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Category Archives: Districts
History of the East End – Part Six
Today the East End of London has in some ways changed beyond recognition from what we have been writing about in previous articles; in other ways it has changed very little and many commentators regard the East End as a … Continue reading
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Tagged bangladeshi, battle of cable street, brick lane, east end, east end history, london, london olympics, oswald mosley
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History of the East End – Part Five
The turn of the 20th century saw more social reform in the London’s East End with familiar names such as Angela Burdett-Coutts (founder of the Columbia market in Bethnal Green) and Charles Booth, who prompted the ‘Royal Commission on the … Continue reading
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Tagged blitz, chirpy cockneys, east end, east end history, first world war, london, luftwaffe, second world war
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History of the East End – Part Four
London’s East End has long been a destination for immigrants arriving in the city. Cheap (shoddy) accommodation and the knowledge that the area will quite possibly contain a community of your countrymen to help you are significant factors when considering the population … Continue reading
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Tagged east end historym huguenots, east end immigrants, history, immigrants, jewish, lenin, protesters, spitalfields, stalin, trotsky
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History of the East End – Part Two
We tend to regard the East End of London as populated with ‘Cockneys’ and this does in fact remain the case to this day. The word ‘Cockney’ has actually existed in slightly different forms since the Norman invasion of 1066; … Continue reading
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Tagged bow bells, cheapside, cockneys, east end history, gun powder, london history, pais de cogaigne, st mary le bow, tanning
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History of the East End – Part One
As an iconic city, London contains some of the world’s most recognisable districts and areas. The East End of London is one such area. The geographical area itself was originally made up of smaller villages which were swallowed up by … Continue reading
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Tagged bethnal green, east end history, hackney, london history, poplar, poverty, shoreditch, stepney, tower hamlets
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