DOCSLIB.ORG

I'qccto NEWSLETTER O

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
I'qccto NEWSLETTER O Sao ,iqoccto NEWSLETTER Volume 2 Issue 8 Spring 2004 0 C I CONTENTS: Information Programme 2 Making Money 8 London Archive Users Forum 3 Bromley Hall 9 Correspondence 4 The Great Assembly Hall 10 Making History 5 Morpeth Street Central School 12 Book Review 6 School Times in the 1920s 14 Memories of lIow Road 7 Coach Trip and Booking Slip 16 ELI-IS Newsletter Sprin gy, 2004 Editorial Note: rhilT .V.CAR:Or A 1 r ..1,,,, ,...0....0, . V Ar .1t, w- .t. Ar,r.orlorArwwirwww/Anwirwirsourw2m:ryi Ihe Newsletter is edited, typeset and produced EAST LONDON P by Rosemary Taylor and Philip Mernick with HISTORY SOCIETY the assistance aim editorial team comprising, e Doreen Kendall, Doreen Osborne and David PROGRAMME Jan-May 2004 ■••-•.,2172rak,■511174draftriAmiTh5 siesirurwAr41,41•WWW:041154,..510•WC,.0YAMmoydrones, Behr. i ,etters and articles on East End histoiy and reminiscences are always welcome and we Thursday 15 April make every effort to publish suitable material. Whilst hand-written articles are acceptable, Brunel and the Great Eastern. items of interest that are typewritten or even better still, on disk will get priority!! Speaker: Clive Chambers Enquiries to Doreen Kendall, 20 Puteaux louse, Cranbrook Estate, Bethnal Green, Salm-day 1 May 2004 London E2 ORF, Tel: 0208 981 7680, or Philip Mernick, email: phikamernicks.com Spring Coach Trip to All queries regarding membership should he Charleston, Alfriston, and addressed to Harold Mernick, 42 Campbell Berwick Church Road, Bow, London E3 4DI Coach Trip Organiser: Check out the Ilistoty Societys website at Ann Sansom (Tel 020 8524 4506) www,east londonliistoty.org.uk. (See back cover for del ails and hooking form) The present committee am Philip Mernick, Chairman, Doreen Kendall, Secretary, Harold Mernick, Membership, David Behr, Programme, Ann Sansom, Doreen Osborne, Thursday 13 May Bob Dunn, and Rosemary Taylor. Oven Meeting I-Tow we entertained ourselves: The 1)rogra mine Children's Games to Street Parties Suggestions and ideas for Future topics and/or speakers for out- lecture Programme are always welcomed. II' you can suggest someone Note: or indeed if you would like to give a talk The lectures are held on Thursday evenings yourself, please do conic along to the Open at 7.30 inn in I he Latimer Congregational Evening in May, and meet David Behr, our Church I !all, Ernest Street, El. Ernest Programme co-ordinator. Street is between 11 arford Street and Whitehorse Lane, off Mile End Road /Alternatively, email our Chairman Phillip (Opposite Queen Mary and Wesi field Merrick at phRa. memicks.com with your College). The nearest Underground Stations comments and suggestions. are Mile End and Stepney Green. Bus No. 25. 2 Newsletter Spring 2004 tA indexed - nearly one sixth of the total The London Archive of surviving Sun policy registers for Users Forum London. We are indexing the volumes by flume `A Place in the Sun' of insured, address ol insured, occupation or status of insured, and Index appears online... location of property insured (whether land or chattels). We are also recording In February 2004 the first output of the other names and occupations of Place in the Sun indexing project was individuals and businesses mentioned in posted on the web at www.a2a,org.uk. the registers. This represents 53,697 policies from 30 policy registers of the Sun Fire The index can be found at Insurance office from 1816 - 1824. www.a2a.org.uk. (once you have entered a search term, choose A team of volunteers, led by project `Guildhall Library from the .ocation manager Susan Sneddon, has worked of Archives menu; or choose the theme on the registers since January 2003. To `A Place in the Sun on the Extended date they have completed the indexing Search screen). Detailed instructions on of 38 registers, with more iii using the index are available at preparation. Funding from the Heritage www.history.ac.uk/gh/sun.him. Lottery Fund has supported the first 15 Information about the project can be months of the project. LAUD has also obtained by contacting the Project succeeded in securing funding from Manager at [email protected], or by Awards for All to support the project to leaving a telephone message on 07939 continue to March 2005. 178246, If you would like to get involved in the project as a volunteer, The Sun policy registers offer an you would be very welcome. Please unparalleled source for details of the contact Susan as above for details. business, family and social history of the times they cover. From our initial stopping point of 1824, we are continuing forwards in time to 1830. The period is one where records are especially va luable for family historians, there is an unbroken run of London-centred volumes, and Guildhall Library has an excellent series of London street maps (by Robert Horwood). We hope i►at the project will result in over 50 registers being 3 Newsletter Spring 2004 Mr II W Andrews, Haldane, 134 Fleetwood CORRESPONDENCE Avenue, Holland on Sea, Essex: 1%)01,111k,N;,43v-bp4tXt).eft:" I write to you as a complete stranger, so start by offering my apologies. A relative of mine, David II Cutler, 27 IZavensworth Road, one of your subscribers, passes on to me Mottitiv,itam, London, SE9 4LW, writes: copies of the Newsletter from time to time. I noticed in Volume 2 Issue No. 7 that East read 1he book (hat was published by your End history Mid Mminiscemces are always good office, A Pictorial History of Victoria welcome, for publication. To this end, 1 Park. It was a wonderful book and most. enclose an article from memory, of school interesting and the photos were interesting too, times in the 920s, now some eighty years they bring the past back to life, in a way. ago, that might be worthy of publication, I am afraid it is not on disk or typewritten, as you I have to say that apart from two relatives in request, but in plain schoolboy block Dalston and two in Shoreditch, I have had capitals. little contact with Hackney apart from an annual visit to my optician in Mare Street. I Two local gentlemen you might know by have been going there for over 40 years. name are friends of mine, and have been for Recently, quite by chancel came across a years, from City of London days. One is Mr group of relatives in Essex and in Ipswich that David Webb, the librarian and curator of the 1 knew nothing about. They are related on my Bishopsgale Institute, the other is Mr Baritrop, fathers side. We met and I found that my lecturer on East End History, and writer of a grandmother and some of my aunts and uncle weekly piece for the local East I lam paper, the were born in Chapman Road not far from recorder, called Reflections. I contribute at Victoria Park. It would be interesting to know times with pieces of City and East End times how my grandparents met as he lived in and since 1930.1 came to the City of London at 14. was born in Lambeth. years of age, as a messenger boy to a large photographic retail shop, learnt the trade and I think local historical societies do a wonderful stayed with the same firm for 56 years, retiring service to their own areas. They give people. as a working director. 1 retired in 1986. As you Particularly people whose families have lived can imagine, with my job and the camera, I there for generations, a feeling of continuity took hundreds of photos over those years. On with their past. Hackney and the East End are retirement, I gave them all to Mr David Webb rich in history. I have visited parts of Hackney for safekeeping. 1 was born in Plaistow in and llomerton, and Hackney Wick to see 1916, sadly my family were all killed in the where my grandparents lived etc. Miich of Docks Blitz in 1940. My early days then, were course has been pulled down but there were spent in and around West !lam, East Ham and some building they inay have seen. SOIL it the Docks..In closing, 1 do hope 1 have not been most interesting. 1 hope soon to visit been out of order in writing to you, or should Victoria Park. My grandparents moved to say, printing to youl I m afraid that at Waterloo, then Kennington in the 900s. In eighty-seven years now, my longhand is very 1940 they were killed in an air raid trench in shaky! Kennington Park with many others. (Editors Note: Thank you fOr writing to us, In conclusion, I wish you and your colleagues Mr Andrews, the article on your schooldays in well for the future and 1 hope your research Plaistow appears in this issue) proves to be very exciting. 1;1,11S Newsletter Sp ing 2004 Mrs S A Winfield, 2 St Albans Close, Holmewood, Chesterfield, Derbyshire writes: MAKING fa-STORY fgo.FotwAksfai,t4,13oqw4rpvgvi4Itsleosz4 1 received my history newsletter last week, and I do enjoy reading them very much, but I Our congratulations to Joanna Roberts and often wonder why Canning Town isn't in Ada ['rice, both well known to East London these letters, as I was born and lived in history enthusiasts, who were made MBEs in Canning Town in 1921. I do have books about the New Years Honours List. Canning Town, hut cannot seem to get the streets that I would like to see again – Alice Joanna, a regular at our lectures, and a familiar Street, near Tidal Basin, Wick Road and face to those who attend Ragged School streets sin [(wilding.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Arts and Cultural Strategy 2011-2015 [PDF 6005KB]
    QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON ARTS&CULTURAL STRATEGY 2011-2015 www.qmul.ac.uk 1 Contents Foreward 4 Introduction 6 The Queen Mary Arts and Cultural Portfolio 8 Core Aim 14 Aims and Objectives 2012-2015 18 Implementation and Review 26 This publication has been produced by Creative Services – Pub7654. The information given in this brochure is correct at the time of going to press. The College reserves the right to modify or cancel any statement in it and accepts no responsibility for the consequences of any such changes. Any section of this publication is available upon request in accessible formats (large print, audio, etc.). For further information and assistance, please contact: Diversity Specialist, [email protected], 020 7882 5585 Foreword I am very pleased to be able to provide this introduction to Queen Mary's new Arts and Cultural Strategy. Our London location provides us with immense opportunities for engaging with partners within the capital in a broad range of cultural activities. This Strategy both gives a flavour of the wonderful range of activity we already undertake and also sets an ambitious programme for the future. Our role as a major research-led university with a long and distinguished history of learning and teaching provide a splendid background against which cultural and artistic engagement can thrive across a broad spectrum. We are particularly proud of our performance and other facilities suitable for a broad range of events. The restoration of the People's Palace (including the 800-seat Great Hall) will be completed in May 2012 and this listed complex sits alongside the Octagon Library, also restored to its former splendour in 2006.
    [Show full text]
  • Museum of London Annual Report 2004-05
    MUSEUM OF LONDON – ANNUAL REPORT 2004/05 London Inspiring MUSEUM OFLONDON-ANNUALREPORT2004/05 Contents Chairman’s Introduction 02 Directors Review 06 Corporate Mandate 14 Development 20 Commercial Performance 21 People Management 22 Valuing Equality and Diversity 22 Exhibitions 24 Access and Learning 34 Collaborations 38 Information and Communication Technologies 39 Collections 40 Facilities and Asset Management 44 Communications 45 Archaeology 48 Scholarship and Research 51 Publications 53 Finance 56 List of Governors 58 Committee Membership 59 Staff List 60 Harcourt Group Members 63 Donors and Supporters 64 MUSEUM OF LONDON – ANNUAL REPORT 2004/05 01 CHAIRMAN’S INTRODUCTION CHAIRMAN’S INTRODUCTION On behalf of the Board of Governors I am pleased to report that the Museum of London has had another excellent year. On behalf of the Board of Governors I am pleased to report that the Museum of London has had another excellent year. My fellow Governors and I pay tribute to the leadership and support shown by Mr Rupert Hambro, Chairman of the Board of Governors from 1998 to 2005. There were many significant achievements during this period, in particular the refurbishment of galleries at London Wall, the first stage of the major redevelopment of the London Wall site, the opening of the Museum in Docklands and the establishment and opening of the London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre at Mortimer Wheeler House.The first stage of the London Wall site redevelopment included a new entrance, foyer and the Linbury gallery, substantially funded by the Linbury Trust.The Museum is grateful to Lord Sainsbury for his continuing support.There were also some spectacular acquisitions such as the Henry Nelson O’Neil’s paintings purchased with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Introduction National Art Collections Fund and the V&A Purchase Fund.
    [Show full text]
  • Overview of Section H
    Overview of Section H Section page FULL OVERVIEW REFERENCES Tracing a little of the History of the Parish Then and Now 283 Overview of section H H 284-286 Glimpses of the changing church and parish surroundings H 287-297 The Church Schools H 298-304 The ‘Barnardo connection’ with the parishes H 305-312 Views in and around the parish, both then and now - 283 - Then and Now … from 1858 to 2008 - 284 - - 285 - 1720 After 1770 1745 1831 1882 1914 1952 2000 - 286 - The Church Schools In this brief look back over the two parishes and churches and the changes they have seen, mention must be made of the church schools. The work of the church has never been seen as just concerning itself with spiritual wellbeing but with the growth of the whole person, in particular through a rounded education of high standards. Both parishes of St. Paul and St. Luke built a church school early on, soon after the churches were built. St. Paul’s School: The commemorative booklet published in 1908 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the consecration of the first St. Paul’s, Bow Common recorded the origins of the church school. Churches took their schools very seriously and church schools are still seen as desirable places within which to place ones children and parents still make great efforts to find a place for their children in a church school. When I arrived at Bow Common it then had the smallest church electoral roll in the diocese. Growth came, however, through parents attending church for their children to qualify for admission to our church school and for the ‘church letter’ to be signed by the Vicar! However, many of these parents stayed and grew in commitment and became the new core for the church alongside those who had been there from the beginning.
    [Show full text]
  • Case Study Tower Hamlets
    LAPA LONDON CASE STUDY TOWER HAMLETS DOUNIA JENDLY JOÃO FERNANDES PHILIPPE LEFORT MARKUS ZIMMERMANN FILOMEEN DUDOK DE WIT RENE KOMMER 11.10.2007 introduction organisation environment transport housing education health conclusion introduction: trajectory Bo llards Bol Bol 1 to 32 Bradley House Tanks 2 4 Works 6 e us 1 o Works H t PH o 2 0 y xle Fo Works 0 2 to 1 se u 1 Ho y to Works le 5 se x 0 u Fo ho are W 1 e t o Prioress s 3 u Hou se o 0 H n o t l A B M L A u C n N d O K R W e T A n H L E L H R N T 8 o U 2 u 4 A N 2 o s P N o t t e P E 1 1 R L C O o A r C b H i n ry H bu o er u t s n e 0 TCB s e a u 9 C o H o t 1 1 Playgroun d t e s o u 2 o 8 n H r to Ba Adventure Playground P l Jolle s Ho use a y g El r o u n 2 Sub S ta d 1 4 8 1 1 1 e 9 t us 4 9 o o 3 3 H 6 1 7 2 ne 1 2 o 0 0 to st 9 2 d 2 1 Ru 5 6 1 3 3 PH 2 2 Insle y 1 1 9 1 8 1 2 0 0 9 6 2 Hou se 1 4 3 6 6 7 t o 2 6 1 3 7 8 0 4 1 2 a 7 2 B 7 1 6 9 0 5 a 1 t o 1 PH 6 4 x t e 1 4 3 r 7 t o 6 1 H 4 4 8 6 3 o 1 2 3 5 1 H u t 0 1 1 2 8 1 a s o o o t 4 t 1 1 B e 1 8 3 2 r 2 d a TCBs w 4 k e 7 s i e u 2 St Mary's 6 o 1 c H 6 1 r 1 k r 1 le 5 d e H a ET S Cou rt o t E 1 H R 5 6 o T u S 1 o H 1 6 s 2 P u HIG T 1 e 4 EE o 7 6 s EY R s e ML ST t 1 O 1 3 6 1 R Y 9 6 7 5 B 1 R 1 1 IO 0 3 5 PR 1b 1 1 4 1 1 9 5 a 9 4 1 Register Office 1 1 5 5 5 4 0 1 5 1 1 3 9 1 4 1 7 4 PH 1 1 8 9 3 3 2 o t 6 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 2 1 1 7 3 9 3 9 1 1 0 1 1 1 H o t 8 2 TCP 8 to 1 Balling er A 5 3 t 1 2 9 o N 3 3 C El Sub e AY 4 Bow 1 eb W PO Gl L Po int 1 O IL t C AINH 4 Sta o R K t 5 Old Pala ce ur 0 Church 8 Co
    [Show full text]
  • INSPECTION REPORT BLUE GATE FIELDS JUNIOR SCHOOL London
    INSPECTION REPORT BLUE GATE FIELDS JUNIOR SCHOOL London LEA area: Tower Hamlets Unique reference number: 100895 Headteacher: Kathy Halpenny Reporting inspector: Mr J Earish 23216 Dates of inspection: 3rd – 7th July 2000 Inspection number: 198363 Inspection carried out under Section 10 of the School Inspections Act 1996 © Crown copyright 2000 This report may be reproduced in whole or in part for non-commercial educational purposes, provided that all extracts quoted are reproduced verbatim without adaptation and on condition that the source and date thereof are stated. Further copies of this report are obtainable from the school. Under the School Inspections Act 1996, the school must provide a copy of this report and/or its summary free of charge to certain categories of people. A charge not exceeding the full cost of reproduction may be made for any other copies supplied. INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL Type of school: Junior School category: Community Age range of pupils: 7 to 11 Gender of pupils: Mixed School address: King David Lane Wapping London Postcode: E1 OEH Telephone number: 0207 790 3616 Fax number: 0207 4239682 Appropriate authority: Governing Body Name of chair of governors: Robert Oakley Date of previous inspection: November 1997 Blue Gate Fields i Junior School INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSPECTION TEAM Team members Subject responsibilities Aspect responsibilities J Earish Registered Information technology. What sort of school is it? inspector The school's results and pupils achievements; How well is the school led and managed? What should the school do to improve further? D Willson Lay Pupils' attitudes, values and inspector personal development; How well does the school care for its pupils? How well does the school work in partnership with parents? H Galley Team English as an additional inspector language.
    [Show full text]
  • Whitechapelhistoryfest Lg.Pdf
    DANCE STUDIO *Doors open 6.00pm* 6.30-7.30pm 1 AVRAM STENCL: THE YIDDISH POET OF WHITECHAPEL Rachel Lichtenstein 7.30-8.45pm 2 POETRY AND REFRESHMENTS With performances from: Celeste, Bernard Kops, Chris Searle and others CONFERENCE ROOM *Registration: 9.30am. Welcome by Peter Guillery: 10.00am* DEUTSCHE KOLONIE AT HOME IN WHITECHAPEL’S 3b MAPPING AND PLACE 10.15-10.55am 3a Sarah Milne Seif El Rashidi, Shlomit Flint, Duncan Hay, Laura Vaughan (In conversation) 4a THE PETTICOAT LANE FOXTROT 4b SAILORS AND SETTLEMENT 11.00-11.45am Alan Dein Kinsi Abdulleh, Tamsin Bookey, Derek Morris (In conversation) 5a BENGALIS IN LONDON’S EAST END 5b HERITAGE AND COMMUNITY Tea and coffee 12.15-1.00pm Julie Begum Emily Gee, Hudda Khaireh, Will Palin, Howard Spencer (In conversation) y 26th a HIDO RAAC: PLACE-MAKING AND DEMARCATING HISTORIES FROM THE ARCHIVES 2.00-2.40pm 6a 6b Break id Hudda Khaireh Malcolm Barr-Hamilton, Dor Duncan, Jamil Sherif r F (In conversation) 7a ‘WHITECHAPEL BOYS’: THE VIEW FROM 7b SHORT TALKS 2.45-3.30pm WHITECHAPEL ACROSS 100 YEARS David Charnick, Jil Cove, Rebecca Preston, Carole Zeidman Chris Searle, Ron McCormick 4.15-5.15pm 8 EAST END VERNACULAR: ARTISTS WHO PAINTED Tea and coffee THE EAST END STREETS IN THE 20TH CENTURY The Gentle Author 10.00-10.55am 9 LIFE IN THE EAST END Ajmal Masroor 11.00-11.40am 10a SURVIVALS AND TRACES: WHITECHAPEL’S 10b SHARING LOCAL HISTORY PRE-VICTORIAN BUILDINGS Celeste, Gary Hutton, Danny McLaughlin Peter Guillery (In conversation) 12.10-12.50pm 11a THE EXPANSION AND REMODELLING OF THE 11b SUGARHOUSES
    [Show full text]
  • The Jubilee Greenway. Section 10 of 10
    Transport for London. The Jubilee Greenway. Section 10 of 10. Victoria Park - Canal Gate to Limehouse Basin. Section start: Victoria Park - Canal Gate. Nearest stations Cambridge Heath or Bethnal Green . to start: Section finish: Limehouse Basin. Nearest stations Limehouse . to finish: Section distance: 2.6 miles (4.2 kilometres)... Introduction. Section 10 is an alternative section of the Jubilee Greenway between sections three and four, starting from the western corner of Victoria Park and following canals to join the Thames through a swathe of picturesque parkland, cutting through the very heart of the East End and leading down to the Limehouse Basin. It is a pleasant route, easy to follow, and affords a wide range of different views and ambience. Join the community enjoying a green finger of tranquillity through the heart of London's bustling East End. Look out for the Jubilee Greenway discs in the pavement as you go round. Directions. Start at Victoria Park (end of section three / start of section four), but instead of entering the park, continue along the towpath of the canal. Go under Bonner Hall Bridge (the main entrance to Victoria Park - cross over bridge for toilets, otherwise stay on the towpath). Pass by Old Ford Lock and under Old Ford Road and over a fairly steep-sided bridge, where the Regent's Canal meets the Hertford Union Canal, then pass under the Roman Road bridge. Shortly after, turn off the canal towpath into Mile End Park at two large orange art installations (the tail of a fish and a float). Mile End Park is split into sections by rail lines and the busy A11 Mile End Road in the middle.
    [Show full text]
  • Jubilee Greenway Section 10 Victoria Park to Limehouse Basin
    V1 : Mar 10 Jubilee Greenway Directions: Start at Victoria Park (end of section 3 / start of section 4), but Section 10 instead of entering the park, continue along the towpath of the canal. Go under Bonner Bridge (the main entrance to Victoria Park – cross over this Victoria Park to Limehouse Basin for toilets otherwise stay on the towpath). Pass under Old Ford Road and over a fairly steep-sided bridge, where the canal meets the Hertford Union Canal, then pass under the Roman Road bridge. Shortly after, turn off the canal towpath into the park at two large orange art installations (the tail of a fish and a float). Start: Victoria Park – Canal Gate (TQ351835) Mile End Park is in two sections (north and south), with a bridge over the Station: Cambridge Heath (rail) or busy A11 Mile End Road in the middle. The route follows the main path Bethnal Green (tube) through the park in S-bends before returning to the canal towpath near Mile Finish: Limehouse Basin (TQ362807) End Stadium. Mile End Park now also comprises King George's Field and the Mile End Stadium; you can hear the commentary when events are being Station: Limehouse (rail and DLR) held. Distance: 2.6 miles (4.2 km) The path through Mile End Park is segregated for walkers and cyclists, with Introduction: This is an alternative section between Sections 3 and 4 of a smoother tarmac surface for cyclists and a separate path for walkers, the Jubilee Greenway, starting from the western corner of Victoria Park and running parallel with a planted central reservation between.
    [Show full text]
  • Over 50S Guide.Pdf
    Introduction How to use this guide Community Centres 1 Pensioner Organisations 11 Arts & Education 15 · General 15 · Arts & crafts 19 · Dance 21 ·Drama 23 · Film, Video and Photography 24 · Music 25 · Writing 27 Libraries 28 Museums and Heritage 33 Galleries 39 Entertainment 47 · Cinemas 47 · Comedy 49 · Music 50 · Theatre & Performing Arts 52 · Other 55 Parks 59 Farms 61 Sports & Leisure 62 Alternative Therapies 63 Information Services 64 Transport 66 Alphabetical index for Centres, Venues & Organisations To bring you up-to-date with what to do and where to go in the borough, London Borough of Tower Hamlets arts & events have printed this updated edition of the Arts and Leisure Guide for the Over 50s, originally produced in 2003. The council is committed to improving its services for older people and recognises that arts and leisure activities are an important part of a person’s wellbeing and ongoing personal development. Whether you want to enrol in some workshops, go to a museum, take up line dancing or join a luncheon club, you can find details in this guide. There is a fantastic array of services that would be of interest to over 50s and we have compiled a list of organisations to help you in your pursuit of arts & leisure activities. The information in this guide can also be found on the council's web-site www.towerhamlets.gov.uk, which will include a version in Bengali and Somali. You can also subscribe to one of our free e-newslet- ters which give updates on events (including over 50s events), workshops, training and job opportunities related to the arts.
    [Show full text]
  • London Impact Initiative ©London Higher 2019 1 the CATALOGUE
    0 WHO WE ARE London Higher is the membership body representing over 40 higher education institutions (HEIs) in London. Our members range from some of the UK’s largest multi-faculty institutions to specialist institutions. All are linked by a commitment to excellence, serve the needs of society and students, and are headquartered in London. ABOUT THIS PROJECT Throughout 2019 London Higher has collated case studies from across our diverse membership in order to showcase the vast contributions London’s universities make for, and to, the Capital. On the following pages each case study has been catalogued. The catalogue is intended to be a resource for London’s policy makers, influencers and stakeholders which will demonstrate the breadth and reach of our members’ activities and provide examples on how each HEI impacts London, across the diversity of the sector. Each case study has been categorised by theme, aligned with the priorities of the GLA, for ease of use and clarity. The catalogue will be updated regularly. ABOUT LONDON HE LONDON’S HE IMPACT London is home to a unique cluster of HE London’s HEIs are not just dedicated to institutions (HEIs) who together are a their research and teaching excellence but powerhouse of research, teaching and their impactful contributions to their local technology unrivalled anywhere nationally communities, the arts and heritage and internationally. Collectively HEIs in sectors, healthcare sector, creative London: culture, business and industry, skills development and the local economy. Generate £17bn
    [Show full text]
  • So Old School STEPNEY E1
    So Old School STEPNEY E1 So Old School A stunning renovation of a unique old school house, So Old School is a collection of just ten 1 and 2 bedroom apartments set in a beautifully refurbished old school building in a commanding city location. so funky, so cool, so located... Photograph of So Old School. HISTORY So historic © Ragged School Museum The first Ben Jonson School - called Johnson Street School - opened in 1873. This original building was destroyed after it was badly bombed during the Second World War. en Jonson was both an English dramatist and poet, regarded as one of the most significant figures in English literature. His literary circle met regularly at the Binfamous Mermaid Tavern in Cheapside and later at the Devil’s Head. Jonson’s sense of satire was adored and the group called themselves the Tribe of Ben. Jonson (1572 - 1637) was friends with many of the writers of the time and some of his most well-known poems include tributes to Francis Bacon, Shakespeare and John Donne. He is regarded as one of the major dramatists and poets of the seventeenth century and is buried amongst the greats at Westminster Abbey. Following the Second World War Stepney’s Ocean Estate was built and a new school named Ben Jonson, after its predecessor, was completed and opened in 1952. The old school administration block is now undergoing a transformation to create ten unique and individual new homes. So Old School will be a stylish, urban collection of apartments retaining many original architectural features including impressive, arched windows, high ceilings, ornate brickwork and sweeping staircases.
    [Show full text]
  • East London Record
    EAST LONDON HISTORY SOCIETY PROGRAMME 1993-1994 Thursday 11 November 7.15p AGM, followed by Christopher Phillpotts `Sutton House - excavating Hackneys Tudor House (illustrated) Thursday 9 December 7.30pm Liz Thompson Toshers on the Thames Thursday 20 January 7.30pm Clifford Lawton Lord Rothschild and the 4% industrial Dwellings Co. (illustrated) Thursday 17 February 7.30pm Daphne Glick `Cephas Street School Evacuated Thursday 17 March 7.30pm Jean Olwen Maynard Church Life in Mile End Thursday 14 April 7.30pm Bob Dunne The Coming of the Railways to East London Thursday 28 April 7.30pm Caroline Henn, author of Keir Hardie talks about her work. Thursday 19 May 730pm East London Pubs: members share their memories and research. All talks are held at Queen Mary and Westfield College which is on Mile End Road, El, half way between Mile End and Stepney Green underground stationS. The East London History Society (founded 1952) exists to further interest in the history of East London, namely the London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Newham. Besides the East London Record we publish two newsletters a year and organise a programme of talks (details above); we also arrange local walks and two coach outings a year are organised. Details of membership are available from John Harris (Membership Secretary) 15 Three Crowns Road, Colchester, Essex C04 SAD EAST LONDON £2.25 ISSN 0 1416286 RECORD No. 16 1993 EAST LONDON RECORD Editor: Cohn Kerrigan EAST LONDON The East London History Society publishes the East London Record once a year. We welcome articles on any aspect of the history of the area that forms the London boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham.
    [Show full text]