THROUGHOUT AUGUST: East Enders of WWI Exhibition
Tower Hamlets Community Housing are commemorating the centenary of the
outbreak of the First World War by hosting an exhibition showing the faces and
stories of many young people who lived or worked in Tower Hamlets when the war
broke out, including the East London suffragettes.
See photos of the suffragettes’ activities in Bow and learn about their
remarkable wartime work.
9.30am - 4.30pm Mon-Fri
Free
Related events:-
SATURDAY 2 AUGUST
Explore
Tower Hamlets WWI Archive
·
Michael Berlin (Birkbeck, University of
London) will speak on ‘Pacifism in the East End during World War One’
·
Borough Archivist Malcolm Barr-Hamilton
will highlight aspects of the collections relating to World War One
·
Author Sarah Jackson will speak about the
remarkable wartime work of the East London Federation of the Suffragettes
11am
– 5pm Free
Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives, 277 Bancroft Road, London E1 4DQ
SAT 2 – FRI 8 AUGUST
Suffragettes, Sisters and Struggles
An exhibition of radical posters of women’s activism from various sources,
including the See Red Women’s Workshop.
10am to 6pm, not open Sunday Free
SUNDAY 3 AUGUST
Meath
Gardens History Picnic
Join
us for a Sunday afternoon picnic in beautiful Meath Gardens. Learn about the
history of the park (formerly Victoria Park Cemetery) and its creator Fanny
Wilkinson - the first woman landscape gardener in Britain!
Meet
at the entrance arch on Bullard’s Place (map: https://goo.gl/maps/DYAbA)
From there we’ll walk a short distance to a good picnic spot or an alternative
indoor venue if it’s raining. Please bring a towel or blanket to sit on and
food to share!
1pm
– 3pm Free
WEDNESDAY
6 AUGUST
Minnie
Lansbury
Historian
Janine Booth will give a talk about local hero Minnie Lansbury: alderman,
activist and one of the most active members of the East London Federation of
the Suffragettes.
6.30pm
– 7.45pm Free
Bow Idea Store, 1
Gladstone Place, Roman Rd, London E3 5ES
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