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Your guide to the people, passions, culture and heritage that have formed Poplar’s identity. Discover the communities and cultures of our neighbourhood, its creative industries, social history and personal stories; the heritage that has created our identity; and what we are passionate about, from philanthropic initiatives to campaigns to save our heritage and the environment.

Zoe Burton's floral head dress raising funds for Ukraine.
Campaigns Good causes Local Society 

Flower power: local florist Zoe Burton creates flower crown to raise money for Ukraine

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022 Zachary Sweeney-Lynch 44 Views 0 Comments News 1 min read

The UK’s florist community has come together to fundraise for the Ukraine humanitarian appeal. On the four-week anniversary of Russia’s

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Robert Milligan slave trader statue being removed from Docklands.
Image credit: © Museum of London
Cultural heritage Culture & communities Local Society 

Statue of slave trader joins Museum of London collection

April 4, 2022April 13, 2022 Zachary Sweeney-Lynch 51 Views 0 Comments News 1 min read

A bronze monument to slave trader and merchant Robert Milligan will be ‘fully contextualised’ in the Docklands museum. The Museum

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Old photograph of Limehouse Chinatown, with a young child walking in front of a Chinese freemason society.
A child walks outside of a Chinese freemason society in Limehouse. Image: The Underground Map
Cultural heritage Culture & communities East End Dockers Local 

The Story of Limehouse’s Lost Chinatown

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 Helen Brown 62 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

Limehouse was London’s first Chinatown, home to a tightly-knit community who were demonised in popular culture and eventually erased from

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Kirk Whitelock posing next to a punching bag in Aberfeldy Boxing Club.
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Kirk Whitelock hits the jackpot again with Aberfeldy Boxing Club

February 27, 2022February 27, 2022 Helen Brown 209 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

Former Tottenham scout Kirk Whitelock on opening Poplar’s Aberfeldy Boxing Club, tackling knife crime and food poverty, and providing a

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Paolo Fiorentini sitting in front of a bookcase reading an art book.
Arts & artists Local Society 

Poplar Union’s Paolo Fiorentini on the blank canvas of the East End

February 20, 2022February 20, 2022 Helen Brown 94 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

Paolo Fiorentini tells of assimilating into life in London, dealing with grief through art, and teaching others how to use

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A hand holding six postcards of Poplar's local landmarks.
Arts & artists Buildings & landmarks Cultural heritage Culture & communities Local Society 

Paolo Fiorentini puts Poplar on the map with postcards of local landmarks

January 1, 2022January 1, 2022 Helen Brown 302 Views 0 Comments 2 min read

Artist Paolo Fiorentini made postcards of Poplar’s most iconic local landmarks to inspire pride in the area.   “Someone bought the

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Fashion designer Rahemur Rahman laughing.
Arts & artists Cultural heritage Culture & communities Local Society 

Rahemur Rahman: Child of the rag trade

December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 Helen Brown 266 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

Rahemur Rahman, the first Bangladeshi fashion designer to show at London Fashion week, on why he dedicated his last collection

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Sewing teacher Asma Begum standing with her sewing machine and fabric supplies.
Arts & artists Cultural heritage Culture & communities Local Society 

A day in the life of… Asma Begum, sewing teacher at More Life Home

December 10, 2021December 10, 2021 Helen Brown 195 Views 3 Comments 3 min read

Sewing teacher Asma Begum gives us an insight into her daily life, from creating a community of mothers to finding

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Teviot Estate, community workshop.
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Teviot Estate: What community-led regeneration for people looks like

November 15, 2021December 15, 2021 Tabitha Stapely 348 Views 0 Comments Sponsored 3 min read

SPONSORED CONTENT With the majority of local residents backing proposals for the regeneration of the Teviot Estate, Poplar HARCA and

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Sister Christine Frost and volunteers from Neighbours in Poplar receiving the Tower Hamlets Freedom Award from Mayor John Biggs.
Culture & communities Local Society 

Sister Christine wins Tower Hamlets Freedom Award

November 9, 2021November 15, 2021 Helen Brown 141 Views 0 Comments News 2 min read

Sister Christine reflects on her fifty-one years of charitable service in Poplar after winning the Tower Hamlets Freedom award.   This

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Meridian House, a Georgian brick house, was the residence of the chaplain serving the East India Company's almshouses.
Buildings & landmarks Cultural heritage East End Dockers Local Places to visit Society 

Tigers, diamonds and thieves: the East India Company’s Poplar almshouses

October 13, 2021November 15, 2021 Helen Brown 381 Views 0 Comments Features 4 min read

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

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Painted mural of George Lansbury, the Labour councillor who led the Poplar Rates Rebellion.
Cultural heritage Local Society 

Poplar rates rebellion mural restored for centenary 

September 21, 2021October 13, 2021 Helen Brown 183 Views 0 Comments News 1 min read

In honour of the centenary of the Poplar rates rebellion, Tower Hamlets council has added a fresh lick of paint

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