Trellick Tower is across town near Westbourne Park tube. It was designed by Ernő Goldfinger as a follow up to Balfron Tower in Poplar. Trellick Tower turns 50 this year. The Trellick Tower Residents Association
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Author: Alan T
I've lived in Bow since 1985, and am fascinated by the rich history of the East End. I'm also interested in all the recent ongoing changes.
Tech Careers Fair, Tower Hamlets wants feedback, Cancer Exhibition
Free Cancer Revolution: Science, innovation and hope exhibition This free to visit object-rich exhibition reveals the past, present and future of how cancer is prevented, detected and treated. It’s on at the Science Museum at
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The murder of Altab Ali 1978
I highly recommend a visit to the exhibition Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point. Racism was on the rise in the early 1970s. Paul Trevor lived close to Brick Lane and started photographing the local people from 1973.
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Holocaust survivor visits the Geezers
Towards the end of May the Geezers were privileged to have 98 year old Henry Glanz visit as a speaker. Henry arrived in Britain in 1939 as part of a group of 200 Jewish children
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Visit newly restored steam locomotive at Poplar
This weekend, Sat 18th & Sun 19th June 2022, you can visit the steam locomotive, “Poplar” as she celebrates her 150th anniversary. This is one of the first of a class of locomotives built at
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