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Wednesday 31 March 2010
Working Class Millionaire
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Tuesday 30 March 2010
Disgusted E7
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Monday 29 March 2010
One Wish
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Sunday 28 March 2010
Burlington Bertie from Bow
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Saturday 27 March 2010
Bow E3
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Friday 26 March 2010
Bethnal Green
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Thursday 25 March 2010
The Ballad of Bethnal Green
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Wednesday 24 March 2010
Bethnal Green Tube Disaster
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Tuesday 23 March 2010
Faded Glamour
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Monday 22 March 2010
Iron Lady
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Sunday 21 March 2010
Rough in Hackney
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Saturday 20 March 2010
City Suits Hoxton Trash
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Friday 19 March 2010
Duffer of St George
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Thursday 18 March 2010
The Wind is Getting Stronger
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Wednesday 17 March 2010
Look Around
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Tuesday 16 March 2010
Trade Union
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Monday 15 March 2010
The Spirit of Cable Street
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Labels:
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London East,
London History
Sunday 14 March 2010
My Home in Morgan Street
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Saturday 13 March 2010
The Liberty of Norton Folgate
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Friday 12 March 2010
Petticoat Lane (On A Saturday Ain't So Nice)
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Thursday 11 March 2010
Sparrows Can't Sing
"Aint't it a shame sparrows can't sing. Think of the joy sparrows might bring. But all they can do is fly and fly and fly ..."
Sparrows Can't Sing is a 1963 film set in and around Stepney. It's a real gem, directed by Joan Littlewood, so it has close links to her Theatre Workshop in Stratford East. The film evolved from a play written by Stephen Lewis, who is better known now as Blakey from On The Buses or Smiler from Last of the Summer Wine. His roots are in east London though, and he has remained a life-long socialist. Tony Benn in his Diaries mentions going out on the campaign trail with him. Among the other people in the film who would go on to become key figures on TV are Brian Murphy, Yootha Joyce, Roy Kinnear, Victor Spinetti, Arthur Mullard and Bob Grant. There are all sorts of reasons to love the film, from the blitz scarred landscape to the experimental dialogue. There are some wonderful cameos too, such as Queenie Watts' turn and Murray Melvin's suits. The sparrow metaphor is implicit rather than overdone, though I doubt anyone could have anticipated how appropriate the casting of Barbara Windsor in the role of Maggie would be, given the cockney institution she became. Lionel Bart wrote the title song, which Babs got to sing ...
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Wednesday 10 March 2010
East End Girl
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Tuesday 9 March 2010
Pie and Mash
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Monday 8 March 2010
Jellied Eels
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Sunday 7 March 2010
Cockney Bill of London Town
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Saturday 6 March 2010
East End
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Friday 5 March 2010
Bow Bells
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Thursday 4 March 2010
Old Smokey
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Wednesday 3 March 2010
Up in Heaven (Not Only Here)
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Labels:
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London History
Tuesday 2 March 2010
Cranes
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Monday 1 March 2010
Towers of London
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