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When Mahatma Gandhi stayed in Kingsley Hall in 1931

June 1, 2023June 2, 2023 Emilia Carter 0 Comments

In 1931, Mahatma Gandhi came to London for the second Round Table conference, aiming to achieve independence for India, and

Crafts workshop in a church with men building furniture
Photograph of the Globe Road Craft School from the blog, fairfaxcholmeley
History & nostalgia 

Globe Road’s Craft School: A History of Arts and Crafts in the East End

May 18, 2023May 30, 2023 Emilia Carter 0 Comments

In the late 19th and early 20th Century, Globe Road was home to a thriving Crafts School which, since 1925,

Landscape black and white photograph of Margaret Barnsdall-Stone in a nursing outfit.
Culture East End Cockney History & nostalgia Local 

Cockney Roots: From Fern Street Settlement to the Freedom of the City of London

May 4, 2023May 5, 2023 Polly Nash 1 Comment Features

How Margaret Barnsdall-Stone went from working in an East End cake factory to mixing with Royalty, and the Cockney culture

18th-century image showing a family pointing at a rooster with the caption 'the origin of cockney'.
Culture East End Cockney History & nostalgia 

What does the word Cockney actually mean?

April 28, 2023May 2, 2023 Valerie Vishnevetskaya 0 Comments Features

Nowadays, we all have an idea of the meaning of the word Cockney, but we’ve discovered that the history of

Painting of the young Baroness Burdett Coutts
Culture History & nostalgia 

The lasting legacy of the Victorian philanthropist who funded Victoria Park’s iconic fountain

April 26, 2023May 3, 2023 Valerie Vishnevetskaya 1 Comment Features

From the Burdett-Coutts Drinking Fountain to the nearby Burdett Road, the presence of Baroness Burdett-Coutts is clear to see throughout our area.

Terraced Georgian housing, Tredegar Square, Mile End, East London
Tredegar Square. Photos by Sophie Beagles
Culture History & nostalgia Local 

Tredegar Square: Georgian architecture, war trenches and a brothel

April 25, 2023April 25, 2023 Francesca Lister-Fell 5 Comments Features

Just off of bustling Mile End road lies one of London’s finest Georgian squares: Tredegar Square. You may walk through

George Burchett of Bow, the King of Tattooist
Culture History & nostalgia Local 

George Burchett: the tattoo artist from Bow who drew on Kings

April 3, 2023May 2, 2023 Suyeon Kang 0 Comments Features

George Burchett, known as the ‘King of Tattooists’, lived in Bow in the 1900s and tattooed Kings. His legacy as one of the forerunners of the tattoo industry as it is today survives him and his ink will go down in history.

East Ender Bobby Moore being congratulated by Queen Elizabeth II.
History & nostalgia Local 

Bobby Moore: The favourite son of the East End who won England the World Cup

March 30, 2023April 13, 2023 George Hayes 0 Comments Features

Bobby Moore, who captained England to their 1966 World Cup win, went from an East London school playground to Wembley

Bow, Globe Town, Stepney and Bromley-by-Bow poverty map, 1898, Charles Booth.
Culture History & nostalgia Local News 

Charles Booth’s poverty map of London: where does your street rank?

March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 Siva Thangarajah 0 Comments Features

Charles Booth’s poverty maps have been digitised by the London School of Economics allowing us to compare streets then and

St. Paul's Bow Common Church on Burdett Road exterior brown brick building.
Culture History & nostalgia Local 

The history of St. Paul’s Bow Common brutalist Church

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments Features

Breaking the mould: how Bow’s modernist church championed active participation of the people and changed the manner of worship in

Recreated: the outside of the Great Hall of the People's Palace from 1930.
A recreation of the People's Palace from the 1930s containing the Great Hall. Photo credit: Queen Mary University of London.
History & nostalgia Local 

The People’s Palace: how the ‘Palace of Delights’ in Mile End survived after burning to the ground

March 25, 2023March 26, 2023 George Hayes 1 Comment Features

The People’s Palace was a utopian playground and education centre for working-class East Enders but burnt down in 1931. How

Old Victoria Park station front of the bulding in black and white.
Culture History & nostalgia Local Victoria Park 

Victoria Park to Camden on one line: why an iconic East End station had to shut

February 24, 2023April 18, 2023 George Hayes 1 Comment Features

Victoria Park Station no longer stands but served as an iconic hub from East to North London for almost a century.

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