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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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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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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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Cultural heritage Local Society 

The reason why we need to remember the Poplar Rates Rebellion

August 2, 2021August 2, 2021 Ruby Flanagan 137 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

One hundred years after the Poplar Rates Rebellion, a series of events celebrating the ordinary people who fought to change

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Cultural heritage Culture & communities Local 

The real Poplar stories behind BBC’s Call the Midwife

June 22, 2021October 21, 2021 Ruby Flanagan 1992 Views 1 Comment 5 min read

To celebrate ten years of BBC’s Call the Midwife we share the real-life stories of the Poplar residents who inspired

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ShumGhostJohn exhibition featured origami hanging on string around the room
Arts & artists Cultural heritage Local Places to visit Things to do 

Aberfeldy Street celebrates Poplarism with art installation

May 2, 2021May 2, 2021 Ruby Flanagan 585 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

The community installation, created in a collaborative effort by Hong Kong art trio ShumGhostJohn, uses East Asian folktales and traditions

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A busy and bustling Chrisp Street Market in 1968 with the Chrisp Street Clock Tower in the background
Cultural heritage Local Shopping Street markets 

The story of Chrisp Street Market

May 1, 2021September 20, 2021 Ruby Flanagan 396 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Chrisp Street Market is at the heart of Poplar and has been a key part of the East End community

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Vintage exterior
Vintage exterior to the White Horse Pub 1930
Buildings & landmarks Cultural heritage Local Society 

Mary East: the Poplar pub landlord who fought for LGBTQ+ equality

March 13, 2021March 21, 2021 Ruby Flanagan 214 Views 0 Comments Features 4 min read

The life of Mary East, the LGBTQ+ pub landlord of 1700s Poplar, is a story of extortion and gender-fluidity.

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