Quinn Square Rent Strike 1938: ‘Parents of the working class movement’
In July 1938 residents of Bethnal Green’s Quinn Square initiated a rent strike led by women to protest against high
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Heritage
Columbia Market Hall: from failed fish market to thriving flower market
Built by philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts, Columbia Market Hall once stood where Columbia Road Flower Market now exists, and was an
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Paul Blumsom’s personal pilgrimage into his working class Huguenot history
Paul’s book about his grandfather tells the working class and Huguenot history of Bethnal Green – of refugee silk-weavers, Jack
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How Calverts cooperative has helped form Bethnal Green’s riotous and artistic identity
Channelling the seditious energy of printers from the 1600s, Calverts printing cooperative has been putting the activism into Bethnal Green
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Brick Lane Jamme Mosque’s sundial: an eternal symbol presiding over the changing faiths of Brick Lane
From a Church, to a Synagogue and most recently a Mosque, the Brick Lane Jamme Masjid and its sundial have
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On the trail of the Mulberry tree
It is nothing short of miraculous that Mulberry trees have survived in the UK given they don’t self-seed and are
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Youth of Yesterday at Oxford House and Bethnal Green shopfronts
A new photography exhibition showing at Oxford House and in Bethnal Green Road shopfronts documents the area’s youth culture in
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Famous boxers and venues that have made boxing the lifeblood of Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green is home to both iconic boxing venues and fighters. But why does this part of the East End
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Bethnal Green’s Boundary Estate, the first council estate in Britain
Raised from the rubble of one of London’s most notorious slums, the Victorian red-brick mansions wouldn’t look amiss on Inigo,
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‘One Day in Wonderland’: an outdoor play that’s turned a local cafe into a theatre
For over a year, live entertainment has been largely off the menu; but Lights of London are bringing theatre back
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Repton Boxing Club History, Cheshire Street
Since its establishment in 1884, Repton Boxing Club has been home to Olympians, gangsters, world-champions, and even played host to popstars. Repton Boxing Club has a rich cultural as well as a sporting history in Bethnal Green and beyond.
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A history of the 340 year-old Paradise Gardens in Bethnal Green
Paradise Gardens is perhaps the most overlooked patch of green in the East End, but this small green opposite St.
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