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An August Bank-Holiday in the East End,

Contents:

1. The Arrival of the NHS - 50 Years Ago 6. Index of East London Record 1-182. Postman's Park - the memorial plaques 7. East London Record No. 19 - 19983. Members' Letters 8. A Popular Gazetteer Proposed4. Murder at the Bow Palace 9. Coach Trip in September5. Book Shelf

Summer 1998

EAST LONDON HIST RY SOCIETYLECTURE PROGR.AMIVIE - 1 998-99

Thursdays at 7.30 pm

17th September 1998: 25th February 1999:

London's River Police, 1798 to the The German Hospital, Hackney

present (Illustrated)

Speaker Elizabeth McKellar

Speaker Geoffrey Budworth18th March 1999:

29th October 1998:AGM of ELHS at 7:15 pm, followed The Architecture of Charitableby Organisations in the East End,

1880-1905Poor Journeymen; Huguenot Speaker Danny Wells

weavers in 18th century SpitalfieldsSpeaker Mary Bayliss 29th April 1999:

12th November 1998:

Thames Foreshore ArchaeologicalSurveySpeaker Rose Baillie

3rd December 1998:

Women's Clothing Industry in EastLondonSpeaker Anne J Kershen

28th January 1999:

Wilton's and Music Hall in the EastEnd - not like we remember!Speaker Brian Daubney

The Story of ShadwellMalcolm Barr-Hamilton

20th May 1999:

Members Open EveningDon't Forget the Pigeons - EastEnders and their Birds and Animals

Note:The lectures are held on Thursdayevenings at 7.30 p.m in the LatimerCongregational Church Hall, ErnestStreet, El, - between Harford Streetand WhiteHorse Lane, off Mile EndRoad (opposite Queen Mary andWestfield College). The nearestUnderground Stations are Mile Endand Stepney Green.Bus No. 25.

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The Arrival of theNHS - 50 Years Ago

John Harris

On 5th July 1948 the NationalHealth Service came into force.Free medical treatment for all,including prescriptions, dentaltreatment, spectacles andmaternity benefits.

This may not mean much topeople who grew up with theNHS, but to an older generationit was a real lifeline, and tounderstand their feelings wehave to go back to the "good olddays."

For many years most of thehospitals in the East End wereknown as voluntary hospitals,this meant they did not get anymoney from the government butwere supported by donationsfrom dockers' unions, shipowners, most of the firms in theEast End, and all the darts clubsin Millwall and Poplar.

Voluntary hospitals operated ona shoestring and they could notafford expensive medicalequipment. The staff were verydedicated but were limited inwhat services they couldprovide. One way of raisingmoney was to have a "FlagDay". This meant all the nursesout on the street with theircollection boxes selling tinylapel flags. Another method was"Hospital Sunday", when extracollections were made in all thechurches for the hospitals.

Money was always tight inthese hospitals but thoughtreatment was free patients wereasked if they could make somepayment depending on theirincome. If you neededspectacles your doctor wrote aprescription which you paid for,you then went to the opticianand were fitted with spectaclesfor which you also paid. Manypeople could not afford this.There was a less expensiveway. Woolworths had a counteron which there would be a large

pile of spectacles and an eyechart. You then went throughthe pile trying on the spectacles,to find a pair that suited you.

The cost for these spectacleswas 1/6d old money. To have atooth extracted cost 2/6d. For adoctor to attend a birth at homewould be between £6 and £7,which was more than a week'swages for some men.

The infant mortality rate inBethnal Green in 1937 washigh, the Medical Officer for thearea stated that many of theinfants' lives could have beensaved if the doctor had beencalled in earlier. Many of thebabies were suffering fromdiarrhoea and enteritis, but thedoctor was not called in until thedisease was well advanced.This was due to the expense ofa doctor making house calls. Inthat year there were 235 casesof diphtheria reported in BethnalGreen. Throughout the EastEnd in 1937 there was a greatdeal of unemployment, shorttime working, and low wages,which resulted in a low standardof living and poor health. InBethnal Green alone 1205children were receiving freemilk and dinners.

When war was declared in 1939it not only brought bombs to theEast End, it brought oneimportant benefit and that wasthe Emergency HospitalService, which was set up forthe treatment of air raidcasualties. This service waslater expanded to cover allpatients including maternityservices and infant care. Thereasoning behind this movewas that they could not have apatient in one bed with injuriescaused by an air raid payingnothing, while a patient in thenext bed with appendicitis whowould have to pay.

The EHS was also responsiblefor the issue of free orange juiceand cod liver oil for infants.They also carried out a largescale programme to immuniseall children against diphtheria

which was a real killer diseasearound the East End.

The NHS was the naturalsuccessor to this wartimeorganisation, but it nowcovered dental treatment andopticians, maternityallowances and mental health.For many weeks after theNHS came into being thenational press had a great timewith stories of queues at thedoctors for prescriptions, extrasets of false teeth and even forwigs, all very amusing, but nottrue. The real reason for therush to the doctors was theresult of years of medicalneglect in places like the EastEnd.

When Poplar Hospital wastaken into the NHS system, itwas still carrying a debt of£25,000 which tells us what afinancial knife edge thevoluntary hospitals were on.

A Pictorial History ofVictoria Park,published by the EastLondon History Society.Price £6.99.+p&p

A reminder for thosewho have yet topurchase their copy ofthe excellent book onVictoria Park, or if youare thinking aboutChristmas gifts (yes, it'sthat time again!). Copiesare available at mostEast End bookshops, orsend your order toDoreen Kendall, 20Puteaux House,Cranbrook Estate,Bethnal Green E2 ORF.Tel: 0181 981 7680.

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Postman's Park -the memorialplaques

Doreen Osborn

One of the least-known yet mostpoignant of monuments to`ordinary' Londoners mustsurely be the memorial cloister,located in Postman's Park, inSt. Martin's Le Grand - astone's throw from St. Paul'sCathedral.

Postman's Park is actually madeup of the former churchyards ofSt. Leonard's. foster Lane andSt. Botolph's, AldersgateStreet, the graveyard ofChristchurch, Newgate Streetand the later addition of someland bordering Little Britain.

It was designated a public parkin 1890 and received its presentname following the constructionof the nearby Post Office HQ in1895.

The idea of the memorial wasconceived by the artist andsculptor, G F Watts and in1900, the wall-mounted panel,containing 52 plaques wasconstructed, sheltered under awooden canopy.

GEORGE STEPHENFUNNELL, police constable,December 22nd 1899. In a fireat the 'Elephant & Castle', WickRoad, Hackney Wick, afterrescuing two lives, went backinto the flames, saving abarmaid at the risk of his ownlife.

ARTHUR REGELOUS,carman, (Tittle Peter'), aged25, who, with ALICE MAUDDENMAN. aged 27, died intrying to save her children froma burning house in BethnalGreen. April 20th 1902.

ELIZABETH COGHLAM,aged 26, of Church Path, StokeNewington, died saving herfamily and house by carryingblazing paraffin to the yard.January 1st 1902.

HENRY JAMES BRISTOW,aged 8, at Walthamstow. OnDecember 30th 1890, saved hislittle sister's life by tearing offher flaming clothes, but caughtfire himself and died of burnsand shock.

SOLOMAN GALAMAN, aged11, died of injuries, September6th 1901, after saving his littlebrother from being run over inCommercial Street "Mother, I saved him but Icould not save myself."

GEORGE BLENCOWE, aged16,when a friend bathing in theLea cried for help, went to hisrescue and was drowned.September 6th 1880.

P.C. EDWARD GEORGEBROWN GREENOFF.Metropolitan Police. Many liveswere saved by his devotion toduty at the terrible explosion atSilvertown, 19th January 1917.

WILLIAM GOODRUM,Signalman, aged 60, lost his lifeat Kingsland Road Bridge, insaving a workman from deathunder the approaching trainfrom Kew. February 28th1880.

FREDERICK MILLS, A.RUTTER, ROBERTDURRANT & F.D. JONESwho lost their lives in bravelystriving to save a comrade at thesewage pumping works, EastHam.

ELIZABETH BOXALL, aged17, of Bethnal Green, who diedof injuries received in trying tosave a child from a runawayhorse. June 20th 1888.

JAMES BANNISTER, of Central Stepney HistoryBow, aged 30, rushed over Walk by Tom Ridge, pricewhen an opposite shop caught 1.00.fire, and was suffocated in theattempt to save life. October14th 1901. This is a detailed look at a

variety of buildings andJOHN SLADE, Private, 4thBattalion, Royal Fusiliers, of historic sites in the Stepney

Stepney. When his house area. The route is clearlycaught fire, saved one man and marked out and there is adashing upstairs to rouse wealth of information on theothers, lost his life. December area, from Saxon times to the26th 1902. present day. This is an

excellent publication, whichhas taken Tom several yearsto put together, it is well-produced in a large format,and is a steal at £1. Availableat Bancroft Library and atEastside Bookshop.

At the centre of the panel is asmall, carved figure of Watts,together with a dedication to`the heroic self-sacrifice' ofthose commemorated - all ofwhom died in the attempt tosave the lives of others.

Of particular East Londoninterest are the following:

GODFREY MAULENICHOLSON Manager of aStratford Distillery, GEORGEAND ROBERT UNDERHILL,workmen, successively wentdown a well to rescue comradesJuly 12th 1901.

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Road we were confronted with new things every time you lookdamage sustained at number 4 at them.and adjacent houses. Windowswere broken, ceilings that had We recently came back from afallen in, dust and rubble few days in London, althougheverywhere. I well remember we didn't get as far as the Eastreturning home after clearing End. We had a nice walk alongwhat we could, feeling the South Bank of the Thamesabsolutely shattered both from Waterloo up to Londonphysically and mentally. The Bridge, calling in for a look athouse in which I had seen the the Globe Theatre on the way.first light of day and spent my My family think it very strangechildhood, now stood in ruins. that I had never been around

Borough Market before, but Ihardly ever used to go to SouthThe remaining undamaged

furniture was removed fromfu London. I don't know if thingsDoric Road at a later date. It are different now but people

didn't seem to cross the riverwas stored in a huge barn at theend of the garden, at our very much years ago. Iaddress in Stotfold. remember when I worked in the

Employment Exchange at FastHam and I would try to get

Eventually at the cessation of people to go for jobs in Souththe war my sister Bess and her London (bearing in mind thathusband Harry (who had just the Woolwich Ferry was aboutbeen demobbed from the Navy) 10 minutes away), and thereturned with their son David to answer was usually, "Sorry,accommodation in Bishops Way but I never go over the water."until their departure toChingford in 1946, a far cry I had set my video to recordfrom the devastation of Bethnal 'Maisie Raine' while I wasGreen. away. I have watched the first

episode, and recognised theEditor's note: entrance to Meath Gardens andOur tireless researcher John the flats next to it. How longHarris has uncovered the have there been allotmentsfollowing information from the there, by the way? I don'tMetropolitan Borough of remember them when I livedBethnal Green civilian war there. Also Bethnal Greendead: Police Station, which I see fromAnnie Russell aged 87 of 3 the press cutting which you sentBandon Road, widow of me is no longer in use.George Samuel Russell, 26thJune 1944 at 3 Bandon Road.Elizabeth Margaret (Bessie), Doreen Kendall replies:aged 42 of 3 Bandon Road,daughter of Annie and late The old Bethnal GreenGeorge S Russell, 26th June Police Station is the1944 at 3 Bandon Road. location for the new BBC

police drama MaisieRaine, starring Pauline

Chris Dixon, Heaton, Quirke. Apparently, itNewcastle upon Tyne: was broken into several

times whilst the TV crewwere on location filming

Thanks ever so much for the series!sending me a copy of TheChanging East End. I have The allotments in Meathbeen looking through it for the Gardens, called "Prospectpast week, and it is fascinating. Place" also features in theI really enjoy looking at old series, as does Eastbournephotos, especially of places that House.are familiar, as you seem to see

Members' Letters

Sam Vincent, 72Southfields, Letchworth,Herts SG6 4NA:

I have been reading the currentedition of the newsletter andfind the letter of Chris Dixonvery interesting, she has beatenme to a nostalgic trip to myroots and I feel quite enviousreading her story of the visit.

Another article of interest waswritten by Stephen Sadler.Stephen and I havecorresponded and he gave mesome interesting informationabout teachers' names that I hadforgotten at Sewardstone Roadschool.

I am sure Stephen and I spentsome time in the same local air-raid shelter near St. JamesAvenue during the Blitz, hesurely must remember my fathersnoring to the annoyance of theother occupants! There werebombs falling around whichseemed to be the least of theirworries!

Incidentally, the Bandon Roadincident also caught my eye, atthat time we had left BethnalGreen but my step sister Besshad moved into our old house at4 Doric Road, her aunt waskilled in that incident, she livedin Bandon Road. I would beinterested to learn of anyinformation relating to herdeath, her surname wasRussell.

At that time (1944) our family,with the exception of sister Besshad moved to a safer refuge,Stotfold in Bedfordshire. Whenwe were told that a VIdoodlebug had fallen onBandon Road, we immediatelyset off for Bethnal Green.

Sister Bess had moved into ourhouse in Doric Road after wehad evacuated it at the latter endof 1940. On our arrival at Doric

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Murder Mystery

Louis A Llewellyn-Hodge, the Old WatchHouse, The Parade,Parkgate, South Wirral,Cheshire L64 6RW:

Stratford Express. Sixyears' papers is not reallytoo much to trawl through,with time and patience.The incident must havebeen reported at the timeof occurrence and againwhen the soldier stoodtrial.

published a book on the EastEnd, she immediately asked ifshe could buy a copy. Ipromised to send her one,which I did, and received thefollowing letter fromBuckingham Palace:

Dear Mrs Taylor,

I am wondering if you or one ofyour members can assist me? Iam looking for newspaperaccounts of a World War Hmurder in the East Ham area.Tragically, one of those wartimestories of an unfaithful wife,discovered by her husband,who subsequently stood trial formurdering her. His sentenceapparently was light with theJudge talking of 'greatprovocation'.

The soldier's name wasRichard Thomas, probably`Dick Thomas.'I am sure this would have beenreported locally in the localnewspapers. If I had their nameand address, I might get lucky ifI write to their archivist. It maybe that one of your oldermembers may even haveknowledge of the Case. DickThomas only served a shortsentence and when released,emigrated.

Quite a task to find a 'local'murder in six years of war, butstranger things have happened.Hope you can start me off withthe name/address of the EastHam 'local' paper.

Editor's Note:

Doreen Kendall has someinitial suggestions as tothe line of enquiry. Firstof all, a check at theFamily Record Centre -Deaths, would provide adate for the wife's death(if we know the name ofthe wife). This wouldnarrow the search downtremendously. The LocalHistory Library, WaterLane, Stratford, wouldhave copies of localnewspapers, such as the

Princess Alexandra wasdelighted to receive a copy ofyour book The ChangingEast End - Stepney,Bethnal Green and Poplar1860-1960.

The discovery of a photographin a book "Greater London - it'sgrowth and developmentthrough two thousand years" byChristopher Trent, published in1965 has sparked off anotherhunt, for a statue of Diana.

Murder at the BowPalace

Do any of our membersrecognise the statue and do youhave any recollections of seeingit in Island Gardens?

On the 14th November 1934, at9 am, John Frederick

Princess Alexandra Stockwell, aged 19, walked to

at the CWSR the gallows at PentonvillePrison. He met his death withthe same calmness that he

Rosemary Taylor displayed when sentenced at theOld Bailey by Mr. Justice

In April of this year HRH Goddard.Princess Alexandra paid a visitto the Queen Victoria Seamen's Stockwell had been sentenced toRest, in the East India Dock death for the murder of Mr.Road, Poplar. As its patron the Dudley Hoard, Manager of thePrincess takes a keen interest in Eastem Palace Cinema, whichthe Mission, and she clearly was situated in Bow Roadenjoys her visits to the East opposite Bow Church.End, meeting the elderly Stockwell had been employedseafarers and remembers many as an attendant at the cinema.of the staff whom she has meton previous occasions. As a That year August Bank Holidaypart-time secretary and researher fell on the 7th August, and theat the Mission, I was presented manager who lived with histo her and when the Princess wife in the flat above the cinemawas told that I had recently had placed the takings of three

Perhaps some of ourmembers might have heardabout this case. Do dropus a line if you have anyclues!

Where is Diana?

A view of Island Gardenslooking over towardsGreenwich shows a statue ofDiana the Huntress :a the leftforeground. The mystery is,when was the statue removed,and where is it now?

Her Royal Highness has askedme to thank you most warmlyfor your kind thought insending it. I know that thePrincess will look forward toreading it when she has a quietmoment.

The Princess has asked me tosend her best wishes.

Capt. Neil BlairPrivate Secretary

John Harris

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days, almost £100, in the office died in St. Andrews Hospital onsafe. the same day he was attacked.

His wife survived.Early next morning Mr. Hoardheard a knock at the door, heanswered it and foundStockwell outside. He said hehad left some money in thecinema and could he come inand collect it. Mr. Hoard lethim in, but the moment heturned his back Stockwellpulled out an axe from under hiscoat and attacked him, strikinghim a number of times about thehead. Mrs. Hoard came runningout of the bedroom and she wasalso attacked. Stockwell thenwashed the blood from hishands and with Mr. Hoard'skeys opened the safe and tookthe money.He hid the axe behind thecinema and went home to hislodgings in Empson Street,Bromley by Bow when he satdown to breakfast. In theevening of the same day he tookhis lady friend (the landlady'sdaughter) to a West Endcinema.

The next morning he took thetrain to Lowestoft where hestayed in a lodging house. But afew days later, he saw aphotograph of himself in a dailypaper and left the house.

Later some clothing was foundon the shore. In the pocket wasa post office savings book withStockwell's name on it and aletter addressed to the localpolice. In it Stockwellconfessed to the crime andstated that he was going todrown himself. But Stockwelldid not drown himself, he wentto Great Yarmouth and bookedinto a hotel under the name of JF Smith. The manager wassuspicious of him and contactedthe police. On searching hisroom a large sum of money wasfound and some bags markedEastern Palace Cinema.Stockwell was arrested andtaken back to London by car.

So ended one of the biggestmanhunts in this country sinceJack the Ripper. Mr. Hoard

The trial was one of the shorteston record. Stockwell changedhis plea of Not Guilty to Guilty,the jury were out for 30minutes and returned a verdictof Guilty, but stronglyrecommended mercy, takinginto consideration the parentalguidance he never received.

Stockwell's father had beenkilled in France when he wasvery young, his mother diedwhen he was eleven years old.

The Home Secretary refused areprieve, and Stockwell went tothe gallows. At the age of 19,he was the youngest person tohang for 12 years.

What became of some of thekey players in this drama? Dr.Ralph Summers who wasDivisional Police Surgeon forthe East End and helped withthe post mortem on the murdervictim and gave evidence at thetrial, died peacefully at his son'shome in Woodford Green inOctober 1997, shortly after his97th birthday.

Stockwell's solicitor was Mr.Edward Fail. In July 1944 aflying bomb landed close toArbour Square Police Courtwhere Mr. Fail was taking acase. He was badly injured anddied five days later in theLondon Hospital.

Mr. Justice Goddard laterbecame the Lord Chief Justiceand in later years presided overthe Derek Bentley murder case.

Empson Street was badlydamaged in the September1940 air raids. It was laterfenced off and the ruinedhouses used as a battle trainingground for the Home Guard.The Eastern Palace Cinema waslater renamed the Regal Cinema.In the 1960s it was demolishedand replaced by a block offlats.

Book Shelf

Three books by JamesPage-Roberts, publishedby the Mudlark Press.Enquiries to the MudlarkPress, PO box 13729,London W6 9GN.

Docklands BuildingsOld and New. With 59photographs this is anothersplendid value book from theMudlark Press. The authortakes you around Londondocklands north and south ofthe Thames with entertainingwords and personalanecdotes to enjoy its historyand buildings. It is afascinating tour, seen with aperceptive and idiosyncraticeye.Price £5.95

Canary Wharf andSights from DocklandsLight Railway. Thishandy guide is for those fromhome or abroad visitingLondon's docklands andtravelling by Docklands LightRailway. With 2 maps and 36coloured photographs, thebooklet shows you the pointsof interest on a journey ofdiscovery from the Tower ofLondon to historicGreenwich.Price £2.95.

Guide to a Dockland ofChange. This is a presentday, historical and (1949-1969) photographic guide tothe riverside docks andwharves between the towerof London and theLimehouse of Pepys andCharles Dickens. There are122 pages, 5 maps, 57 monophotographs.Price £4.95.

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The East London Record - issues 1 - 18

On numerous occasions there have been enquiries from members of the public as to whetherthe Society had produced an index of back issues of the East London Record. Now that theRecord has appeared in its new format, I thought it was a good time to tackle this project. Ihope members feel this is a worthwhile exercise and that its inclusion in the newsletter willprove to be of value. This has been produced on a database, and can be sorted in severalways. If any member would like a copy of this sorted in, for instance, keyword 2, I wouldbe happy to oblige.

Note: It has become imperative that we reduce the quantities of Records in stock. Whilstmany issues have sold out, Issues No. 7, 10, 11, 14, 17 and 18 are available and memberscan now buy back issues at a flat rate of per copy, including p&p. Send your orders toDoreen Kendall.

Issue Year Article Author Keyword 1 Keyword 2 Area 13 1990 Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton Bt Harold Finch Politics Biography Bethnal Green

1786-184511 1988 George Howell - Trade Unionist Harold Finch Politics Biography Bethnal Green

And Reformer1981 Memories Of Bethnal Green Francis Le Childhood Reminiscence Bethnal Green May

1983 Memories Of Bethnal Green Joyce Ayres Childhood Reminiscence Bethnal Green1935-1945

10 1987 Childhood Memories Of Bethnal George E Childhood Reminiscence Bethnal Green Green Bishop

12 1989 A Bethnal Green Childhood Sam Vincent Childhood Reminiscence Bethnal Green7 1984 Around The Bandstand D Greenhalgh Childhood Reminiscence Bethnal Green18 1996 The Victory Parade Of 1946 Doreen Kendall War Celebration Bethnal Green15 1992 The Bethnal Green Tube Disaster Doreen Kendall War Family Bethnal Green

History 18 1996 George Webster Ltd - Horse Sue Winter Carmen Biography Bow

Contractors And Carmen18 1996 Down The Ground (Bow Bradley Graves And Burial Bow Cemetery) Snooks Names Grounds

10 1987 The Rise And Fall Of The Bow G P Moss Club Leisure Bow And Bromley Institute 17 1994/5 An Fast London Business E J Erith Factory Building Trade Bow15 1992 A Childhood In Bow Vi Short Childhood Reminiscence Bow16 1993 Memories Of Malmesbury Road Vi Short Childhood School Bow

Schools 1919-192512 1989 The Story Of The Old Five Bells Rosemary Temperance Religion Bromley St. Taylor Leonard

1 1978 A Friend In My Retreat: Family Kingsley Childhood Reminiscence Bromley St.Life In Bromley St. Leonard Royden LeonardBetween the Wars

17 1994/5 Old Canning Town Ivy Alexander Childhood Reminiscence Canning Town9 1986 The Imperial Canning Town C Demarne Theatre Leisure Canning Town11 1988 Memories Of Canning Town C Heifer Childhood Reminiscence Canning Town6 1983 Joseph Priestley In Clapton Michael Gray Writer Biography Clapton

1791-941979 Tower Hamlets 1888 William Poverty Social History East London

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2 1979 Hopping Down In Kent Ellen Kemp Hop Picking Holidays 8 1985 Hop Picking In The 1930s D Freeman Hop Picking Holidays 2 1979 1832 Cholera Epidemic In East Robert Mcr Disease Medicine

London Higgins

East LondonEast LondonEast London

Clifford Gully Convict Crime Hackney

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12 1989

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16 1993

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The Cameras Eye:Photographing Tower Hamlets1855-1939 Anglo Catholic Socialist ClergyIn East London 1870- 1970 Popular Beliefs About WitchesA Short History Of The YouthService In Tower Hamlets Achievers In The GhettoSome East End Ballads Transport East Of London BridgeAfter 1825 The Volunteer MilitiaCompanies Women In Politics

Bernard Nurse Photography Leisure East London

Kenneth Leech Socialism Religion East London

R Higgins Witchcraft Religion East LondonHarold Finch Childhood School East London

Irving Osborne Children School East LondonA Robinson Songs Leisure East LondonE F Clark Railways Transport East London

Clifford Gully Soldiers War East London

Elizabeth

Women Politics Fast LondonValiance

14 1991 Journeymen Bakers In Mid- Edwin Dare Breadmaking Work East LondonNineteenth Century East London

14 1991 19th Century Fast End Children John Ramsland Childhood Work East LondonAs Pavement Entertainers

16 1993 Juvenile. Streetsellers And John Ramsland Childhood Work East LondonTraders

1 1978 The Coal Heavers Of East C Kerrigan Coalheavers Work East LondonLondon

18 1996 Agricultural Holdings, East And W Bran Tyler Land Work East/West HamWest Ham

13 199011 198814 1991

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Dick Turpin In HackneyNotes On The AgapemonitesThe Knights Templars InHackneyChildhood Days In Hackney AndAbbey LaneHackney Schoolboy Football InThe Thirties Hackney WaterworksThe British Xylonite CompanyLtd of Homerton Vanished Church, VanishedStreets: The Parish Of St.Saviour's Hoxton Memories Of The Isle Of Dogs1912-31 On The Isle Of DogsThe Ingles Of Limehouse

M H Brooks Church Religion HackneyClifford Gully Medieval Religion Hackney

George Berry Childhood Reminiscence Hackney

Les Jolly Sport

K Fairclough HealthA J Wait

Plastics

John Harwood Church

Work ' Hackney

Childhood Hackney

Factory Homerton

Religion Hoxton

Minnie Skeat Childhood Reminiscence Isle Of Dogs

Ellen Rae Childhood Reminiscence Isle Of DogsFred Wright Family Biography Limehouse

History 15 1992 Satan, Suffragettes And Valerie Given Politics Religion Limehouse

Salvation10 1987 From Ben's Limehouse Ben Thomas Childhood Reminiscence Limehouse5 1982 The Story Of Limehouse Alfred French Seafarers Shipping Limehouse

1 1978 Richard Newman Of Mile End Bernard Nurse Gentry Biography Mile EndNew Town 1778-1792

4 1981 The Mile End Air Election Of H David Behr Election Politics Mile End1916

9 1986 Mile End Old Town And The D B Morris Seafarers Shipping Mile EndEast India Company

8 1985 Records Of The Poplar Pension I A Baxter Seafarers Charity PoplarFund

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ELHS Newsletter - Summer 19983 1980 , A Poplar Childhood Lilian Hine Childhood Reminiscence Poplar6 1983 Hard Up And Happy Jim Stuart Childhood Reminiscence poplar13 : 1990 Mainly -11.thgli h Bob C Chisnall Childhood Reminiscence Poplar16 1993 Beyond Theigli h Bob C Chisnall Childhood Reminiscence Poplar7 1984 St. Paul's Industrial School C J Lloyd Training School Poplar

Burdett Road1983 The Democratic Revolution In Christopher River Work River Thames

The Company Of Thames O'RiordanWatermen 1641-2

4 1981 The Road To Transportation Ralph Bodle Convict Crime Shadwell12 1989 Discovery In The East End David Herbert Chemical Biography Shadwell Leaback 6 1983 H J Glover: High Class Mike Sandow Drinks Manufacture Shadwell

Lemonade: Celebrated GingerBeer

11 1988 Jane Randolph And Shadwell C Ernestine Politics Biography ShadwellMaitland

10 1987 C & R Light Ltd, Cabinet I John Light Furniture Manufacture ShoreditchMakers Of Shoreditch

1985 Memories OfJpitalfields S Diamond Childhood Reminiscence pitalfields10 1987 The Jewish East End Celebration H David Behr Jewish Celebration Stepney 17 1994/5 Status Seekers In A Grand C J Lloyd Medical School Stepney House: 21 Stepney Green 3 1980 Concertinas In The Commercial Frank E Butler Instruments Music Stepney

Road: The Story Of GeorgeJones

7 1984 Faccini's Barrel Organ Depot Anthony Bird Instruments Music Stepney 4 1981 A Temperance Experiment In C Kerrigan Temperance Religion Stepney Wellclose Sic uare 9 1986 Stepney Memories M E Childhood Reminiscence Stepney Carrington

9 ' 1986 Copperfield Road Ragged School T S Ridge Charity School Stepney 8 1985 Stepney Jewish Patricia Craven Jewish School _ Stepney 4 1981 John Borlindor A Robinson Seafarers , Shipping Stepney 13 1990 Stepney And Trinity House Derek Morris Seafarers Shipping Stepney 5 1982 Boxing Memories Louis Behr Boxing , Sport Stepney 13 1990 F C Mills And The Broad Street Fred Wright Boxing Sport Stepney

Boys Club 7 1984 Rescue Of The Crown Jewels In John Pierse Police Crime Tower Hill

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14 1991 East London And Elizabeth F Lella Raymond Religion Biography West Ham16 1993 A Century Serving The Deaf Tony Clifford Deaf And School West Ham

Dumb15 1992 Frederick Rogers: Bookbinder Harold Finch Bookbinding Biography Whitechapel

And Journalist17 1994/5 The Burial Grounds Of Bruce Watson Family Burial Whitechapel Backchurch Lane Whitechapel History Grounds

1978 The Parish Of St. Mary Rev George Poverty Religion Whitechapel Whitechapel 1908-1916 Hanks 15 1992 They Carried The Banner Ron Montague Religion School Whitechapel18 1996 East London Schooldays I Fred Wright Childhood Reminiscence Whitechapel

1978 Victoria Park By Charles I A H French Parks Leisure Victoria ParkPoulsen

Medicine Wapping1984 What They Died of in Wapping I David Cobb Disease1657-1661

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The East LondonHistory SocietyNewsletter is published

Letters and articles on EastEnd history andreminiscences are alwayswelcome and we make everyeffort to publish suitablematerial. You may write toDoreen Kendall, 20 PuteauxHouse, Cranbrook Estate,Bethnal Green, E2 ORF, or toRosemary Taylor at the newaddress below.

My new address from the endof August is:

Rosemary Taylor29 Stern CloseGreat FleeteBarking IG11 OXW

Tel: 0181 595 7525e-mail rftaylor@aol.com

A Popular GazetteerProposed

Doubtless, each member ofthe Society would endorsethe opinion that knowledgeabout Tower Hamlets shouldbe made more widelyavailable than is presently thecase, given how few plaquesor notices appear in ourpublic places.

General interest in localhistory is often localizedindeed, horizons fixed at the(perceived) boundaries ofneighbourhood, estate oreven street.

I should like to propose aninitiative that takes account ofthis 'parochialism.'

The Borough's estates arecurrently managed by some34 local housing offices.Research into the origins ofthe names of estates, ofblocks and of thesurrounding streets could beorganised around thesehousing 'sectors' with thegoal of producing a posterabout each.

Information given wouldinclude local historyconnections, as well as morewide-ranging cultural andhistorical facts, for example,about the many poets andmythological figures whosenames are on loan to familiarBorough landmarks.

The attractively-producedposters would be displayed inthe windows of these offices,at other Council sites,including local libraries andschools - and reproduced asfliers for local people. It maybe that East End Life can bepersuaded to serialise thematerial. the project couldalso be the basis of aneducational 'gazetteer' ofTower Hamlets in electronicformat.

Would the Society beprepared to 'adopt' thisscheme, and are theremembers willing andavailable to form a volunteerteam of researchers? It's a lotof work, but the result wouldbe a huge increase in publicawareness and understandingof local heritage. If theSociety's support can beagreed in principle, formalapproaches can be madebefore the year's end to theBorough and funds sought.

Please send your commentsand suggestions on the aboveto Rosemary Taylor, at theaddress below.

In the meanwhile, anyoneprepared to research theCranbrook orDigby/Greenways estates inGlobetown by way of a pilotover the next few monthsshould contact Steve Cook atthe Institute of CommunityStudies, 18 Victoria ParkSquare, Bethnal Green,London E2 9PF.

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in local heritage and a broadThe Newsletter is edited, cultural literacy aretypset and produced by ingredients, all, for goodRosemary Taylor with the citizenship and harmoniousassistance of an editorial team communities. Knowledge iscomprising John Harris, the binding agent in thisDoreen Kendall, David Behr, recipe.Philip Merrick and DoreenOsborn.

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c,1. 0fast 4), AUTUMN COACH TRIP

Saturday 19th September 1998To Stowmarket0The Autumn Coach Trip will take place on Saturday 19th

C September 1998. We will be visiting the Museum of East Anglian

Life, in Stowmarket, Suffolk. It is in the Town Centre, but occupies a spacious site. Thereare pavilions entitled 'East Anglia at work', 'The Farming Year', 'Domestic Display', and`Travellers and Sporting Men', and a number of historic buildings, including a watermill, awindpump, a farmhouse, a smithy and a barn.

During the day of our visit there will be displays of 'Farming old and new' includingploughing, threshing and milling.

We will have a break when we first arrive to allow for lunch (own arrangements) and a lookaround Stowmarket, which is a busy market town. It has two fine mediaeval churches, and anumber of other old buildings.

Tea is available at the Museum.

The coach fare will be £7.00, please send this with your booking. Entrance to the Museumis £3.35 (full rate) or £2.75 for OAPs. This will be collected on the coach.

The pick-up will be at Mile End, opposite the station, at 9.30 am.

Please send your bookings to:Ann Sansom, 18 Hawkdene, London E4 7PF (Tel: 0181 524 4506)

AUTUMN COACH TRIP TO STOWMARKETSATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 1998

UWe would like

seat/s for the coach trip.

NAME/S

ADDRESS

TEL. NO. I enclose a cheque/PO for £

(Cheque made payable to the East London History Society.)

Post this form to Ann Sansom, 18 Hawkdene, London E4 7PF