Carolyn Clark, Bow superwoman
Beneath Carolyn Clark’s gentle exterior lies an unstoppable force. Community historian, NHS researcher, newspaper editor, director of the Plastics Historical
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Cultural heritage
From the Suffragettes to Wiley to Cockney Rhyming Slang, Roman Road has an uniquely East End heritage full of pioneers and radicals.
Sylvia Pankhurst and the East London Toy Factory
Sylvia Pankhurst is well known around these parts. Most know of her activism for women’s suffrage. However, many don’t know
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In need of a bath: the bathing lakes and Victoria Park Lido
With the newly reopened Hub in Victoria Park, it seems fitting that we remember something old and largely forgotten there
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When Fish Island powered Fleet Street – the story of John Kidd & Co ink works
The site of 419 Wick Lane on Fish Island was once home to John Kidd & Co, a printing ink
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The mystery of Salmon & Ball pub
Like every good pub, Salmon & Ball has just a bit of mystery, a little macabre and some great beer.
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The Victoria Park alcoves – East End mementos of old London Bridge
In the east end of Victoria Park there are two stone alcoves older than the park itself. Ten-feet tall, weather-worn,
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On the trail of the Bow Heritage Trail
If you’ve been in Bow for any amount of time you’ll have noticed the place is peppered with plaques. These
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The red hands of William Gladstone’s statue
Take a walk down Bow Road and you will meet a man with red hands. Draped in a dusty Victorian
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Sylvia Pankhurst and Cycling for Suffrage
Since former mayor Boris Johnson boosted the biking boom back in the early 2010s, London’s status as a cycling city
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The life of East End suffragette and photographer Norah Smyth
Norah Lyle Smyth was a British suffragette, novelist, photographer and a socialist activist who worked alongside Sylvia Pankhurst on the
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