This morning a small group of Councillors and local historians met in West Ham Cemetery at the memorial to the 26 young boys (see below) who suffocated to death following a fire at the nearby children’s Workhouse.
Author John Walker,…Read more…
Remembrance Sunday – Remembering the Fallen and the Claxton Family
This morning at 11am I was at East London Cemetery with my West Ham ward colleague, Cllr John Whitworth, to lay a wreath to remember the fallen.
Usually we would have attended the Remembrance Day Service at the West Ham All Saints Ch…Read more…
Socialist & Labour West Ham Cllr George Coe 1870-1910 “He tried to leave the world a little better than he found it”
During the summer I had a wonderful email from Plaistow resident and local historian, Alan Regin, connected to a post I wrote on this blog following the general election in 2015.
On election day 2015 an UNISON colleague of mine was acting …Read more…