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Robin Hood Gardens, Poplar, London E14
Alison and Peter Smithson, completed 1972
"It has heroic scale with beautiful human proportions and has a magical quality. It practically hugs the ground, yet it has also a majestic sense of scale, reminiscent of a Nash terrace."
Richard Rogers, Lord Rogers of Riverside
Tower Hamlets Reserves 4-4 Haver Town Reserves
(Haver Town won 9-8 on penalties)
Division 3 Cup, Semi Final
Essex Alliance Football League
Saturday 6th April 2019
At Mabley Green, Hackney
Tower Hamlets Reserves 4-4 Haver Town Reserves
(Haver Town won 9-8 on penalties)
Division 3 Cup, Semi Final
Essex Alliance Football League
Saturday 6th April 2019
At Mabley Green, Hackney
Altab Ali Park, Whitechapel High Street, London E1.
The mental health charity, 'Sane', have launched a campaign to increase awareness of depression, and to encourage sufferers to seek help. The 'Black Dog' name comes from the phrase Winston Churchill, who himself suffered from depression, and others have used to describe the illness.
www.sane.org.uk/what_we_do/black_dog/
The artwork on this dog's coat is by Anthony Cheynders and is called 'Stained Glass'
Bethnal Green Nature Reserve in Middleton Street occupies part of the site of the former St Jude's Church, which was bombed in the Second Word War and never rebuilt. The land was gradually reclaimed by nature, especially after Tower Hamlets Council fenced it off in the 1970s.
During the 1990s the site came under the stewardship of the local Teesdale and Hollybush Tenants and Residents Association, which has been reponsible for setting up gardening projects on local estates. It has now been tidied up and is managed as a nature reserve. It is open to visitors during the day on Fridays and Saturdays.
Disused Factory Alie Street E1.
Now demolished and being redeveloped as hideously expensive apartments.
The roundabout at the western end of the Lower Lea Crossing. The eastern end is in Newham, close to Royal Victoria Dock and the ExCel Centre, and betwen Canning Town and Silvertown.
The Lower Lea Crossing opened in 1991 and is part of a network of roads built to assist the regeneration of London's Docklands.
A tradition of displaying British military strength by creating trophies from masses of weapons has long existed at the Tower. From about 1700, visitors to the Grand Storehouse were stopped in their tracks by John Harris’s stunning displays and models, including a serpent and a seven-headed hydra, which he created from a variety of weapons including muskets, pistols and swords.
A sight “no one ever beheld without Astonishment…
not to be matched perhaps in the world”.
—William Maitland, 18th century antiquarian
Royal Armories Head of Creative Programs, Karen Whitting, dreamed up the idea for a mighty beast, inspired by the small figures of a dragon and a hydra in the scale model of the Grand Storehouse. Working with the creative team at Haley Sharpe Design a concept drawing was produced which York-based Paragon Creative have brought wonderfully to life.
Building on the tradition of trophies of arms and armor created at the Tower of London from the late 17th century, this new dragon has been constructed using objects and materials that represent ten institutions which were housed in the Tower.
Institutions
Ordnance Office—armor, swords, firearms and cannon to create the head, back and body, including 22 antique pistols, four swords, four rifles, two bronze cannon and 20 bayonets.
Menagerie—a cage for the rib cage
Prison—30m of chain to create the tail
The Royal Mint—2,000 gold and silver coins, representing the dragon’s fire plus 50 replica trial plates
Royal Observatory—26 telescopes
Ordnance Survey—maps for wings
Record Office—scrolls for legs
Jewel House—400 glass rubies
Constables—keys hanging around the neck
Royal Armories—8 breastplates, 6 muskets, 15 poleaxes, 10 mail shirts, 4 shields and bucklers
Our dragon is fittingly named Keeper, following a naming competition run in association with TV channel History™.
No. of items used:
Over 2,672 items including:
•8 breastplates
•6 muskets
•22 antique pistols
•40 shields and bucklers
•4 swords
•4 pairs of pauldrons
•4 pairs of gauntlets
•4 bronze mortars
•8 kettle helmets
•4 Enfield rifles
•2 bronze canons
•20 bayonets
•15 poleaxes
•10 mail vests
•4 horse shaffrons
•26 telescopes
•2,000 gold and silver coins
•30m of chain
•400 “rubies”
•1 replica Henry VIII necklace
•50 replica trial plates
•1 set of keys
Overall dimensions
Height: 4.5m
Wingspan: 5m
Length: 3.5m
Weight: 1,200kg
Design & Build
A team of five took approximately 800 hrs to design, build and install the dragon.
This spectacular dragon forms the centerpiece to the Royal Armories’ permanent new exhibition at the White Tower—Power House.
Tower Hamlets Reserves 4-4 Haver Town Reserves
(Haver Town won 9-8 on penalties)
Division 3 Cup, Semi Final
Essex Alliance Football League
Saturday 6th April 2019
At Mabley Green, Hackney
At one time there were 150 Synagogues in the East End. Now there are three. Fieldgate Street is no longer in regular use but has been retained and may be used for educational visits.
St. Matthew's Row, Bethnal Green.
The church was designed by George Dance in 1742 and got half built but because of insufficient funds, fire, strikes and rows between the architect and the builders it wasn't completed until 1861. In 1940 the Germans bombed it and it was rebuilt in 1961.
The Kray's funerals were held here.
Saturday 20th June 2015 - a bica and pasteis de nata (my favourite pastry in the whole world) at A Corner of the World, a new Portuguese café on Bethnal Green Road.
(the little flag in the flower reads "p'ra matar bem as saudades, pedes uma carta extensa, puro engano. Elas só morem com a carta da presença" - any offers of a translation gratefully accepted!)
Ravenscroft Street (off Columbia Row), Bethnal Green.
Our neighbours Andrew and Tsy have set up a 'pop-up' coffee and cake stall every Sunday inside 'Organics', a gardening shop. Andrew bakes the cakes and muffins himself and they are to die for - in particular, the savoury muffins are not to be missed!
The stall was supposed to run to the end of February, but looks as if it will be around for a while yet.
So if you are visiting the Flower Market on a Sunday, do pop in, have a coffee (or tea) and a muffin or a slice of cake - and tell them I sent you!
York Hall opened in November 1929. When it opened it had two swimming baths, washing baths for both sexes (very few houses would have had bathrooms at the time) and a laundry, as well as a hall which was licensed for music, dancing, and boxing. For many years is was also noted for its Turkish Baths.
Today the venue includes a fitness centre as well as swimming; and boxing matches still take place regularly. The Turkish Baths have been refurbished as "Spa London".
The benches in the foreground are part of the grounds of the (V&A) Museum of Childhood.
During the London Olympic Games large screens were put up in several locations around London. The Victoria Park London Live site ran from Friday 27th July until Sunday 12th August, and also incorporated a stage, bars, food stalls and entertainment, as well as three screens showing BBC coverage of the Games. Entry was free.
Ezra Street (off Columbia Row), Bethnal Green. Dairy shops, usually run by Welsh families, were once common in inner London and supplied Londoners with their milk. Now a cafe.
Former railway sidings crossing Henning Street. The brick viaduct in the foreground was the original approach to the Eastern Counties Railway's first London terminus at Bishopsgate, which became Bishiopsgate Goods Yard when Liverpool Street was opened in 1874. It closed in 1964 after a major fire. The approaches to Liverpool Street are carried on a parallel viaduct immediately behind.