Feeding the Hamlets Exhibition This exhibition, downstairs in the Borough Archives, has just opened. Until mid-Victorian times much of Bow was still fields growing produce for London. In one of my many history books indoors
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Dougie Carnegie Audio Recordings
Back in 2017 I not so much interviewed as prompted Dougie to tell me a bit about his life. Dougie passed away recently, and in searching my Mac for photos of him, I rediscovered the
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Action for Bow – Annual Report
Report for Financial Year 2021-2022 Action for Bow was established as a registered charity (1104269) in 2004 by the former Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust and since then has been making grants to support many
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The Rock Vicar visits the Geezers
On Tuesday 7th June Father Brian Ralph who is the parish priest of St Barnabas Bethnal Green came along to spend an hour with the geezers. Eddie Snooks said, “He told us how as a
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The Battle of Bow
The Battle of Bow. This is the story of a daring 1960s cash van raid.
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