Here a Pianist Will Be Joining Shoppers and Recycled Materials and Join Us for a Traditional Diners Outside Ivy’S Café

Our diverse heritage is at the Our Idea Stores will be decorated with the work very heart of our community of students on learning and visual arts classes in Tower Hamlets. Over who have created cockney-inspired artwork. the past few decades our Children will also have the opportunity to make borough has developed a rich their own pearly mementoes. culture and a strong sense of community cohesion built on I am delighted to see the effort put in to this a shared history from many festival by local community groups and cultural different community groups. centres and I would also like to particularly thank Canary Wharf Group for their generous I’m absolutely delighted to present a financial sponsorship. prestigious line up of activities celebrating the East End’s Cockney heritage. This July, Tower I hope you enjoy the festival. Hamlets Local History Library & Archives, in partnership with the Cockney Heritage Trust and a range of community partners, has programmed a diverse range of events with something to interest everyone - from rare archive film screenings to fascinating talks Lutfur Rahman, and outdoor events for all the family. Mayor of Tower Hamlets

All events are FREE unless otherwise specified. See Contents the full programme online at www.ideastore.co.uk Entertainment 4 and click on Local History to find out more about Exhibitions 6 Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives. Walks and Tours 8 Film 9 Talks & Workshops 12 This symbol means advanced booking is recommended Kids & Family 14 http://cockneyheritagefestival.eventbrite.co.uk/ Festival Planner 16 Venue Information 18 Inspired? Join the chat and help plan next year’s festival: www.cockneyheritagetrust.com Foreword by the Mayor of Tower Hamlets Cockney Heritage Festival Launch Night Thursday 18 July 6:30-9:30pm Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives, 277 Bancroft Road, Stepney Green, E1 4DQ

Come down to the local history library on Bancroft Road for the festival launch party. Enjoy traditional Cockney drinks and snacks, stalls hosted by local history groups and short film screenings.

Then, from 8:30pm join author Alan Gilbey for ‘East End Backpassages: Speed History’. In a reference library of secret stories an eclectic mix of local authors, performers and storytellers await to tell you tales less told – and they’re all five minutes long! Limited tickets, book separately. Entertainment

Chewing the Fat Thursday 18 July, 11am–3pm Wellbeing Centre, Toynbee Hall, Oi Oi Saveloy! 28 Commercial Street, E1 6LS Saturday 20 July, 11am-1:30pm All are welcome, from little bin lids to the old pots Ivy’s Café, Chrisp Street Market, and pans, at this day of free arts workshops and Poplar, E14 6AQ entertainment celebrating Cockney culture. Make Come on down to Chrisp Street Market your very own Pearly King or Queen sash using where a pianist will be joining shoppers and recycled materials and join us for a traditional diners outside Ivy’s Café. The very best sing-song and a slap’up lunch for £2.35! To book a of Cockney nosh can be enjoyed here, so place contact Dave Barnard: email dave.barnard@ come on down and join us for a sing-song. toynbeehall.org.uk or call 0207 392 2968. All ages welcome.

Opening of St Clement’s Social Club Friday 19 July, 8-11pm Singalong with Wayne Adams St Clement’s Social Club, Wentworth- Saturday 20 July, 2-4pm Stanley Hall, 2a Bow Road, E3 4LL Idea Store Chrisp Street Join us for the launch of the new social club on the Join us for a good old Cockney knees-up led site of the former St Clement’s Hospital theatre, by the renowned Wayne Adams, a member featuring a screening of a short film made by the GLC of leading Cockney band The Barrow Boys. about social housing in the East End (Somewhere Pearly kings and queens will add to the Decent To Live, 1967). Followed by drinks in the bar ambience as we enjoy some classic tunes. until 11pm. Tickets are £5 on the door. See p11 for a Food and refreshments provided. related event at St Clement’s Social Club.

Asian East Enders: Urban Identity and Culture Saturday 20 July, 12noon-4pm Idea Store Whitechapel Many of today’s Asian East Enders have developed cultural identities based on a fusion of both traditional and local influences. Witness the cultural expressions of this new generation of British Asian writers and musicians including Spex MC from IKK, formerly of Asian Dub Foundation, finishing with a panel discussion and Q&A about Bengali cultural heritage with the Swadhinata Trust. Cockney Sparrows Celebration Bow Arts Tea Dance Sunday 21 July, 4–8pm Saturday 27 July, 2-4pm St Matthias Community Centre, Nunnery Gallery & Carmelite Café, 113 Poplar High Street, E14 0AE 181 Bow Road, Bow, E3 2SJ Come on down to St Matthias Community Centre for A tea-dance for all to join in, suitable for beginners some pie’n’mash and a proper knees-up. This free and experienced alike, including a demonstration celebration features entertainment for all the family. dance. £4 entry, includes tea and cake. Taking place as part of Cockney Day in Bow (see p15). Cockney Pearlies Afternoon Tea Tuesday 23 July, 2:30-4:30pm St John on Bethnal Green Church, Closing Night: 200 Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9PA Cockney Heritage Knees-up A film and a talk about the history of London’s Pearly Saturday 27 July, 8pm-2am Kings & Queens by Pearly King of Finsbury, John Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, Walters. Followed by entertainment by Pearly Kings 42-44 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, E2 6NB & Queens with a sing-along to join in. Our closing night party - original old style London songs and performances by old and young artists Tickets £5 in advance or £7.50 on the door, to to celebrate Cockney heritage, followed by dancing include afternoon tea. In aid of the Stairway to into the small hours. Full line-up, information and Heaven Memorial. More details from Derek Spicer advance tickets at £8 each plus booking fee are 07722 162 168 or the charity secretary on 01474 available from www.workersplaytime.net. Turn up 702513. early to be sure of getting in! Each ticket purchase Tea Dance with a Cockney Twist includes a £1 donation to the Cockney Heritage Trust. Wednesday 24 July, 1–5pm The Hub, Victoria Park, Bow, E3 5TB Come and join the Victoria Park rangers in a good old-fashioned knees-up aimed at older adults. Feel free to bring your photos and memorabilia along and share your stories in a reminiscence session.

Age UK Cockney Day Thursday 25 July, 2-5pm Appian Court, 87 Parnell Road, Bow, E3 2RS Aged 50+? Come down to the heart of Bow for some pie & mash, great Old Time songs, entertainment and refreshments. Booking essential. Tickets should be bought in advance from Age UK Tower Hamlets (see p18 for contact details). £4 per person. Exhibitions

Telling Tales Canada Place Mall, Community Gallery, All exhibitions are free Jubilee Walk, Canada Place, E14 5AH This exhibition explores the lives and stories of charge. See pp16-19 for of women living in Tower Hamlets today. venue opening times and Photographer Sultana Miah and writer Caroline Gilfillan undertook reminiscence work with women accessibility information from the Golden Time groups who meet in the borough’s libraries and Idea Stores. The resulting series of photographic portraits includes reflections Island History Trust by the women on their life in the borough. Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives Hop Picking In 2013, beloved community heritage group Island Cubitt Town Library History Trust sadly bid goodbye to its home at Hop picking was an annual event for many a Docklands Settlement on the Isle of Dogs. To mark Cockney. The whole family would go down to Kent the transfer of the collections to Tower Hamlets Local on a working holiday. This fascinating exhibition of History Library & Archives, exhibitions produced by photographs curated by Cubitt Town Over 50s group the trust in the course of its work over the last 30 shows the journey, the picking and the fun families years will be displayed during July. Subjects covered had. Images provided courtesy of Tower Hamlets include housing, women and island life. Community Housing. See p12 for a related event. On display throughout July. The Cockney Beano Tower Hamlets Community Housing, Ivy’s Café: Portraits 285 Commercial Road, E1 2PS Chrisp Street Market This exhibition celebrates the Cockney Beano A Poplar institution, Ivy’s Café has been run by the as immortalised in the Only Fools & Horses same family through three generations and has been episode The Jolly Boys Outing. Throughout the a fixture of Chrisp Street Market for the past fifty 20th century, pubs, tenants associations and clubs years. These photographs by Tom Hurley show the organised day trips exclusively for men or women to day-to-day life of the café and its customers over a seaside resorts such as Margate or Southend. The one year period. The exhibition comprises an open- Beanos always started with a group photo which this air display of large portraits, hung as banners from exhibition celebrates. the canopy of Chrisp Street Market. Market Life Idea Store Bow Visit Idea Store Bow to see work produced by learners on the Painting & Drawing and Photography classes run by Idea Store Learning during 2013, inspired by East End markets and local history resources from the collections of Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives. On display throughout July.

Pearly Kings and Queens Idea Store Chrisp Street Students with learning disabilities on the Visual Arts class run by Idea Store Learning have produced a range of work inspired by Pearly Kings and Queens and local history resources from the collections of Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives. On display throughout July.

250 years of St George’s German Lutheran Church & the East End’s German Community An exhibition to mark the 250th anniversary of the opening of St. George’s German Lutheran Church in Alie Street, Whitechapel, the oldest still standing German church building in the UK. Telling the story of the church and of the German community (‘Little Germany’) around it, this exhibition will be launched at the church and then move to the Community Arts Café at Departure in Limehouse after the opening weekend. See p12 for a related event and pp16-19 for address and opening times. Walks and Tours Walk around Wapping Friday 19 July, 1pm History walk around Limehouse Join the History of Wapping Trust for a guided walk Tuesday 23 July, 3pm of the Wapping riverfront and London Dock. Meet at Join Borough Archivist Malcolm Wapping Overground station. No advance booking Barr-Hamilton for a walk round one necessary but please make a donation on arrival of the East End’s oldest settlements, taking its name to History of Wapping Trust. Suitable footwear from the lime oasts or kilns that are known to have and weatherproof clothing advised. For further been there at least from the 14th century. In the early information contact Ray Newton on 0207 488 3057. years of the 20th century it was the home of London’s first Chinatown. Meet at Limehouse station. Cockney Sparrows Saturday 20 July, 1pm and 2:30pm From Cable Street to the Tower Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, Friday 26 July, 1pm Southern Grove, Mile End, E3 4PX Join the History of Wapping Trust for a guided walk “I am a little sparrow, a bird of low degree around some of the borough’s most important historic My life is of little value, but there is one sites. Taking in the Battle of Cable Street Memorial, who cares for me” the site of the Battle of Cable Street, Wilton’s Music Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is truly the historic Hall and finishing in Trinity Gardens. Meet at Shadwell green heart of Tower Hamlets. Deconsecrated in Overground station. No advance booking necessary 1966, the cemetery is now a 33 acre nature reserve. but please make a donation on arrival to History of The monuments in the park are a unique source Wapping Trust. Suitable footwear and weatherproof of East London and world history, and the mature clothing advised. For further information contact Ray woodlands, meadows and ponds make a stunningly Newton on 0207 488 3057. beautiful setting for a country walk in the city! Guided walks hosted by the Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park will be led at 1:30pm and 2:30pm, with history displays and a local history bookstall. Archive Film Day

Saturday 20 July, 12:30-6pm Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives Immerse yourself for a day watching rare films from the archives. This programme, curated by Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives, focuses on family life, gender and growing up in the mid to late twentieth century. Booking essential.

12:30pm - Granny’s Girls (30 mins, 1965) + Bred and Born (75 mins, 1983) The sixties were just beginning to swing when the BBC broadcast this documentary about the lives and relationships of women from a close-knit Bethnal Green family. Nearly twenty years later, feminist film- makers Joanna Davis and Mary Pat Leece made an experimental film with four generations of women from Shadwell which explores changing gender roles within the context of a traditional East End family network. Presented in association with Four Corners and followed by Q&A.

3:30pm - The More We Are Together (30 mins, 1958) + Man Alive: Vince, Paul, Lawrence & Richard (50 mins, 1971) In 1958 the BBC explored the life of the Gladden Film family from Spitalfields and this short film bears witness to their work, home and social lives with To Sir With Love great footage of local markets, shops and pubs. Friday 19 July, 8pm Vince, Paul, Lawrence & Richard is a 1971 BAFTA- St Matthias Community Centre, winning documentary about four teenage boys from 113 Poplar High Street, Poplar, E14, 0AE Stepney who roamed bombsites looking for fun Join Neighbours in Poplar for an outdoor screening under the watchful eye of local youth worker Dan (weather permitting!) of the 1967 classic film starring Jones. Were these boys destined for borstal Sidney Poitier as a Stepney school teacher who as the narrator suggests? Introduced by takes on a class of unruly adolescents. artist Chris Dorley-Brown with Q&A. Jewish East End On Screen Sparrows Can’t Sing Sunday 21 July, 4pm Sunday 21 July, 1-5pm Genesis Cinema, 93-95 Mile End Road, Idea Store Whitechapel London, E1 4UJ Broadcaster and oral historian Alan Dein A special screening of the East End classic introduces two films showing very different from 1963 starring Barbara Windsor. The film’s depictions of Jewish Whitechapel. premiere was held here in 1963 with its star in 1pm: A Kid For Two Farthings attendance. Tickets £8 or £5.50 (concessions). (1955, 96 mins) Partly filmed in bustling Petticoat Advance booking recommended via www. Lane, this feature film follows the adventures genesiscinema.co.uk. of a young Jewish boy among the memorable Who Is My Neighbour? characters of the street market. The feature film was directed by Carol Reed and adapted by Wolf Monday 22 July, 6pm Mankowitz from his play. Idea Store Chrisp Street A screening of the recent inspirational 3pm: East Endings documentary about longstanding community (1993, 52 mins) A rarely seen documentary in support organisation Neighbours In Poplar. which older Jewish East Enders gather in Bloom’s Introduced by Sister Christine Frost and kosher delicatessen for the 82nd birthday of filmmaker Bhavesh Hindocha. cartoonist and satirist Harry Blacker and reminisce about their lives in the local area. Followed by a East End Boxers Q&A with director Mark Jay. Tuesday 23 July, 3-5pm Idea Store Bow A daytime screening of the brilliant film Ghetto Warriors about Jewish East End boxers. Screening with short films made by young people who participated in the ‘Tribal’ project which explored boxing, film and ethnic identity in East London. Introduced by film-maker Elliott Tucker.

East End Babylon Tuesday 23 July, 6-8pm Idea Store Canary Wharf The story of London’s East End told through the eyes of one of its most iconic bands, the Cockney Rejects. From the early days of flares & slippers, their love of West Ham, to the wilderness years and back again - as just like the Hammers the Cockney Rejects never fade and die, just keep getting better, Oi Oi!!! Introduced by the director Richard England, and Jeff and Mick from the Rejects. Secret City Thursday 25 July, 6-8pm Idea Store Canary Wharf Secret City will be introduced by writer Lee Salter. The City of London looms over the East London skyline. But what do we really know about the Corporation, how it’s run, the decisions it makes and what powers it holds? East Enders have always worked in and around the City and at times come into conflict with it. This 2012 documentary considers the City’s role in our lives today and in the current financial crisis, with contributions from historians, Fly a Flag for Poplar anthropologists and community leaders. Wednesday 24 July, 6-8pm Idea Store Chrisp Street The Long Good Friday A rarely screened 1974 documentary in the cinema Friday 26 July, 8-11pm verité tradition about Poplar and the people who live St Clement’s Social Club, Wentworth- there, seen in their day-to-day lives and organising Stanley Hall, 2A Bow Road, London, E3 4LL their own local festivals. Poplar of the 1970s is Local hero Danny Boyle curates a special screening looked at in the light of the past. The importance of of this classic British thriller starring Bob Hoskins as a the labour movement in the beginning of the 20th former East End gangster who becomes involved in century is highlighted by the events of 1921 when political corruption in 1970s Docklands. Followed by Poplar borough councillors led by George Lansbury, drinks in the new St Clement’s Social Club. Tickets went to prison for refusing to set a rate for London- are £5 on the door. See p4 for a related event at St wide services. Followed by a discussion about the Clement’s Social Club. making of the film with those who were there. East One Saturday 27 July, 6pm Southern Grove Community Centre, Britain Then & Now Southern Grove, E3 4PX Thursday 25 July, 12noon-2pm Following on from the success of their East End Lives Idea Store Bow series, here’s a chance to see the new film by Phil Imagine you could turn back the clock and revisit Maxwell and Hazuan Hashim made for local housing a moment from the past. This is precisely the association East End Homes, focussing on the City challenge set by the residents of Morpeth Street in fringe area of Spitalfields and Petticoat Lane. Bethnal Green when they celebrated the Queen’s Jubilee with a street party, exactly as the street had done for Her Majesty’s coronation in 1953. What unfolds is a fascinating look at the huge social upheavals in postwar Britain as witnessed by the ordinary people of London’s East End. A chance to watch again this film originally broadcast on ITV during summer 2012. Talks & Workshops

Hop Picking Eddie Johnson & Thursday 18 July, 10:30am-12noon The Two Puddings Pub Cubitt Town Library Monday 22 July, 6-8pm “If you go down hopping, hopping down in Kent, Idea Store Watney Market You’ll see old mother Riley a-putting up her tent. One of East London’s most celebrated pubs, With an ee-aye-o, ee-aye-o, ee-aye-ee-aye-o” the Two Puddings in Stratford was famed for A talk by Tony Ford on the East End family its glamorous clientele in the heady days of the tradition of travelling down to Kent to pick hops 1960s, including actors, musicians, footballers and every summer. In conjunction with Cubitt Town notorious gangsters the Krays. At this event, the Library Over 50s group, curators of the exhibition pub’s former landlord Eddie Johnson reads from his of hop-picking photographs on display at the recent book ‘Tales from the Two Puddings’. library during July. BSL interpreted.

Cockneys: Dead or Reincarnated? German Sugar Baking Saturday 20 July, 7-9pm Monday 22 July, 6–8pm Tower Hamlets Local St. George’s German Lutheran Church, History Library & Archives 55 Alie Street, London, E1 8EB Is Cockney culture really brown bread or is it just Taking a closer look at the little-known German evolving into something new? What’s the difference migrant communities of the 18th and 19th century between a Cockney and an East Ender anyway? A East End, this talk by historian Tony Tucker focusses panel of Cockneys share their thoughts on what it’s on the sugar baking industries established by the all about. Join the debate with musician Jah Wobble, German settlers in the Leman Street area. Entrance writer Linda Wilkinson, photographer Anthony Lam is £5, payable on the door. and local historian Mike Tyrrell. BSL interpreted. East End Backpassages: Speed History Tuesday 23 July, 7-8pm Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives Writer Alan Gilbey (www.eastendbackpassages. com) presents a special edition of his popular speed history event. In a reference library of secret stories an eclectic mix of local authors, performers and storytellers await to tell you “tales less told” – and they’re all five minutes long! Limited availability. Writing Family Memoir Reminiscence Workshop Wednesday 24 July, 1-2:30pm Thursday 25 July, 10:30-11:45am Idea Store Canary Wharf Idea Store Chrisp Street If you’ve ever thought about getting your family’s Join the Idea Store Chrisp Street Golden Times story down in words, this practical talk is for you. group for a trip down memory lane, using illustrated Melanie McGrath, award-winning author of East End sources from Tower Hamlets Local History Library family memoirs Silvertown and Hopping will take you & Archives to reflect on Tower Hamlets past and through the process, from research and ordering present. Join us for a cuppa and a chat at this your ideas to putting it all down on the page. interactive reminiscence session for the over 50s.

The Rise and Fall of East End Jean Fullerton Music Halls Thursday 25 July, 6:30–7:30pm Thursday 25 July, 11am-12:30pm Idea Store Watney Market Cubitt Town Library Local novelist Jean Fullerton presents an illustrated The East End was once chockablock full of East End talk about the 18th century East End and how she music hall buildings. How did this come about and researched the subject as a background for her who built them? Historian John Earl will explain all in prize-winning historical romances. this fabulous talk on East End music halls with the Cubitt Town Library Over 50s group. Any Old Iron? Queer Cockneys Friday 26 July, 6-8pm Who Speaks Cockney? Joiners Arms, 116-118 Hackney Rd, Thursday 25 July, 6:30 – 7:45pm London, E2 7QL Tower Hamlets Local History Poof, queer, fairy or nancy boy? People of all Library & Archives types have lived in the East End for centuries. Dr Sue Fox, Research Fellow in Linguistics at Once invisible, this gay culture is now the stuff of Queen Mary, University of London, will take a light- centrepage spreads. But what about the days before hearted look at the history of Cockney language and people even gave a name to their sexuality? Join idiom, in this talk which traces its development from writer Linda Wilkinson as she explores the history of the earliest documented forms to current day usage. what it was to be different in the East End, using the This session will give you the chance to explore past stories of those who lived it. The talk will be followed and present manifestations of Cockney language. by DJ Jo Purvis. Advance booking essential.

Victorian Whitechapel Tales of the East End Thursday 25 July, 10:15-11:45am Saturday 27 July, 2pm Idea Store Whitechapel Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, Join the Idea Store Whitechapel Golden Times London, EC2M 4QH group for this fascinating talk on Whitechapel Bishopsgate Library has been collecting materials during the Victorian era. Author Ian Porter draws on the history of London, particularly the East End, on research conducted for his novel Whitechapel since its opening in 1895. Join Library and Archives to illuminate the plight of 19th century East Enders Manager Stefan Dickers to hear tales of gangsters, against the backdrop of the notorious Jack the policemen, revolutionaries and co-operators in the Ripper murders. East End from the 19th century to the present day in this behind the scenes tour of the Library. Kids & Family

In addition to the special events below, visit your local Idea Store or library for additional Cockney- Make a Pearly Memento themed events, including Storytime held on Thursday 18 July, 11am–1pm & 2–4pm weekdays at all sites from 10:30-11:15am. V&A Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green, E2 9PA Come and ‘have a giraffe’ at a hands-on family workshop making your own Pearly memento. Free, book via 020 8983 5233.

Knees-up around the old Joanna Friday 19 July, 11am- 12:30pm Idea Store Watney Market Come and join our pianist and singers for a good old Cockney knees-up! Everybody welcome. Free refreshments provided.

Play Past & Present Tuesday 23 July, 1–5pm The Hub, Victoria Park, E3 5TB Family fun for all ages at the Hub, the new community and arts venue in Victoria Park. Presented by Play Association Tower Hamlets, the event will focus on children’s experiences of play past and present, particularly in Vicky Park which has been a fun-filled destination for local people since it first opened to the public in 1845. The event includes a screening of the 1960s short film Keep Off The Grass and an intergenerational reminiscence session with local older people. There will be outdoor activities for kids to enjoy led by experienced playworkers. So bring your kids along to celebrate the history of the nation’s favourite park! Cockney Day in Bow Mile End Knees Up Enjoy a day out in Bow with Cockney- Saturday 27 July from 12noon-3pm themed events and activities across Eric Estate, Mile End, E3 4JL three venues. No booking required! Come and celebrate, East End style, with residents of the Eric Street Estate in Mile Cockney Day End at this Cockney-themed street party Saturday 27 July, 10am-6pm with something for everyone. Bring food Nunnery Gallery & Carmelite Café, 181 to share and enjoy fun-filled activities for Bow Road, Bow, E3 2SJ all the family. Join Bow Arts Trust for a Cockney-themed day in the Nunnery Gallery. Featuring a tea dance, Cockney film screening and an exhibition by Cockney inspired artists as well as a display of Bow porcelain. Enjoy a Cockney menu in the caff including pie and mash!

Cockney Fair Saturday 27 July, 2-4pm Bow Church, Bow Road, Bow, E3 Bring the whole family down to a Cockney fair at Bow Church, featuring a Cockney Dog Show judged by the Pearly Kings & Queens, a Pearly Prince & Princess art workshop activity (decorating crowns and clothes), live music with a Jewish music group and a Cockney-inspired art installation by resident artist.

Pearly Kings and Queens Procession Saturday 27 July, 4-6pm Bow Bells, 116 Bow Road, Bow, E3 3AA Bow Bells pub, the toast of Bow, will host the finale to the Pearly Kings & Queens Procession from Bow Church, with a seafood buffet and a Cockney singalong. Festival Planner Date Time Event Event Type Location Page Thursday 18 July All day Ivy’s Café: Portraits Exhibition Poplar 6 Thursday 18 July 5am-11pm Telling Tales Exhibition Canary Wharf 6 Thursday 18 July 9am-5pm The Cockney Beano Exhibition Shadwell 6 Thursday 18 July 9am-8pm Island History Trust Exhibition Stepney Green 6 Thursday 18 July 10am-8pm Hop Picking Exhibition Isle of Dogs 6 Thursday 18 July 10:30am Hop Picking Talks & Workshops Isle of Dogs 12 Thursday 18 July 11am-3pm Chewing the Fat Entertainment Aldgate East 4 Thursday 18 July 11am & 2pm Make a Pearly Memento Kids & Family Bethnal Green 14 Thursday 18 July 6:30pm Cockney Heritage Festival Launch Night Entertainment Stepney Green 3 Friday 19 July All day Ivy’s Café: Portraits Exhibition Poplar 6 Friday 19 July 5am-11pm Telling Tales Exhibition Canary Wharf 6 Friday 19 July 9am-5pm The Cockney Beano Exhibition Shadwell 6 Friday 19 July 10am-6pm Hop Picking Exhibition Isle of Dogs 6 Friday 19 July 11am Knees-up Around the Old Joanna Kids & Family Shadwell 14 Friday 19 July 1pm Walk around Wapping Walks & Tours Wapping 8 Friday 19 July 6-8pm 250 years of St George’s German Lutheran Church & the East End’s German community Exhibition Aldgate East 7 Friday 19 July 8pm Opening of St Clement’s Social Club Entertainment Bow 4 Friday 19 July 8pm To Sir With Love Film Poplar 9 Saturday 20 July All day Ivy’s Café: Portraits Exhibition Poplar 6 Saturday 20 July 9am-5pm Island History Trust Exhibition Stepney Green 6 Saturday 20 July 9am-5pm Hop Picking Exhibition Isle of Dogs 6 Saturday 20 July 9am-6pm Telling Tales Exhibition Canary Wharf 6 Saturday 20 July 11am Oi Oi Saveloy! Entertainment Poplar 4 Saturday 20 July 12:30pm Archive Film Day Film Stepney Green 9 Saturday 20 July 12noon-5pm 250 years of St George’s German Lutheran Church & the East End’s German community Exhibition Aldgate East 7 Saturday 20 July 12noon Asian East Enders Entertainment Whitechapel 4 Saturday 20 July 1pm & 2:30pm Cockney Sparrows Walks & Tours Mile End 8 Saturday 20 July 2pm Singalong with Wayne Adams Entertainment Poplar 4 Saturday 20 July 7pm Cockneys: Dead or Reincarnated? Talks & Workshops Stepney Green 12 Sunday 21 July All day Ivy’s Café: Portraits Exhibition Poplar 6 Sunday 21 July 12noon-6pm Telling Tales Exhibition Canary Wharf 6 Sunday 21 July 1pm Jewish East End double bill Film Whitechapel 10 Sunday 21 July 4pm Cockney Sparrows Celebration Entertainment Poplar 5 Sunday 21 July 4pm Sparrows Can’t Sing Film Stepney Green 10 Monday 22 July All day Ivy’s Café: Portraits Exhibition Poplar 6 Monday 22 July 5am-11pm Telling Tales Exhibition Canary Wharf 6 Monday 22 July 9am-5pm The Cockney Beano Exhibition Shadwell 6 Monday 22 July 10am-6pm Hop Picking Exhibition Isle of Dogs 6 Monday 22 July 6pm Eddie Johnson & the Two Puddings pub Talks & Workshops Shadwell 12 Monday 22 July 6pm Who Is My Neighbour? Film Poplar 10 Monday 22 July 6pm German Sugar Baking Talks & Workshops Aldgate East 12 Tuesday 23 July All day Ivy’s Café: Portraits Exhibition Poplar 6 Tuesday 23 July 5am-11pm Telling Tales Exhibition Canary Wharf 6 Tuesday 23 July 9am-5pm The Cockney Beano Exhibition Shadwell 6 Tuesday 23 July 10am-5pm Island History Trust Exhibition Stepney Green 6 Tuesday 23 July 10am-6pm Hop Picking Exhibition Isle of Dogs 6 Tuesday 23 July 11am-5pm 250 years of St George’s German Lutheran Church & the East End’s German community Exhibition Limehouse 7

Tuesday 23 July 1pm Play Past & Present Kids & Family Victoria Park 14 Tuesday 23 July 2:30pm Cockney Pearlies Afternoon Tea Entertainment Bethnal Green 5 Tuesday 23 July 3pm East End Boxers Film Bow 10 Tuesday 23 July 3pm History Walk around Limehouse Walks & Tours Limehouse 8 Tuesday 23 July 6pm East End Babylon Film Canary Wharf 10 Tuesday 23 July 7pm East End Back Passages: Speed History Talks & Workshops Mile End 12 Wednesday 24 July All day Ivy’s Café: Portraits Exhibition Poplar 6 Wednesday 24 July 5am-11pm Telling Tales Exhibition Canary Wharf 6 Wednesday 24 July 9am-5pm The Cockney Beano Exhibition Shadwell 6 Wednesday 24 July 9am-5pm Island History Trust Exhibition Stepney Green 6 Wednesday 24 July 10am-6pm Hop Picking Exhibition Isle of Dogs 6 Wednesday 24 July 11am-9pm 250 years of St George’s German Lutheran Church & the East End’s German community Exhibition Limehouse 7 Wednesday 24 July 1pm Tea Dance with a Cockney Twist Entertainment Victoria Park 5 Wednesday 24 July 1pm Writing Family Memoir Talks & Workshops Canary Wharf 13 Wednesday 24 July 6pm Fly a Flag for Poplar Film Poplar 11 Thursday 25 July All day Ivy’s Café: Portraits Exhibition Poplar 6 Thursday 25 July 5am-11pm Telling Tales Exhibition Canary Wharf 6 Thursday 25 July 9am-5pm The Cockney Beano Exhibition Shadwell 6 Thursday 25 July 9am-8pm Island History Trust Exhibition Stepney Green 6 Thursday 25 July 10am-8pm Hop Picking Exhibition Isle of Dogs 6 Thursday 25 July 10:15am Victorian Whitechapel Talks & Workshops Whitechapel 13 Thursday 25 July 10.30am Reminiscence Workshop Talks & Workshops Poplar 13 Thursday 24 July 11am-9pm 250 years of St George’s German Lutheran Church & the East End’s German community Exhibition Limehouse 7 Thursday 25 July 11am The Rise & Fall of East End Music Halls Talks & Workshops Isle of Dogs 13 Thursday 25 July 12noon Britain Then & Now Film Bow 11 Thursday 25 July 2pm Age UK Cockney Day Entertainment Bow 5 Thursday 25 July 6pm Secret City Film Canary Wharf 11 Thursday 25 July 6:30pm Who Speaks Cockney? Talks & Workshops Stepney Green 13 Thursday 25 July 6:30pm Jean Fullerton Talks & Workshops Shadwell 13 Friday 26 July All day Ivy’s Café: Portraits Exhibition Poplar 6 Friday 26 July 5am-11pm Telling Tales Exhibition Canary Wharf 6 Friday 26 July 9am-5pm The Cockney Beano Exhibition Shadwell 6 Friday 26 July 10am-6pm Hop Picking Exhibition Isle of Dogs 6 Friday 26 July 11am-9pm 250 years of St George’s German Lutheran Church & the East End’s German community Exhibition Limehouse 7 Friday 26 July 1pm From Cable Street to the Tower Walks & Tours Shadwell 8 Friday 26 July 6pm Any Old Iron? Queer Cockney Life Talks & Workshops Shoreditch 13 Friday 26 July 8pm The Long Good Friday Film Bow 11 Saturday 27 July All day Ivy’s Café: Portraits Exhibition Poplar 6 Saturday 27 July 9am-6pm Telling Tales Exhibition Canary Wharf 6 Saturday 27 July 9am-5pm Hop Picking Exhibition Isle of Dogs 6 Saturday 27 July 10am Cockney Day in Bow Kids & Family Bow 15 Saturday 27 July 10am-5pm 250 years of St George’s German Lutheran Church & the East End’s German community Exhibition Limehouse 7 Saturday 27 July 12noon-3pm Mile End Knees Up Kids & Family Mile End 15 Saturday 27 July 2pm Bow Arts Tea Dance Entertainment Bow 5 Saturday 27 July 2pm Tales of the East End at Bishopsgate Library Talks & Workshops Spitalfields 13 Saturday 27 July 2-4pm Cockney Fair Kids & Family Bow 15 Saturday 27 July 4pm Pearly Kings & Queens Procession Kids & Family Bow 15 Saturday 27 July 6pm East One Film Mile End 11 Saturday 27 July 8pm Closing Night Knees-Up Entertainment Bethnal Green 5 Date Time Event Event Type Location Page Thursday 18 July All day Ivy’s Café: Portraits Exhibition Poplar 6 Thursday 18 July 5am-11pm Telling Tales Exhibition Canary Wharf 6 Thursday 18 July 9am-5pm The Cockney Beano Exhibition Shadwell 6 Thursday 18 July 9am-8pm Island History Trust Exhibition Stepney Green 6 Thursday 18 July 10am-8pm Hop Picking Exhibition Isle of Dogs 6 Thursday 18 July 10:30am Hop Picking Talks & Workshops Isle of Dogs 12 Thursday 18 July 11am-3pm Chewing the Fat Entertainment Aldgate East 4 Thursday 18 July 11am & 2pm Make a Pearly Memento Kids & Family Bethnal Green 14 Thursday 18 July 6:30pm Cockney Heritage Festival Launch Night Entertainment Stepney Green 3 Friday 19 July All day Ivy’s Café: Portraits Exhibition Poplar 6 Friday 19 July 5am-11pm Telling Tales Exhibition Canary Wharf 6 Friday 19 July 9am-5pm The Cockney Beano Exhibition Shadwell 6 Friday 19 July 10am-6pm Hop Picking Exhibition Isle of Dogs 6 Friday 19 July 11am Knees-up Around the Old Joanna Kids & Family Shadwell 14 Friday 19 July 1pm Walk around Wapping Walks & Tours Wapping 8 Friday 19 July 6-8pm 250 years of St George’s German Lutheran Church & the East End’s German community Exhibition Aldgate East 7 Friday 19 July 8pm Opening of St Clement’s Social Club Entertainment Bow 4 Friday 19 July 8pm To Sir With Love Film Poplar 9 Saturday 20 July All day Ivy’s Café: Portraits Exhibition Poplar 6 Saturday 20 July 9am-5pm Island History Trust Exhibition Stepney Green 6 Saturday 20 July 9am-5pm Hop Picking Exhibition Isle of Dogs 6 Saturday 20 July 9am-6pm Telling Tales Exhibition Canary Wharf 6 Saturday 20 July 11am Oi Oi Saveloy! Entertainment Poplar 4 Saturday 20 July 12:30pm Archive Film Day Film Stepney Green 9 Saturday 20 July 12noon-5pm 250 years of St George’s German Lutheran Church & the East End’s German community Exhibition Aldgate East 7 Saturday 20 July 12noon Asian East Enders Entertainment Whitechapel 4 Saturday 20 July 1pm & 2:30pm Cockney Sparrows Walks & Tours Mile End 8 Saturday 20 July 2pm Singalong with Wayne Adams Entertainment Poplar 4 Saturday 20 July 7pm Cockneys: Dead or Reincarnated? Talks & Workshops Stepney Green 12 Sunday 21 July All day Ivy’s Café: Portraits Exhibition Poplar 6 Sunday 21 July 12noon-6pm Telling Tales Exhibition Canary Wharf 6 Sunday 21 July 1pm Jewish East End double bill Film Whitechapel 10 Sunday 21 July 4pm Cockney Sparrows Celebration Entertainment Poplar 5 Sunday 21 July 4pm Sparrows Can’t Sing Film Stepney Green 10 Monday 22 July All day Ivy’s Café: Portraits Exhibition Poplar 6 Monday 22 July 5am-11pm Telling Tales Exhibition Canary Wharf 6 Monday 22 July 9am-5pm The Cockney Beano Exhibition Shadwell 6 Monday 22 July 10am-6pm Hop Picking Exhibition Isle of Dogs 6 Monday 22 July 6pm Eddie Johnson & the Two Puddings pub Talks & Workshops Shadwell 12 Monday 22 July 6pm Who Is My Neighbour? Film Poplar 10 Monday 22 July 6pm German Sugar Baking Talks & Workshops Aldgate East 12 Tuesday 23 July All day Ivy’s Café: Portraits Exhibition Poplar 6 Tuesday 23 July 5am-11pm Telling Tales Exhibition Canary Wharf 6 Tuesday 23 July 9am-5pm The Cockney Beano Exhibition Shadwell 6 Tuesday 23 July 10am-5pm Island History Trust Exhibition Stepney Green 6 Tuesday 23 July 10am-6pm Hop Picking Exhibition Isle of Dogs 6 Tuesday 23 July 11am-5pm 250 years of St George’s German Lutheran Church & the East End’s German community Exhibition Limehouse 7

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Bethnal Green Working Canada Place Mall Idea Store Bow Men’s Club Community Gallery, Jubilee Walk 1 Gladstone Place 42-44 Pollard Row Canada Place, E14 5AH Roman Road, E3 5ES E2 6NB 020 7418 2000 020 7364 4332 0207 739 7170 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Canary Wharf Bow Church Bethnal Green Fully accessible Fully accessible No step-free access, wheelchairs can be hand-lifted Cubitt Town Library Idea Store Canary Wharf Strattondale Street Churchill Place Bishopsgate Institute Isle of Dogs, E14 3HG Canary Wharf, E14 5RB 230 Bishopsgate 020 7987 3152 020 7364 4332 EC2M 4QH [email protected] [email protected] 020 7392 9200 Crossharbour Canary Wharf www.bishopsgate.org.uk Fully accessible Fully accessible Liverpool Street Fully accessible Departure Idea Store Chrisp Street 649-651 Commercial Road 1 Vesey Path Bow Arts Trust Limehouse, E14 7LW East India Dock Road, E14 6BT Nunnery Gallery & Carmelite Café 020 7702 8802 020 7364 4332 181 Bow Road, E3 2SJ [email protected] [email protected] 020 7538 1719 Limehouse All Saints [email protected] Step-free access Fully accessible Bow Church Step-free access Eric Estate Idea Store Watney Market Eric Street 260 Commercial Road Bow Church Bow, E3 4JL Shadwell, E1 2FB (St Mary & Holy Trinity Church) 020 7517 4700 020 7364 4332 Bow Road, E3 3AH www.eastendhomes.net [email protected] www.bowchurch.webeden.co.uk Mile End Shadwell Bow Church Step-free access Fully accessible Step-free access, no accessible WC Idea Store Whitechapel Southern Grove Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park 321 Whitechapel Road Community Centre Southern Grove Whitechapel, E1 1BU Southern Grove E3 4PX 020 7364 4332 E3 4PX www.fothcp.org [email protected] www.eastendhomes.net Mile End Whitechapel Mile End Fully accessible Fully accessible Step-free access Tower Hamlets The Hub St Clement’s Social Club Community Housing Crown Gate East (Former St Clement’s Hospital) 285 Commercial Road Grove Road, E3 5TB Wentworth-Stanley Hall E1 2PS 020 7364 7968 2a Bow Road, E3 4LL 020 7780 2750 [email protected] 07545 352 047 [email protected] Mile End www.eastlondonclt.co.uk Shadwell Bow Road Step-free access Fully accessible Step-free access Ivy’s Café Tower Hamlets Local History Chrisp Street Market St George’s German Library & Archives Poplar, E14 6AQ Lutheran Church Bancroft Library www.chrispstreet.org.uk 55 Alie Street, E1 8EB 277 Bancroft Road, E1 4DQ All Saints 020 7481 0533 Tel: 020 7364 1290 [email protected] [email protected] Step-free access Aldgate East Stepney Green Joiners Arms Step-free access Fully accessible 116-118 Hackney Road E2 7QL St John on Bethnal Green Toynbee Hall 07916 868839 200 Cambridge Heath Road 28 Commercial Street [email protected] Bethnal Green, E2 9PA E1 6LS Hoxton 07765 117 182 020 7247 6943 www.stjohnonbethnalgreen.org [email protected] One step up at entrance, Bethnal Green Aldgate East accessible WC Step-free access Step-free access Nunnery Gallery & Carmelite Café St Matthias Community Centre V&A Museum of Childhood (Bow Arts Trust) 113 Poplar High Street Cambridge Heath Road 181 Bow Road, E3 2SJ E14 0AE Bethnal Green, E2 9PA 020 7538 1719 0207 987 0257 020 8983 5200 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Bow Church Poplar Bethnal Green Step-free access Step-free access Fully accessible GROUP P LC