East End Dockers — Poplar LDN

Isle of Dogs Unilateral Declaration of Independence: a revolt, a joke, or a tactical stroke of genius

How the Isle of Dogs 10 day revolution gained global attention and forced Tower Hamlets Council to recognise the plight

A meeting of striking dockworkers outside the gates of West India Quay, 1889

In the summer of 1889, the dockworkers of East London brought the world’s largest trading port to a standstill. The

The East India Company’s Poplar almshouses were built thanks to a greedy diamond trader, and housed a seaman maimed by