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Bethnal Green Road is one of the streets of London in the E2 postal area.



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Post by Jan: Kerbela Street, E2

My grandparents lived in Kerbela Street many years ago when they were terraced houses. My memory of the street is one long street with these strange wrought iron things outside - which I now know as boot scrapers. The house inside was fairly large, but I was a child. Loo was outside. Shame they knocked the terraces down and build a huge housing estate, but that?s progress I suppose. Does anyone know the origin of the name Kerbela?

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Police appeal launched after teenager not seen for nearly two months
Police have launched an appeal to find a missing 16-year-old boy.

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/16186254.Police_appeal_launched_after_teenager_not_seen_for_nearly_two_months/?ref=rss

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Arsene Wenger: Arsenal boss says timing of exit announcement ’not my decision’
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says the timing of the announcement of his departure from the club after nearly 22 years "was not really my decision".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43896201

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London elections: Can the Lib Dems win back Kingston?
The Conservatives took control of the former Liberal Democrat stronghold in 2014.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43881782

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Meghan Markle attends her first Anzac Day service with Prince Harry


Meghan, 36, looked suitably sombre in a cream coat, black hat and heels, with her hair loose at the event to remember Australian and New Zealand soldiers who died at Gallipoli in 1915.


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Two years on from the start of the Southern Rail industrial dispute and there is no end in sight

It has now been two years since the dispute between Southern Rail and its workers began over the use of driver-only trains.


http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/16182915.Two_years_on_from_the_start_of_the_Southern_Rail_industrial_dispute_and_there_is_no_end_in_sight/?ref=rss

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Stabbing at Swan Mead: victim’s injuries ’could be life-changing’
A 25-year-old man is being treated in hospital after he was stabbed at Swan Mead in Bermondsey on Saturday morning.

http://feeds.london-se1.co.uk/~r/se1-news/~3/BIdA2Wu8z5I/9588

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Are e-bikes the way forward in London?
Electric bikes enable cyclists to go further than traditional bikes and make going uphill easier.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43838620

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London elections: Could Conservative-run Wandsworth become a Labour council?
Wandsworth Council has been run by a Conservative administration since 1978.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43882291

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Royal baby: How Kate Middleton’s son will fit in at Kensington Palace


Royal baby: How Kate Middleton’s son will fit in at Kensington Palace


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Statue of Suffragist is unveiled in Parliament Square


Millicent Fawcett, the suffragist who fought for women’s right to vote in the early 20th century, has joined eleven statues of men including Sir Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5650867/Historic-moment-statue-Suffragist-unveiled-Parliament-Square.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
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Hundreds of women from all around the UK came together at Europe’s largest faith conference.
Hundreds of women from all around the UK came together at Europe’s largest faith conference.

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/16178483.Women_unite_to_tackle____dangerous_world____at_Europe___s_largest_faith_conference/?ref=rss

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Race records
Rob Pope is the fastest record-breaker after completing the race in under three hours while dressed as Forrest Gump.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-43865266

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Stephen Lawrence Day to be held annually
A national commemoration of the murdered teenager will take place on 22 April each year, the PM says.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43869377

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The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a son at the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, (pictured) Kensington Palace announced on Monday afternoon.


The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a son at the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, (pictured) Kensington Palace announced on Monday afternoon.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5646219/Kate-goes-labour-LIVE-Duchess-Cambridge-admitted-hospital.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
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Kate Middleton’s stylist Natasha Archer spotted leaving Lindo Wing


Natasha Archer, who has been working with the royals for more than ten years, left St. Mary’s Hospital just after 10am, after Kate went into labour in the early hours of Monday morning.


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VIEW THE BETHNAL GREEN AREA IN THE 1750s
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VIEW THE BETHNAL GREEN AREA IN THE 1800s
The 1800 mapping is bounded by Stanmore (NW), Woodford (NE), Bromley (SE) and Hampton Court (SW).
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VIEW THE BETHNAL GREEN AREA IN THE 1830s
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VIEW THE BETHNAL GREEN AREA IN THE 1860s
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VIEW THE BETHNAL GREEN AREA IN THE 1900s
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Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green - a happy corner

Bethnal Green is located 3.3 miles northeast of Charing Cross, It was historically an agrarian hamlet in the ancient parish of Stepney, Middlesex.

The name Blithehale or Blythenhale, the earliest form of Bethnal Green, is derived from the Anglo-Saxon healh ('angle, nook, or corner') and blithe ('happy, blithe').

Following population increases caused by the expansion of London during the 18th century, it was split off as the parish of Bethnal Green in 1743, becoming part of the Metropolis in 1855 and the County of London in 1889. The parish became the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in 1900 and the population peaked in 1901, entering a period of steady decline which lasted until 1981. Bethnal Green has formed part of Greater London since 1965.

The economic history of Bethnal Green is characterised by a shift away from agricultural provision for the City of London to market gardening, weaving and light industry, which has now all but disappeared.

By about 1860 Bethnal Green was mainly full of tumbledown old buildings with many families living in each house. By the end of the century, Bethnal Green was one of the poorest slums in London. Jack the Ripper operated at the western end of Bethnal Green and in neighbouring Whitechapel. In 1900, the Old Nichol Street Rookery was demolished, and the Boundary Estate opened on the site near the boundary with Shoreditch. This was the world's first council housing. The quality of the built environment was radically reformed by the aerial bombardment of World War II and the subsequent social housing developments.

Bethnal Green has a tube station on the Central Line of the London Underground. The station was opened as part of the long planned Central Line eastern extension on 4 December 1946; before that it was used as an air-raid shelter. On 3 March 1943, 173 people were killed in a crush while attempting to enter the shelter.

The station is an example of the New Works Programme 1935 - 1940 style adopted by London Transport for its new tube stations. Extensive use is made of pale yellow tiling, originally manufactured by Poole Pottery. The finishes include relief tiles, showing symbols of London and the area served by the London Passenger Transport Board, designed by Harold Stabler. The station entrances, all in the form of subway access staircases to the subterranean ticket hall, all show the design influences of Charles Holden, the consulting architect for London Transport at this time.



LOCATIONS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP
Bethnal Green:   Bethnal Green - a happy corner
Victoria Park:   Victoria Park is a large open space that stretches out across part of the East End of London, England bordering parts of Bethnal Green, Hackney, and Bow, such as along Old Ford Road, London E3. The park is entirely within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.


NEARBY STREETS AND BUILDINGS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP
Ainsley Street, E2 · Bacon Street, E2 · Barnet Grove, E2 · Baxendale Street, E2 · Bethnal Green Estate, E2 · Bethnal Green Road, E2 · Birkbeck Street, E2 · Blythe Street, E2 · Bonner Street, E2 · Braintree Street, E2 · Brierly Gardens, E2 · Buckfast Street, E2 · Bullards Place, E2 · Buxton Street, E1 · Canrobert Street, E2 · Centre Street, E2 · Cheshire Street, E2 · Chilton Street, E2 · Claredale Street, E2 · Code Street, E1 · Colts Lagreenheath Business Centre, E2 · Corfield Street, E2 · Cornwall Avenue, E2 · Coventry Road, E2 · Cranbrook Street, E2 · Crown Works, E2 · Cyprus Street, E2 · Delta Street, E2 · Derbyshire Street, E2 · Digby Street, E2 · Dinmont Street, E2 · Dunbridge Street, E2 · Durant Street, E2 · Ellsworth Street, E2 · Elwin Street, E2 · Florida Street, E2 · Gales Gardens, E2 · Gawber Street, E2 · Glass Street, E2 · Globe Road, E2 · Goldman Close, E2 · Gosset Street, E2 · Granary Road, E1 · Granby Street, E2 · Greenheath Business Centre, E2 · Grimsby Street, E2 · Gwilym Maries House, E2 · Hackney Road, E2 · Hadleigh Street, E2 · Hadrian Estate, E2 · Hague Street, E2 · Helen’s Place, E2 · Hemming Street, E1 · Herald Street, E2 · Hereford Street, E2 · Ion Square, E2 · Ivimey Street, E2 · Jersey Street, E2 · Kelsey Street, E2 · Kerbela Street, E2 · Malcolm Place, E2 · Mansford Street, E2 · Mape Street, E2 · Maple Street, E2 · Meath Bridge, E1 · Meath Bridge, E3 · Meath Crescent, E2 · Menotti Street, E2 · Morpeth Street, E2 · Nelson Gardens, E2 · Old Bethnal Green Road, E2 · Palmers Road, E2 · Paradise Row, E2 · Peary Place, E2 · Pedley Street, E1 · Pollard Row, E2 · Pollard Street, E2 · Portman Place, E2 · Pott Street, E2 · Poyser Street, E2 · Quilter Street, E2 · Ramsey Street, E2 · Roberta Street, E2 · Roger Dowley Close, E2 · Royston Street, E2 · Rushmead, E2 · Sale Street, E2 · Sceptre Road, E2 · Scott Street, E1 · Selby Street, E1 · Smart Street, E2 · Somerford Street, E1 · Squirries Street, E2 · St Judes Road, E2 · St Matthews Row, E2 · St. Peter’s Avenue, E11 · St. Peter’s Close, E2 · Sugar Loaf Walk, E2 · Surma Close, E1 · Tapp Street, E1 · Teesdale Yard, E2 · Temple Street, E2 · Temple Yard, E2 · Tent Street, E1 · Turin Street, E2 · Union Walk Railway Arches, E2 · Vallance Road, E2 · Viaduct Place, E2 · Viaduct Street, E2 · Voss Street, E2 · Walter Street, E2 · Warley Street, RM14 · Warner Place, E2 · Wear Place, E2 · Weaver Street, E1 · Wellington Row, E2 · Welwyn Street, E2 · Wessex Street, E2 · Wilmot Street, E2 · Wimbolt Street, E2 · Winkley Street, E2 · Witan Street, E2 · Wood Close, E2 · Zander Court, E2 ·

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