Above: “East End’s Amateur Art Students” Daily Sketch 13th April 1927. Last week Sheila and I took the train to Southampton to see the big exhibition From Mile End to Mayfair, at Southampton Art Gallery which is
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Mini-documentary film featuring the Geezers
The Geezers plus other locals talk about how pubs were important community centres. Pubs fielded football teams, ran Christmas loan clubs, and were an important part of local social life. Appropriately enough part of the
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Film Screening at Palm Tree Tuesday
Photo above by Kake Pugh “OUR EAST END” a mini documentary is screening at the Palm Tree pub: 7.30pm Tues 14th Nov 2017 (127 Grove Rd, London E3 5RP). The Geezers will be on hand to
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Art Show at Trinity Buoy Wharf, Inter Faith Forum, Compassionate Volunteers wanted
Last night Sheila and I went to the opening of the Trinity Art Studios Autumn exhibition at Trinity Buoy Wharf. It’s always good fun down there. Pictured above is our friend Gillian Burrows, with some
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Lost pubs on Bromley High Street, and a changing world
Photo above of The Old Palace © Victoria and Albert Museum, London In 1890 C.R. Ashbee moved his Guild of Handicraft to opposite Mile End Station. Apart from creating exquisite silverware, he was also engaged
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