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1. The former Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor, Whitechapel.
*The former Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor, Whitechapel. The fine facade of the Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor (1902) in Brune Street, in the former Jewish East End. Like the Poor Jews’ Shelter in...
2. The site of the Mile End Waste.
*The site of the Mile End Waste. The Mile End Waste on the Mile End Road was once an extensive open space frequently used for meetings. William Booth, later founder of the Salvation...
3. West Greenwich Library.
*West Greenwich Library. West Greenwich Library is a fine building from 1907. It was one of thousands of libraries built from the Carnegie Fund, endowed by the Scots-born...
4. The Feldgate Street Synagogue.
*The Feldgate Street Synagogue. There were once more than 60 synagogues in the Jewish East End. With the natural dispersal of the Jewish community, very few survive. The Feldgate...
5. St Olav's, the Norwegian Seamen's Church.
*St Olav's, the Norwegian Seamen's Church. The church of St Olav, in St Olav's Square, Rotherhithe. Built in 1927, this replaced the Ebenezer Chapel as the Norwegian Seamen's Church. With the...
6. A detail from the Cable Street Mural.
*A detail from the Cable Street Mural. Another detail from the mural on Cable Street, depicting the memorable events of 4 October 1936, when huge crowds turned out to stop a march by...
7. Church of Our Lady of the Assumption.
*Church of Our Lady of the Assumption. The Roman Catholic church of Our Lady of the Assumption on Deptford High street is run by the Pilar Fathers from Goa. Occasionally masses are held in...
8. Somaal town superstore and Internet cafe, Bethnal Green.
*Somaal town superstore and Internet cafe, Bethnal Green. A common feature of Somali communities in London is the establishment of internet cafes, much to the benefit of the local communities. Somali was...
9. A detail from the Cable Street Mural.
*A detail from the Cable Street Mural. The mural on Cable Street, depicting the memorable events of 4 October 1936, when huge crowds turned out to stop a march by Oswald Mosley's British...
 
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