How much bomb damage did our streets around Bow sustain during the Blitz?
Maps provided by the London Metropolitan Archives show the extent of the bombing that East End Bow endured during World
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History & nostalgia
When Mahatma Gandhi stayed in Kingsley Hall in 1931
In 1931, Mahatma Gandhi came to London for the second Round Table conference, aiming to achieve independence for India, and
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Globe Road’s Craft School: A History of Arts and Crafts in the East End
In the late 19th and early 20th Century, Globe Road was home to a thriving Crafts School which, since 1925,
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Cockney Roots: From Fern Street Settlement to the Freedom of the City of London
How Margaret Barnsdall-Stone went from working in an East End cake factory to mixing with Royalty, and the Cockney culture
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What does the word Cockney actually mean?
Nowadays, we all have an idea of the meaning of the word Cockney, but we’ve discovered that the history of
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The lasting legacy of the Victorian philanthropist who funded Victoria Park’s iconic fountain
From the Burdett-Coutts Drinking Fountain to the nearby Burdett Road, the presence of Baroness Burdett-Coutts is clear to see throughout our area.
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Tredegar Square: Georgian architecture, war trenches and a brothel
Just off of bustling Mile End road lies one of London’s finest Georgian squares: Tredegar Square. You may walk through
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George Burchett: the tattoo artist from Bow who drew on Kings
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.
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Bobby Moore: The favourite son of the East End who won England the World Cup
Bobby Moore, who captained England to their 1966 World Cup win, went from an East London school playground to Wembley
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Charles Booth’s poverty map of London: where does your street rank?
Charles Booth’s poverty maps have been digitised by the London School of Economics allowing us to compare streets then and
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The history of St Paul’s Bow Common brutalist church
Breaking the mould: how Bow’s modernist church championed active participation of the people and changed the manner of worship in
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The People’s Palace: how the ‘Palace of Delights’ in Mile End survived after burning to the ground
The People’s Palace was a utopian playground and education centre for working-class East Enders but burnt down in 1931. How
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