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| The London Borough of Tower Hamlets lies immediately to the east of the City of London and north of the Thames. It includes the following areas: Bethnal Green, Blackwall, Bow, Bromley-by-Bow, Cambridge Heath, Cubitt Town, Docklands, East Smithfield, Globe Town, Haggerston, Isle of Dogs, Limehouse, Mile End, Millwall, Old Ford, Poplar, Ratcliff, Shadwell, Shoreditch, Spitalfields, Stepney, Wapping, Whitechapel. Also included in this borough are the Tower of London and Canary Wharf. |
| This 1908 postcard shows the formal opening of Tower Bridge on 30 June 1895. |
| A couple of early unused postcards of the Tower. |
| Petticoat Lane, which is just across Bishopsgate from Liverpool Street Station - probably a pre-WW1 postcard. |
| Another view of the Sunday Market in Petticoat Lane. Don't look for Petticoat Lane on a street map, there is no such street, try Wentworth Street or Middlesex Street !! |
| Another good view of Petticoat Lane. |
| Poplar Hospital - early 1900s. |
| Two more of Tower Bridge, both from 1904. I suppose that technically Tower Bridge isn't in the Borough of Tower Hamlets but it is an integral part of any visit to the Tower, so I've included a few postcards here as well as on our London Bridges page. |
| "The Tower of London - Closely connected with England's history ever since it was built in 1078 by William the Conqueror. The Tower today is noted the wide world over for its famous Armories, Crown Jewels, fearful Prison Chambers and quaintly dressed Warders, all serving to connect the glories of the past with the stern realities of the present." |
| The White Tower - a 1927 postcard. |
| An early postcard of a Beefeater. |
| A postcard mailed in 1925. |
| A group of Yeoman Warders in Undress Uniform. |
| Search the internet to discover more about London and the Borough of Tower Hamlets. |
| Burdett Road Fire Station, E14. |
| Blackwall Pier. |
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| A couple of churches in Bow. These are not the churches with the famous Bow Bells ! To be a true cockney you must be born within the sound of Bow Bells, ie the bells of St Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside. |
| Burdett Road, Bow. |
| The People's Palace on the Mile End Road. |
| Did You Know....that Ashley Cole, Chelsea and England footballer, was born in Stepney in 1980 ? |
| St Anne's, Limehouse. |
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| Bow Church. |
| Bethnal Green Road. |
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| Brick Lane Market. |