Youth of Yesterday at Oxford House, Bethnal Green In the 1970s photographer Philip Cunningham captured local daily life, friendship and street culture. This free exhibition (photo above) is open 10am to 5pm Monday to Friday
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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.
Geezers Club looking for visitors to speak to our members
We are looking for outside speakers to visit to The Geezers club
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Morocco Slaves, Synagogue, Music Halls, Boxing, and Mosque
The OurBow website has been moved to new servers and has recovered from the cyber attack. How a Whitechapel pub came to be called the Morocco Slaves…
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Energy bills, Theatres, English Civil War history
Keeping older people warm and well As you know the cost of gas has gone up by a huge amount. The Government can’t control it because we decided to import gas rather than to carry
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Who lived where you live a hundred years ago?
I’m sure you read that the 1921 census has been released into the public domain. To access the census you register with findmypast.com. You get 14 days free then they charge, so provided you remember
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