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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
Bethnal Green Station.
It would be very fiiting if the completed memorial could be unveiled on 3rd March 2013, which would be the 70th anniversary of the Tube Shelter disaster.
Weavers Fields, Bethnal Green, London.
The Celtic festival of Samhain (literally, Summer's End) is probably better known as All Hallow's Evening, usually shortened these days to Hallowe'en. 1st November is All Saints Day, or All Hallows, hence the modern name.
At this time the signs of the approach of winter are all around us; the weather is getting colder, the days shorter, and the leaves on the trees take on their Autumn colours then fall to the ground.
In Celtic times there would not have been enough food to keep al the animals alive, so many would be slaughtered and their meat salted to preserve it for the winter months. The onset of the cold weather would also cause the human death rate to go up, particularly amongst the elderly and very sick - something which is still true today. It is almost as if they are deciding that they cannot face another winter and now is the time to leave this world.
Some echos of the theme of death still exist today. Roman Catholics choose the month of November to remember their loved ones; and in Mexico on 1st November the deceased are remembered and celebrated during the festival of 'Dia de los Muertos' (The Day of the Dead). Also, in Celtic times the head was revered as the seat of inspiration and learning, and worthy opponents would have their heads cut off and displayed - today's custom of hollowing out pumpkins, carving a face and lighting them with candles is an echo of this.
Victoria Park Road, Bethnal Green, London E2. The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of The Assumption is situated next door on the left.
The Hertford Union Canal runs alongside the south-eastern edge of Victoria Park. In recent years new houses and flats have been built alongside the canal on the site of former factories. Behind, a housing development from an earlier era - the 1960s high-rise block.
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
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
To dispel the winter gloom, I've uploaded some photos taken earlier this year of the colourful Sunday flower market in Columbia Road, Bethnal Green.
A quiet street of Victorian houses during the week, Columbia Road comes alive on Sundays when the flower market takes over between 8am and 2pm. Many of the small shops also open on the day, adding to the atmosphere which also spills over into adjoining streets. It's very busy, so go early to avoid the crowds - or late to seek out bargains.
"Mr Recycle More" stomps on through the crowd.
www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/1101-1150/1130_how_to_recycl...
I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.