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Then - Arts and Entertainments 

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Charles Ward: Forest Gate designer, printer and politician - 21 Nov 2014
Charles ward was a prominent local printer and  "Municipal Alliance" (anti-Labour) councillor. He had a print shop on Woodgrange Road. This is his story, complete with examples of many of his designs.



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Death of Forest Gate's Bryan Forbes - 14 May 2013
A brief obituary of Forest Gate-born Bryan Forbes.

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Educating Arnie: The Terminator on Forest Gate - 15 July 2015
Arnold Schwarzenegger remembers his time in Forest Gate - extracts from his autobiography.

Every picturehouse tells a story - 3 Jul 2013
History of cinema in Forest Gate.

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Forest Gate: scene of Rock Against Racism's first gig - 12 December 2016
Post celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first ever Rock Against Racism gig, at the Princess Alice, in October 1976.

From Chapel to ...? - 23 Sept 2015
One of Forest gate's most historic buildings is currently in a sorry state of repair at the junction of Woodgrange Road and Forest Gate lane: it has been a chapel, school, club, cinema, glass merchants, restaurant, drugs den - and much more.  This is its story.

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George Tutill: Forest Gate resident and Trade Union banner manufacturer - 7 February 2016
The most prolific manufactures of trade union banners, George Tutill made his home in what is now the English Heritage-listed Red House on the Upton Lane.  This is his, and the house's, story.

Georgie Fame, Tremeloes and Unit 4 + 2 at Upper Cut - 3 Oct 2013
First of a monthly series looking in detail at the performers in the Upper Cut, 47 years previously.

Golden Boy, Billy Walker's Forest Gate memories - 2 Sept 2014
An interview with former British heavyweight boxing champion, Billy Walker about his Forest Gate connections, including ownership of the Upper Cut club.


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He's one of our own - Ronnie Lane - 31 March 2016
A potted biography of Forest Gate's Ronnie Lane - bassist of the Small Faces and later Faces.



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Kenny Johnson and the Lotus Club - 17 Sept 2014
The Upper Cut ran for a year. Kenny Johnson ran the Lotus Club, directly opposite it for around 50 years.  It had its highs and lows, but a great set of line ups in the 1960's.  Kenny talks about his days here.

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Mixed bunch at the Upper Cut in April 1967 - 9 May 2014
Part of a monthly series looking in detail at the performers in the Upper Cut, 47 years previously.

Mouthwatering musical fayre on Woodgrange Road - 3 Dec 2013
A review of gigs at the Upper Cut and Lotus clubs in November 1966 - a veritable feast!

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Nod at our neighbours (3) - The Bridge House, Canning Town - 1 July 2016
One of a series of articles looking at the history of places of interest near Forest Gate. This looks at the history of the now sadly long-gone and mainly 1970's music venue.

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Princess Alice - gone but not forgotten - 11 December 2015
After almost 150 years as a drinking hole, the Princess Alice and its later re-incarnations closes, and is replaced by a chain pharmacy.  Gone - but not forgotten.

Public art in Forest Gate - 14 May 2016
The origins and history of the few pieces of public art of distinction within E7.


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Sound of Music from Earlham Grove - 19 Jun 2013
Development of the world famous Tonic Sol-Fa system of music education, from its origins in Earlham Grove under John Curwen.

Stax comes to town: the Upper Cut in March 1967 - 2 April 2014
Part of a monthly series looking in detail at the performers in the Upper Cut, 47 years previously.

Summer of Love in Forest Gate: Upper Cut, summer 1967 - 11 Aug 2014
Part of a monthly series looking in detail at the performers in the Upper Cut, 47 years previously.


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Upper Cut beds down; January 1967 - 10 Feb 2014
Part of a monthly series looking in detail at the performers in the Upper Cut, 47 years previously.

Upper Cut; May 1967 - 7 June 2014
Part of a monthly series looking in detail at the performers in the Upper Cut, 47 years previously.

Upper Cut part 1: the rise - 24 Jul 2013
First of two part series, outlining first half of remarkable 12-month history of the Woodgrange Road club.

Upper Cut part 2: hitting the deck - 31 Jul 2013
Second of two part series, outlining second half of remarkable 12-month history of the Woodgrange Road club.

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When Godwin school went to Paris - 1912 - 27 February 2017
A diary account of a Godwin school trip to a music festival in Paris, in 1912.

A brief account of Otis Redding's 1967 appearance at the Uppercut Club on Woodgrange Road.

When Stevie Wonder played Forest Gate - 6 Nov 2013
Part of a monthly series looking in detail at the performers in the Upper Cut, 47 years previously.

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50th anniversary of Rolling Stones "insulting behaviour" in Forest Gate - 16 Mar 2015

Members of the Rolling Stones were convicted at West Ham magistrates court of "insulting behaviour" for urinating on the forecourt of a petrol station on Romford Road. This is the well illustrated story.

7Es of E7 - 19 Oct 2014
A round up of Education, Ecology, Energy, Entertainment, Epicurian delights, Engine and End in Forest Gate.

1 comment:

  1. I love the opening week poster for the Uppercut - do you want to see Jimi Hendrix for 5 bob, or would you rather see Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich for four times as much?

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