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The Pub Was Built In 1894, The Former Albion Brewery Stands Next Door Converted To Housing Now....On 9 March 1966, George Cornell Was Shot And Killed By Ronnie Kray Inside The Pub....
Mural in Hale Street, Poplar, London E14, commemorating the 1921 protest whereby local councillors refused to set a rate.
In 1921 there was no government support to alleviate unemployment, poverty or hunger; the burden fell upon individual boroughs under the Poor Law. Poor boroughs such as Poplar were doubly disadvantaged, as there was high demand for relief; yet as rateable values were low, a high rate had to be set to raise the same amount that a low rate would raise in a wealthy borough. At the same time, all ratepayers in London boroughs were charged a precept to pay for the London County Council, Metropolitan Police, Metropolitan Asylums Board and the Metropolitan Water Board. Again this fell disproportionately on ratepayers in poor boroughs, and Poplar called for this burden to be shared equally between the boroughs.
Nevertheless, in 1919 Poplar's Labour administration voted through a comprehensive programme of social reform and poor relief, which included equal pay for women (a highly radical idea at the time) and a minimum wage for council employees. This was expensive; and faced with further large rate rises in 1921, the Council decided not to collect the precepts for the four cross-London authorities.
The London County Council and Metropolitan Asylum Board took the matter to the High Court, where they were met by a 2,000-strong protest, led by the Council's Mace-Bearer. The Court ordered that thirty councillors, including six women, one of whom was pregnant, be detained indefinitely.
The Rebellion attracted wide public support. Crowds gathered outside Brixton Prison where George Lansbury, the Council Leader, would address them through the prison gates. Neighbouring Councils threatened similar action, Trade Unions passed motions of support, and funds were raised to support the families of the jailed Councillors. After six weeks the High Court caved in to public opinion and ordered that the Councillors be released. A new law, Local Authorities (Financial Provisions) Act 1921, was rushed through Parliament to equalise the tax burden between richer and poorer boroughs.
The original commemorative mural (it has subsequently been restored) was painted in Hale Street by Mark Frances in 1990. At the time the new Poll Tax had just replaced local rates, a move which also led to vociferous public protests - the fall-out from which effectively ended Margaret Thatcher's Premiership.
Johnston Architecture and Design, c.2014. Mixed-use development including residential apartments on upper floors. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
This splendidly restored French Citroen H van from the 1940s has been converted into a mobile coffee stall by Jared Horn. It used to appear regularly in Brick Lane on Sundays (where it was photographed on 31st May 2009). "Cwtch" is Welsh for cuddle.
Victoria Park in east London was created in 1845 and became an essential amenity for local people, many of whom lived in poor housing in the late 19th century.
Now like many London parks it is regularly used as the site for music festivals in the summer. The local council closes off a large area of the park with a tall fence, with access inside only available to ticket-buying festival goers.
Everyone else, like me, has to remain Outside the Festival. This is a collection of images of what we get to see of the event.
86 Years Here...The Exact Location For Aldgate East As Compared To The Old Would Of Been A BIt More To The Left "West"...I Put This One In As It Is An Entrance...This Part Was Once Gardiner's Corner, Gardiner's Was A Department Store...
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This beautiful chesspiece is carved from rock crystal. Its abstract form makes it hard to say which piece it represents. Chess probably originated in India, but by the end of the 11th century was practised by nobles across Europe and Asia. Chess was so popular minstrels even sang songs incorporating chess problems.
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The District Line heads underground just east of Bow Road; a train of D78 stock is seen descending the incline alongside Eleanor Street.
The bridge above carries the line which was originally the Bow extension of the London and Blackwall Railway; this ran from what is now Limehouse Station to Bow Junction, about a mile west of Stratford, and opened in 1849. From 1854 it was also used by the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway, although the latter company also built a direct route between Gas Factory Junction and Barking, which opened in 1858. Regular passenger services on this line ceased in 1949, but a single line has been retained for empty stock movements and occasional diversions.
The District Railway was extended eastwards from Whitechapel in 1902, to meet the London, Tilbury & Southend at Campbell Road Junction. The extension was promoted by both companies, and until the Second World War District Railway trains occasionally ran through to Southend.
A view across Poplar Dock (now Poplar Dock Marina). I think the council flats, part of the 'Canadian Estate' built in 1904 by the London County Council, with buildings named Ottawa, Baffin, Ontario, Hudson, Quebec and Winnipeg in the picture have been demolished and replaced by new private properties. All the flats in the old building were built to decent standards for the time, 2 or 3 bed flats with kitchen and inside toilet, and decent sized rooms, probably larger than many in the new developments. There were five floors, with stairs up to balconies running along the length of the buildings at the rear, facing a yard between the two rows of 3 three buildings. I think the one seen here is probably Ottawa Buildings.
The chimneys are presumably those of the Blackwall Power Station.
BF68 LDA is one of the new ScaniaK416EB6 coaches with the latest Caetano Levante 3 bodywork now entering service on National Express coach routes. Some have gone to companies that are contracted to operate services, but this particular example is directly operated by National Express and is allocated to their Start Hill Depot just outside Bishop's Stortford which is responsible for services between Stansted Airport and London. The coach seats 56 and has an on-board toilet.
The Stansted Airport services have seen a substantial increase in passenger numbers over the years and were further revised during 2018; the A8 service now operates beyond Liverpool Street to terminate at King's Cross; it also has new stops in South Hackney and at Farringdon Station. The Whitechapel, Mile End and Bow Church stops have been transferred to the A7 Victoria service.
Lead Elite Women's group, Jemima Sumgong from Kenya (right) won at 2:22:58
Canon EOS 7D - EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM - ISO1600 1/640 sec f/5.6
Architects: Allies & Morrison, 2017, for Barratt London and British Land. Opp. Aldgate East station, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Victoria Park in east London was created in 1845 and became an essential amenity for local people, many of whom lived in poor housing in the late 19th century.
Now like many London parks it is regularly used as the site for music festivals in the summer. The local council closes off a large area of the park with a tall fence, with access inside only available to ticket-buying festival goers.
Everyone else, like me, has to remain Outside the Festival. This is a collection of images of what we get to see of the event.
Taken from my garden. With temperatures set to hit 30C in London this afternoon these travellers are assured of a warm welcome to the UK!
The replacement railway bridge awaits the demolition of the old brick built bridge beyond, before it can be slid into position see lonk www.flickr.com/photos/deevee40/36652875100/in/photostream/
Taken on a Minolta X700 camera with a Tokina 35 - 105mm zoom lens on Kodachrome slide film.
Architect: Alexander Binnie for LCC, 1902. Circular red-brick building with glazed dome, at Island Gardens. Inside there are spiral stairs and a lift shaft descending to the foot-tunnel under the Thames. Grade II listed. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Unable to return to the office still, I made the most of a sunny lunchtime with a trip down to Shadwell Basin and the River Thames.
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§ The pub's temporary website.
§ By day with Google Streetview.
§ July 2008 photo by Ewan Munro.
Any 'Only Fools & Horses' fans would recognise this from the episode 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Uncle', from series 7.
From Wikipedia: The London Docks expanded eastward in the 1830s with the opening of the Eastern Dock and Shadwell Basin (built 1828–32). To provide these new docks with access to the river, a new entrance at Shadwell was built. Opened in 1832, it was named Shadwell Entrance (the main entrance to the London Dock was through Wapping Entrance with a third entrance at Hermitage Basin).
By the 1850s, the London Dock Company had recognised that the entrances at both Wapping and Shadwell were too small to accommodate the newer and larger ships coming into service. In 1854-58 the company built a new larger entrance (45 feet wide) and a new basin at Shadwell (the only element of the London Docks system to have survived redevelopment to this day) linked to the west part of the docks by Eastern Dock and the short Tobacco Dock.
Even by the start of the 20th century the docks in Wapping had become outdated as steam power meant ships were built too large to fit into them. Cargoes were unloaded downriver and then ferried by barge to warehouses in Wapping. This system was uneconomic and inefficient and one of the main reasons that the docks in Wapping were the first to close in the 1960s.
The London docks complex closed to shipping in 1969. Purchased by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Shadwell Basin and the western part of the London Docks fell into a derelict state[1], mostly a large open tract of land and water. Acquired in 1981 by the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC), redevelopment of Shadwell Basin took place in 1987 resulting in 169 houses and flats being built around the retained historic dock.
This eerie scene as at the rear of the The Prospect of Whitby pub in wapping there has been a pub on this site for nearly 500 years!..yes 500....when henry the eighth was king,Wapping was also the site of 'Execution Dock', where pirates and other criminals faced execution by hanging from a gibbet constructed close to the low water mark. Their bodies would be left dangling until they had been submerged by the tide.
Victoria Park in east London was created in 1845 and became an essential amenity for local people, many of whom lived in poor housing in the late 19th century.
Now like many London parks it is regularly used as the site for music festivals in the summer. The local council closes off a large area of the park with a tall fence, with access inside only available to ticket-buying festival goers.
Everyone else, like me, has to remain Outside the Festival. This is a collection of images of what we get to see of the event.
Any 'Only Fools & Horses' fans would recognise this from the episode 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Uncle', from series 7.
Compare to this photo from the early 1980s: www.flickr.com/photos/dmcl/46401374/