Rachel Blake, Cllr for Bow East, on Match Girls and markets
Growing up in North London, Rachel Blake never anticipated that she would spend much of her adult life in Bow, as Councillor for Bow East and now Deputy Mayor of Tower Hamlets.
Author: Nicola Rushton
Celebrating Sarah Chapman and the other unsung heroes of the Match Girls Strike
Sam Johnson, 53, went to find the grave of her great-grandmother Sarah Chapman after discovering she was one of the Matchgirls. She was shocked to find that Sarah had been buried in an unmarked pauper’s grave and planned to erect a headstone – only to learn the site is under threat.