Match Girls Strike

Striking Sparks, the story of the Matchgirls in Bow

Musical Premier of “A Fair Field”

25th June 2023 Alan T Arts in East End, History, News in and around Bow

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

Sarah Chapman, one of the seven original members of the 1888 strike committee

Matchgirls’ leader’s grave to be bulldozed

27th May 2020 Alan T Campaigns, History, News in and around Bow

The grave of Sarah Chapman, one of the leaders of the 1888 Matchgirls’ strike in Fairfield Road, is at risk of being bulldozed. Manor Park Cemetery is in private hands and the want to ‘mound’