This Friday, 19th Jan 2017, Tower Hamlets Borough Archivist, Malcolm Barr-Hamilton is leading a workshop on how to use the collections. Book your free place here. The East End History Club next meets at the Borough
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London’s Air Ambulance, Charles Booth’s map of Deptford, Suffragette City walk
Above – Charles Booth’s poverty map of Deptford London’s Air Ambulance gets urgent, essential, pre-hospital medical care to patients inside the M25. They need to double their income over the next five years to continue to
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Isle of Dogs pubs plus wrapping the presents
At last Tuesday’s regular meeting of of the Geezers in Bow, Malcolm Barr-Hamilton, our Borough Archivist, came along to talk about pubs! Malcolm kindly brought along a laptop and projector to show us a huge number
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Fraud warning, talk on Stratford, steam train Sat,
Fraud Alert The police are warning everybody to watch out for online fraud. They say that bogus auctions account for 65% of it. Beware of clicking on unsolicited emails or text messages. They may lead
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Where’s my boozer gone?
As East Enders born and bred, The Geezers are working on a project to highlight the demise of The East End Public House, focussing in the area of Bow East and West. It would be great if you
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