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Emma Tarbard, manager of The Florist Arms, Globe Road, Globe Town, Bethnal Green, East London.
Culture Food & drink Local Pubs, bars & clubs 

The Florist Arms landlady Emma Tarbard: choosing the pub life

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Polly Nash 1069 Views 0 Comments Features

‘It’s in my blood’: Third generation publican Emma Tarbard left university to continue the family trade of East End pub

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Kasper, the much loved cat at Coborn Arms, Bow, who died on New Year's Eve 2022.
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Bow residents mourn the loss of Kasper, The Coborn pub cat

January 11, 2022January 14, 2022 Atiya Chowdhury 391 Views 0 Comments News

Kasper, The Coborn pub cat, brought smiles to Bow for over a year but as locals mourn his death, the

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customised disco roller skates, Victoria Park, East London.
Custom disco skates. Photos by Anna Baldwin © Social Streets
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Victoria Park’s roller-skating revival – photoessay

June 26, 2021January 14, 2022 Evie Breese 782 Views 2 Comments

Roller-skating has brought old and young, beginner and pro skaters together to dance their troubles away in tough times. And

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Gary Hutton, author of Product of a Postcode, holding newspaper clipping from News of the World
Cultural heritage Culture 

Reformed criminal Gary Hutton on being a product of a postcode

January 14, 2021January 14, 2022 Tom McGhie 836 Views 1 Comment

Gary Hutton, reformed East End criminal from Stepney whose book Product of a Postcode talks of the environmental pressures that can lead to a life of crime, a message he now takes to local schools to help prevent young people from making the same mistakes he did.

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Dandelions in Victoria Park, East London
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Messages from our spiritual leaders as they reflect on the last year

December 17, 2020January 14, 2022 Siva Thangarajah 427 Views 0 Comments Features

The light of faith has been so important this year, but that light has shown through in so many ways in our country; acts of kindness to strangers, reconnecting with neighbours, those on the frontline of fighting Covid-19.

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Christmas lights on Roman Road 2020, by photographer Phil Verney
Images by night photographer © Phil Verney
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Community spirit shines through this year’s Christmas light displays [photoessay]

December 11, 2020February 25, 2022 Phil Verney 626 Views 0 Comments Galleries

We sent local photographer Phil Verney to capture the best Christmas lights around the Roman Road area.

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Young linda in the back garden of 40 libra road
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Memories: from Libra Road to Brodick House

November 7, 2020January 14, 2022 Grace Boyle 2062 Views 1 Comment 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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Percy Ingle
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Farewell to Percy Ingle, the East End family bakery

June 24, 2020January 14, 2022 Francesca Lister-Fell 10209 Views 9 Comments News

As Percy Ingle Bakeries, the 66-year-old East End baking empire, closes its doors, we look back over the company’s history. 

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Christmas lights Roman Road Phil Verney Lacey Mews House
Photographs by Phil Verney
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Roman Road’s Best and Brightest: Christmas lights [Photo-essay]

December 14, 2019January 14, 2022 Phil Verney 6322 Views 2 Comments Features

One of our favourite things about Roman Road is how everyone – cafes, shops and houses alike – gets into

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Trevor the milk man standing next to his float
Photography by Tom Keeling
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Why the local milk round is enjoying a revival [photoessay]

December 13, 2019February 25, 2022 Scarlet Hannington 14917 Views 3 Comments Galleries

Trevor Culling is the neighbourhood’s silent and often invisible friend, delivering milk to door steps around Roman Road when the

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Bow Stables courtyard
Photographs by Tom Keeling
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Hay, horseshoes, and Trooping the Colour: a morning at Bow Police Stables

August 14, 2019January 14, 2022 Frederick O'Brien 36855 Views 3 Comments Features

The nuts and bolts of a place like Bow Stables are the same now as they would have been a

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Exterior shot of Bethnal Green fire station on Roman Road
Photographs by Tom Keeling
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Behind the red doors of Bethnal Green Fire Station

July 27, 2019January 14, 2022 Frederick O'Brien 48835 Views 3 Comments Features

They say a busy station is a happy station, and if they’re right Bethnal Green Fire Station on Roman Road

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