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Olympic Neighbourhoods: London 2012 and West Ham

Mar 3rd, 2010 | By Jim Clifford | Category: Education, Features, Regional, The Cultural Landscape

A century ago R. A. Bray described West Ham “as that of a spot somewhere near London to which people went with reluctance if they had business there, and from which they returned with joy as soon as the business was over.” Sadly, I don’t imagine the average Londoner would describe it any differently today and most probably only know it as the home of a football club.

Tags: 2012 Olympics, Abbey Mills Pumping Station, Back Rivers, linkedin, river lea, Thames Barrier, Three Mills, Victoria Dock, West Ham Posted in Education, Features, Regional, The Cultural Landscape | 3 comments

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Nov 29th, 2009 | By John Horn | Category: Get to Know Your Community

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to an ongoing segment here at The Daily Gumboot. It’s called “Get to Know Your Community” and, basically, it goes like this: each and every Sunday we will profile someone from a community somewhere. Each person is asked the same five questions (see below as well as in [...]

Tags: 2012 Olympics, Activehistory.ca, environmental history, jim clifford, river lea, West Ham Posted in Get to Know Your Community | 2 comments