boyle 0 Comments

Local residents are campaigning to stop an 18 metre 5G tower being built adjacent to Selwyn Green over concerns that

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Artist Camille Walala's mural on the side of Rich Mix's building.
Lifestyle Local Places to visit 

Rich Mix unveils Camille Walala’s gigantic street art mural

September 10, 2020January 13, 2022 Grace Boyle 0 Comments News

Rich Mix unveiled an art mural by well-known East End based artist Camille Walala. Spanning across the entire 600 square

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