The premier of a newly composed evening of music takes place next Saturday 1st July from 7pm. It will be in the People’s Palace – halfway between Stepney Green and Mile End tube stations. A
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Category: History
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The Geezers look at the origins of plastics
Last Tuesday, 30th May, the Geezers learnt about the early history of plastics from 1800 to 1900. Carolyn Clark gave an illustrated presentation, and passed around samples of early plastics. The Geezers heard about heat
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The Geezers visit the Shepherd Neame brewery
The Geezers visited the Shepherd Neame brewery in Kent on Thursday 4th May. We took high-speed trains from Stratford International which took an hour to get to Faversham. The brewery was about a 10 minute
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Geezers visit a top secret location
Last Tuesday The Geezers headed off on a daytrip to visit Bletchley Park, the home of Britian’s WWII codebreakers who played an important role in defeating Hitler. We are a group of retired people, so
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The Geezers visit Bishopsgate Institute Archives for a bespoke session
The Geezers were invited to the Bishopsgate Institute on Tuesday by Dr Michelle Johansen, a social historian specialising in the history of modern London. Michelle booked the courtyard room for us and laid on tea,
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