Posts Tagged as ‘east end’

April 6, 2008

East End Film Festival 17 - 24 April

The East End Film Festival is nearly upon us, and it looks cracking, by the way. Now I’m just trying to figure out if I can see three films in three different cinemas in one afternoon… I particularly want to see an Ealing drama called It Always Rains On A Sunday*, not least because there’s [...]

March 27, 2008

Ships and eagles

This lovely rusty sky-faring vessel is one of a pair sitting on the front wall of the Trinity Almshouses on Mile End Road in Stepney Green. Built in 1695, there’s a chance the Almshouses were the work of Christopher Wren, which would be quite exciting. According to this useful site:
These handsome almshouses were built [...]