Geezers club member, Barrie Stradling, completed the Memory Walk for the Alzheimer’s Society on Sunday 26th September 2021 finishing in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The Memory Walk started in Hopkins Field, close to Hackney
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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.
New Yoga Studio Opening
Experienced yoga teacher, Lucy Krizan, is opening her new Body & Grace yoga studio on Fri 8th October. It’s at 5 Hancock Road, London E3 3DA, just north of the big Tesco and Three Mills
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Get some trees in your street
Trees for Streets is funded by the government and aims to plant an extra quarter of a million street trees across the country. Tower Hamlets was one of the first councils first to get involved,
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Big exhibition of East London Group of Painters at Southend
The East London Group of Painters grew out of evening classes held in Bethnal Green and Bow in the 1920s. By the early 1930s some of them were good enough to be featured in the
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Whatever next? Machines for Bikes
Yesterday I escaped staring at the computer and headed down the DLR to walk round a different neighbourhood. Close to East India DLR I was stopped in my tracks by the machine below. I was
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