Scott Russell Place, E14

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Scott Russell Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.





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colin Passfield   
Added: 1 Jan 2021 15:28 GMT   

Dora Street, E14
My grandmother was born in 1904 at 34 Dora Street

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Lived here
   
Added: 16 Feb 2021 13:41 GMT   

Giraud Street
I lived in Giraud St in 1938/1939. I lived with my Mother May Lillian Allen & my brother James Allen (Known as Lenny) My name is Tom Allen and was evacuated to Surrey from Giraud St. I am now 90 years of age.

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Christine D Elliott   
Added: 20 Mar 2023 15:52 GMT   

The Blute Family
My grandparents, Frederick William Blute & Alice Elizabeth Blute nee: Warnham lived at 89 Blockhouse Street Deptford from around 1917.They had six children. 1. Alice Maragret Blute (my mother) 2. Frederick William Blute 3. Charles Adrian Blute 4. Violet Lillian Blute 5. Donald Blute 6. Stanley Vincent Blute (Lived 15 months). I lived there with my family from 1954 (Birth) until 1965 when we were re-housed for regeneration to the area.
I attended Ilderton Road School.
Very happy memories of that time.

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Pearl Foster   
Added: 20 Mar 2023 12:22 GMT   

Dukes Place, EC3A
Until his death in 1767, Daniel Nunes de Lara worked from his home in Dukes Street as a Pastry Cook. It was not until much later the street was renamed Dukes Place. Daniel and his family attended the nearby Bevis Marks synagogue for Sephardic Jews. The Ashkenazi Great Synagogue was established in Duke Street, which meant Daniel’s business perfectly situated for his occupation as it allowed him to cater for both congregations.

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Dr Paul Flewers   
Added: 9 Mar 2023 18:12 GMT   

Some Brief Notes on Hawthorne Close / Hawthorne Street
My great-grandparents lived in the last house on the south side of Hawthorne Street, no 13, and my grandmother Alice Knopp and her brothers and sisters grew up there. Alice Knopp married Charles Flewers, from nearby Hayling Road, and moved to Richmond, Surrey, where I was born. Leonard Knopp married Esther Gutenberg and lived there until the street was demolished in the mid-1960s, moving on to Tottenham. Uncle Len worked in the fur trade, then ran a pet shop in, I think, the Kingsland Road.

From the back garden, one could see the almshouses in the Balls Pond Road. There was an ink factory at the end of the street, which I recall as rather malodorous.

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KJH   
Added: 7 Mar 2023 17:14 GMT   

Andover Road, N7 (1939 - 1957)
My aunt, Doris nee Curtis (aka Jo) and her husband John Hawkins (aka Jack) ran a small general stores at 92 Andover Road (N7). I have found details in the 1939 register but don’t know how long before that it was opened.He died in 1957. In the 1939 register he is noted as being an ARP warden for Islington warden

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Added: 2 Mar 2023 13:50 GMT   

The Queens Head
Queens Head demolished and a NISA supermarket and flats built in its place.

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Mike   
Added: 28 Feb 2023 18:09 GMT   

6 Elia Street
When I was young I lived in 6 Elia Street. At the end of the garden there was a garage owned by Initial Laundries which ran from an access in Quick Street all the way up to the back of our garden. The fire exit to the garage was a window leading into our garden. 6 Elia Street was owned by Initial Laundry.

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Fumblina   
Added: 21 Feb 2023 11:39 GMT   

Error on 1800 map numbering for John Street
The 1800 map of Whitfield Street (17 zoom) has an error in the numbering shown on the map. The houses are numbered up the right hand side of John Street and Upper John Street to #47 and then are numbered down the left hand side until #81 BUT then continue from 52-61 instead of 82-91.

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P Cash   
Added: 19 Feb 2023 08:03 GMT   

Occupants of 19-29 Woburn Place
The Industrial Tribunals (later changed to Employment Tribunals) moved (from its former location on Ebury Bridge Road to 19-29 Woburn Place sometime in the late 1980s (I believe).

19-29 Woburn Place had nine floors in total (one in the basement and two in its mansard roof and most of the building was occupied by the Tribunals

The ’Head Office’ of the tribunals, occupied space on the 7th, 6th and 2nd floors, whilst one of the largest of the regional offices (London North but later called London Central) occupied space in the basement, ground and first floor.

The expansive ground floor entrance had white marble flooring and a security desk. Behind (on evey floor) lay a square (& uncluttered) lobby space, which was flanked on either side by lifts. On the rear side was an elegant staircase, with white marble steps, brass inlays and a shiny brass handrail which spiralled around an open well. Both staircase, stairwell and lifts ran the full height of the building. On all floors from 1st upwards, staff toilets were tucked on either side of the staircase (behind the lifts).

Basement Floor - Tribunal hearing rooms, dormant files store and secure basement space for Head Office. Public toilets.

Geound Floor - The ’post’ roon sat next to the entrance in the northern side, the rest of which was occupied by the private offices of the full time Tribunal judiciary. Thw largest office belonged to the Regional Chair and was situated on the far corner (overlooking Tavistock Square) The secretary to the Regional Chair occupied a small office next door.
The south side of this floor was occupied by the large open plan General Office for the administration, a staff kitchen & rest room and the private offices of the Regional Secretary (office manager) and their deputy.

First Dloor - Tribunal hearing rooms; separate public waiting rooms for Applicants & Respondents; two small rooms used by Counsel (on a ’whoever arrives first’ bases) and a small private rest room for use by tribunal lay members.

Second Floor - Tribunal Hearing Rooms; Tribunal Head Office - HR & Estate Depts & other tennants.

Third Floor - other tennants

Fourth Floor - other tennants

Fifth Floor - Other Tennants except for a large non-smoking room for staff, (which overlooked Tavistock Sqaure). It was seldom used, as a result of lacking any facities aside from a meagre collection of unwanted’ tatty seating. Next to it, (overlooking Tavistock Place) was a staff canteen.

Sixth Floor - Other tennants mostly except for a few offices on the northern side occupied by tribunal Head Office - IT Dept.

Seventh Floor - Other tenants in the northern side. The southern (front) side held the private offices of several senior managers (Secretariat, IT & Finance), private office of the Chief Accuntant; an office for two private secretaries and a stationary cupboard. On the rear side was a small kitchen; the private office of the Chief Executive and the private office of the President of the Tribunals for England & Wales. (From 1995 onwards, this became a conference room as the President was based elsewhere. The far end of this side contained an open plan office for Head Office staff - Secretariat, Finance & HR (staff training team) depts.

Eighth Floor - other tennants.


The Employment Tribunals (Regional & Head Offices) relocated to Vitory House, Kingsway in April 2005.






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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
All Saints’ Church All Saints’ is a church in Newby Place, Poplar.
Chrisp Street Market Chrisp Street Market is the central marketplace and town centre of Poplar.
La Trompette Poplar Baths is a former public bath house dating from 1933.
Museum of London Docklands The Museum of London Docklands, based in an 1802 warehouse, tells the history of London’s River Thames and the growth of the Docklands.
Railway Tavern The Railway Tavern was generally known as Charlie Brown’s.
St Matthias Old Church St Matthias Old Church is the modern name given to the Poplar Chapel built by the East India Company in 1654.
Tower Hamlets College Tower Hamlets College is a large further education and a constituent college of New City College.
West India Quay West India Quay is a leisure complex on the Isle of Dogs.

NEARBY STREETS
1 Cabot Square, E14 1 Cabot Square (also known as the Credit Suisse building) is a 21 floor office building occupied by Credit Suisse in the Canary Wharf development.
1 West India Quay, E14 1 West India Quay is a skyscraper designed by HOK in the Docklands area which was completed in 2004.
Abbot House, E14 Abbot House is a block on Smythe Street.
Adams Place, E14 Adams Place is a road in the E14 postcode area
Adderley Street, E14 Adderley Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Anglesey House, E14 Anglesey House is located on Lindfield Street.
Annabel Close, E14 Annabel Close is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Arborfield House, E14 Arborfield House is a building on East India Dock Road.
Astoria Way, E14 Astoria Way is a location in London.
Aurora House, E14 Aurora House is a building on Kerbey Street.
Balsam House, E14 Balsam House is sited on East India Dock Road.
Bazely Street, E14 Bazely Street was originally Bow Lane.
Billingsgate Market, E14 Billingsgate Market is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Birchfield House, E14 Birchfield House can be found on Pinefield Close.
Birchfield Street, E14 Birchfield Street was once called Drill Place.
Blashill Court, E14 Blashill Court is a block on Cotton Street.
Blomfield House, E14 Blomfield House is a block on Hale Street.
Boardwalk, E14 Sophia Street was built in 1823 and demolished in 1939.
Brownfield Street, E14 Brownfield Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Bygrove Street, E14 Bygrove Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Camellia House, E14 Camellia House is a block on Cotton Street.
Cannon House, E14 Cannon House is sited on Hertsmere Road West.
Canton Street, E14 Canton Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Carmichael House, E14 Carmichael House is a block on Poplar High Street.
Casson Apartments, E14 Casson Apartments is a block on Upper North Street.
Castor Lane, E14 Castor Lane is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Castor Street, E14 Castor Street existed between the 1810s and 1960s.
Chadwick Court, E14 Chadwick Court can be found on Lindfield Street.
Chancellor Psg, E14 Chancellor Passage is in the Canary Wharf area behind West India Quay.
Chilcot Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Clarissa House, E14 Clarissa House is a block on Market Way.
Colborne House, E14 Colborne House is a block on Nankin Street.
Collins House, E14 Collins House is located on Newby Place.
Columbus Courtyard, E14 Columbus Courtyard is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Commodore House, E14 Commodore House is a block on Poplar High Street.
Conant House, E14 Conant House is a block on Pelling Street.
Cordelia Street, E14 Cordelia Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Corry House, E14 Corry House is a block on Shirbutt Street.
Cottage Street, E14 Cottage Street is a road in the E14 postcode area
Cotton Street, E14 Cotton Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Crossrail Place, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Cruse House, E14 Cruse House is located on Poplar High Street.
Cygnet House, E14 Cygnet House is a block on Chrisp Street.
Devitt House, E14 Devitt House is a block on Wade’s Place.
Dingle Gardens, E14 Dingle Gardens is a road in the E14 postcode area
Discovery House, E14 Discovery House can be found on Newby Place.
Dockmasters House, E14 Dockmasters House is a block on Hertsmere Road.
Dolphin Lane, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Duff Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Duke Of York House, E14 Duke Of York House is a block on East India Dock Road.
East India Dock Road, E14 East India Dock Road is an important artery connecting the City of London to Essex, and partly serves as the high street of Poplar
East Quay, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Edward Mills Way, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Eldersfield House, E14 Eldersfield House is sited on Pennyfields.
Elizabeth Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Ennis House, E14 Ennis House is a block on Vesey Path.
Epstein Square, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Finchs Court Mews, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Finchs Court, E14 Finchs Court is a block on Finchs Court.
Fishermans Place, E14 Fishermans Place is a road in the W4 postcode area
Fishermans Walk, E14 Fishermans Walk is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Fitzgerald House, E14 Fitzgerald House is a block on East India Dock Road.
Flora Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Fusion Building, E14 Fusion Building is a block on East India Dock Road.
Good Hope House, E14 Good Hope House is a block on Poplar High Street.
Goodfaith House, E14 Goodfaith House is a block on Simpson’s Road.
Goodspeed House, E14 Goodspeed House is a block on Simpson’s Road.
Goodwill House, E14 Goodwill House is a block on Simpson’s Road.
Gorsefield House, E14 Gorsefield House is sited on East India Dock Road.
Gough Walk, E14 Gough Walk is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Grundy Street, E14 Grundy Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Hale Street, E14 Hale Street is a road in the E14 postcode area
Harbour Way, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Harrow Lane, E14 Harrow Lane is a road in the E14 postcode area
Heckford House, E14 Heckford House is a block on Grundy Street.
Hertsmere Road, E14 Hertsmere Road is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Hind Grove, E14 Hind Grove is a road in the E14 postcode area
Holmsdale House, E14 Holmsdale House is a block on Poplar High Street.
Hopkins House, E14 Hopkins House is located on Canton Street.
Horizon Building, E14 The Horizon Building
Ida Street, E14 Ida Street runs north and south of Brownfield Street.
Jennifer House, E14 Jennifer House is sited on St Leonards Road.
Jeremiah House, E14 Jeremiah House is sited on Jeremiah Street.
Jeremiah Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Jonzen Walk, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Kemps Drive, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Kerbey Street, E14 Kerbey Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Kerensky House, E14 Kerensky House is a block on Upper North Street.
Kildare Walk, E14 Kildare Walk is a road in the E14 postcode area
Kilmore House, E14 Kilmore House is a block on East India Dock Road.
Landon Walk, E14 Landon Walk is a small walkway.
Langdon House, E14 Langdon House is a building on Ida Street.
Lawless House, E14 Lawless House is a block on Bazely Street.
Ledger Building, E14 Ledger Building is a block on Hertsmere Road.
Leyland House, E14 Leyland House is a block on Hale Street.
Lodore Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Lubbock House, E14 Lubbock House is a block on Simpson’s Road.
Lucienne Court, E14 Lucienne Court is a block on Lindfield Street.
Mackrow Walk, E14 Mackrow Walk is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Malam Gardens, E14 Malam Gardens is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Market Square, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Market Way, E14 Market Way is a road in the E14 postcode area
Martindale House, E14 Martindale House is a block on Simpsons Road.
Mellor House, E14 Mellor House is a block on Upper North Street.
Meridian House, E14 Meridian House is a block on Poplar High Street.
Mermaid House, E14 Mermaid House is a block on Bazely Street.
Mikardo Court, E14 Mikardo Court is a building on Poplar High Street.
Ming Street, E14 Ming Street is a road in the E14 postcode area
Morant Street, E14 Morant Street is a road in the E14 postcode area
Moro Apartments, E14 Moro Apartments is a block on Edward Mills Way.
Mountague Place, E14 This is a street in the E14 postcode area
Navis House, E14 Navis House is a block on Lindfield Street.
New Festival Avenue, E14 New Festival Avenue is a road in the E14 postcode area
Newby Place, E14 Newby Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
North Quay Place, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Northcote House, E14 Northcote House is a building on Saracen Street.
Norwood House, E14 Norwood House is a block on Poplar High Street.
Odell House, E14 Odell House is a block on Edward Mills Way.
Oliphant Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Overstone House, E14 Overstone House is a block on East India Dock Road.
Panoramic Tower, E14 Panoramic Tower is a block on Hay Currie Street.
Pasmore Court, E14 Pasmore Court is a block on Canton Street.
Pekin Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Pekin Street, E14 Pekin Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Pelling Street, E14 Pelling Street is a road in the E14 postcode area
Pennyfields, E14 Pennyfields is the western extension of Poplar High Street.
Pinefield Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Playfair House, E14 Playfair House is a block on Nankin Street.
Plimsoll Close, E14 Plimsoll Close is a road in the E14 postcode area
Poplar High Street, E14 Until the late nineteenth century Poplar High Street was the district’s principal street.
Pusey House, E14 Pusey House is located on Saracen Street.
Ricardo Street, E14 Ricardo Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Rigden Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Rogers Court, E14 Rogers Court is a block on Limehouse Link.
Rook Street, E14 Rook Street - at first called Mary Street - ran between Poplar High Street and East India Road.
Rosefield Gardens, E14 Rosefield Gardens is a road in the E14 postcode area
Russell House, E14 Russell House is a block on Saracen Street.
Saltwell Street, E14 Saltwell Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Saracen Street, E14 Saracen Street was a new street formed when the Lansbury Estate was built.
Sarah Perry House, E14 Sarah Perry House is a block on Flora Close.
Shepherd Court, E14 Shepherd Court can be found on Annabel Close.
Shirbutt Street, E14 Shirbutt Street is a road in the E14 postcode area
Simpson’s Road, E14 Simpson’s Road is a road in the E14 postcode area
Skysail Building, E14 Skysail Building is located on Poplar High Street.
Smythe Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Southill Street, E14 Southill Street is a road in the E14 postcode area
Spearman House, E14 Spearman House is a block on Nankin Street.
St Leonards Road, SW18 St Leonard’s Road was once the only road through a rural Poplar - called Bow Lane and before that Poplar Lane.
St. Frideswides Mews, E14 St Frideswides Mews is a small street in Poplar.
Stoneyard Lane, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Storey House, E14 Storey House is located on Lawless Street.
Sturry Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Susannah Street, E14 Susannah Street is a road in the E14 postcode area
Tapley Close, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
The Arcade, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
The Port East Building, E14 The Port East Building is a block on Hertsmere Road.
The Warehouse, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Thompson House, E14 Thompson House is a block on Pekin Street.
Thornfield House, E14 Thornfield House is a block on Rosefield Gardens.
Upper North Street, E14 Upper North Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Vesey Path, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Virginia House, E14 Virginia House is a block on Mountague Place.
Wades Place, E14 Wades Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Webber Path, E14 Webber Path serves Blashill Court.
West India Dock Road, E14 West India Dock Road is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area.
Westcott House, E14 Westcott House is sited on East India Dock Road.
Wickes House, E14 Wickes House is a block on Poplar High Street.
Wigram House, E14 Wigram House is located on Wade’s Place.
William Booth House, E14 William Booth House is a block on Hind Grove.
William Lax House, E14 William Lax House is a block on East India Dock Road.
Williamsburg Plaza, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Willis House, E14 Willis House is a block on Poplar High Street.
Willis Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode
Winant House, E14 Winant House is a block on Simpson’s Road.
Winchester House, E14 Winchester House is a block on Edward Mills Way.
Woodall Close, E14 Woodall Close is a road in the E14 postcode area
Woodstock Terrace, E14 Woodstock Terrace is a road in the E14 postcode area
Wren Landing, E14 Wren Landing is a road in the E14 postcode area

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Railway Tavern The Railway Tavern was generally known as Charlie Brown’s.


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Poplar

Poplar - site of the first air raids.

Poplar is a historic, mainly residential area of East London. The district became the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar in 1900 - abolished in 1965 and absorbed into Tower Hamlets. The district centre is Chrisp Street Market. Poplar contains notable examples of public housing including the Lansbury Estate and Balfron Tower.

Although many people associate wartime bombing with The Blitz during World War II, the first airborne terror campaign in Britain took place during the First World War.

Air raids in World War One caused significant damage and took many lives. WWI German raids on Britain caused 1413 deaths and 3409 injuries. Air raids provided an unprecedented means of striking at resources vital to an enemy’s war effort. Many of the novel features of the war in the air between 1914 and 1918—the lighting restrictions and blackouts, the air raid warnings and the improvised shelters—became central aspects of the Second World War less than 30 years later.

The East End of London was one of the most heavily targeted places. Poplar, in particular, was struck badly by some of the air raids during the First World War. Initially these were at night by Zeppelins which bombed the area indiscriminately, leading to the death of innocent civilians.

The first daylight bombing attack on London by a fixed-wing aircraft took place on 13 June 1917. Fourteen German Gotha G bombers led by Squadron Commander Hauptmann Ernst Brandenberg flew over Essex and began dropping their bombs. It was a hot day and the sky was hazy; nevertheless, onlookers in London’s East End were able to see ’a dozen or so big aeroplanes scintillating like so many huge silver dragonflies’. These three-seater bombers were carrying shrapnel bombs which were dropped just before noon. Numerous bombs fell in rapid succession in various districts. In the East End alone 104 people were killed, 154 seriously injured and 269 slightly injured.

The gravest incident that day was a direct hit on a primary school in Poplar. In the Upper North Street School at the time were a girls’ class on the top floor, a boys’ class on the middle floor and an infant class of about 50 students on the ground floor. The bomb fell through the roof into the girls’ class; it then proceeded to fall through the boys’ classroom before finally exploding in the infant class. Eighteen students were killed, of whom sixteen were aged from 4 to 6 years old. The tragedy shocked the British public at the time.

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Poplar DLR station was opened on 21 August 1987, originally with just two platforms, being served only by the Stratford-Island Gardens branch of the DLR. As the DLR was expanded eastwards, the station was extensively remodelled, given two extra platforms and expanded.


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Poplar (1910)
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East India Road, Poplar It takes it name from the former East India Docks and its route was constructed between 1806 and 1812 as a branch of the Commercial Road. The road begins in the west at Burdett Road and continues to the River Lea bridge in the east in Canning Town.
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Pennyfields, Poplar (around 1900)
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Rook Street, Poplar decorated with flags, shrines and a banner in preparation for a Catholic procession, September 1914.
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A line of Vauxhall cars in front of an old masonry warehouse awaiting export shipment at West India Dock on 12 June 1935.
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