Who wouldn’t want to visit a biscuit museum! Geezers Chair Eddie Snooks, although an East London boy, has always remembered the sweet aroma of the Peek Frean biscuit factory in Bermondsey. His mum and dad
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Don Tomlin update, Bow Foodbank, Victoria Park, Pubs at Risk and more London E3 News
Don Tomlin update Don Tomlin’s funeral is scheduled for Friday 1st May 2020. Currently it looks like no one will be able to attend due to COVID-19. His family are thinking about holding an event
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The New Globe pub, Lady Lane Market, QM Jazz
The New Globe MEOTRA have been investigating what is happening to The New Globe, which people tell me is listed. Tower Hamlets council say that building work has been going on without the relevant planning
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37 Pubs Saved in Tower Hamlets
Last week, Tower Hamlets Council’s Cabinet agreed that 37 of the borough’s most historically and culturally significant venues will be given ‘locally listed’ status. The pubs were listed for the following criteria: Local character and
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Was this the last pub in Bromley by Bow?
Photo above – vanished without trace – The Blue Anchor. Philip Mernick, Chairman of East London History Society, kindly sent us the article below. It also appears in their Summer 2019 Newsletter. You can download
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