wilmotst

Documenting the history of the Waterlow Estate in Bethnal Green, East London. Comprising Wilmot, Corfield, Ainsley and Finnis St. Built by the IIDC in 1869.

[Oxford House @oxhse]

Who needs Lisbon anyway? Our gorgeous new cafe has an outdoor seating area, just a 30 second walk from Bethnal Green Road, tucked away on Derbyshire Street. OOH LA LA!

Ok Lisbon would also be nice .... but come see us!

#EastLondon

[LoveBethnalGreen @LoveBthnlGreen]

@thegentleauthor @wilmotst A great read. Thanks. You get fab views from the roof terrace @oxhse when it’s a dry spell (yes I know!) and you can spot the foundations of the former houses.

[Alan Russell @soxgnasher]

Crossland square in Bethnal Green the conditions in the houses were atrocious. Main drainage had not yet been introduced and the water supply was contaminated with sewage leading to periodic epidemics of cholera and Typhus. "The long working days of typically 12-14 hours were

[Paul Granger OBS🇺🇦 @policybloke]

@thegentleauthor @wilmotst I lived in Ainsley Street from 1949 to 1962/3. Hague Street School was where I went between c1956 and 1962. In the photo of children in a conga line in the school playground, one of them looks very much like me, but I've no memory of such a photo being taken.

[wilmotst @wilmotst]

@thegentleauthor I'm honoured thank you !

[Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor]

I recommend this fascinating and poignant blog about the streets in Bethnal Green that were demolished to create Weavers Fields. https://t.co/IX6Uif7meW

[wilmotst @wilmotst]

The History of the streets lost beneath Weavers Fields, a three part post - https://t.co/MrzYhlxAJT

[Hague Primary School @HagueSchool]

Massive thank you going out to #the Felix Project #wilmotstreetneighbours #the Canvas café for all your help and support this year. Very much appriecated.

[wilmotst @wilmotst]

A little update after a long while. I found this postcard on Ebay recently, posted in 1909 to 121 Wilmot Street - https://t.co/4juvJIkFQa #bethnalgreen #localhistory #postcard

[wilmotst @wilmotst]

Tracing residents of The Waterlow Estate who were killed during #WW1 - https://t.co/ICIudWaKFl

[wilmotst @wilmotst]

Ray Herrington lived with his family on the Waterlow Estate in Bethnal Green for the first 17 years of his life (from 1939 to 1956). His grandmother was also the landlady of The Lamb pub. #eastend #history #localhistory
https://t.co/OS4HzY0Spm

[wilmotst @wilmotst]

A great photograph of the Waterlow estate in #bethnalGreen from 1965 https://t.co/XtxESH3XGY #localhistory

[The London Archives @TheLdnArchives]

The first major housing development by the L.C.C. was the Boundary Estate in Bethnal Green.

The red brick tenement blocks replaced the overcrowded Old Nichol slums which were demolished in 1891.

These two images show the estate under construction.

#LayersofLondon

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[wilmotst @wilmotst]

The Legend of Charlie Cooper, Bethnal Green Pools Winner - https://t.co/BzsDuF1KAY #london #eastlondon #bethnalgreen #localhistory

[Tower Hamlets Archives @LBTHArchives]

Our fab new exhibition David Granick: The East End in colour, 1960-1980 opens 3 Feb. Here's one of Granick's superb #bollard photographs: Christ Church #Spitalfields bollard of 1819, Hanbury St #Spitalfields, which, sadly, will not be fratured in the exhibition. #BollardWednesday

[wilmotst @wilmotst]

.. and the second details the activities of the Greencoat Tenants Association. Covering both the early 1960s rent strike and also their social activities for residents of the Waterlow Estate up until the 1980s - https://t.co/LFhfxYN4Xz

[wilmotst @wilmotst]

A New Year and two new articles. The first features John Mossell's memories of the buildings on Corfield Street as he grew up in the 1970s - https://t.co/7Uya5JvYGs…/

[wilmotst @wilmotst]

A new interview on the site. An interview with an ex resident who lived in nearly all the streets of the estate: https://t.co/4WdZL8wdhF

[LoveBethnalGreen @LoveBthnlGreen]

Go to @craftyfoxmarket Spring Market this Saturday 6th May at Oval Space, Bethnal Green: https://t.co/x4abPWgTfH

[wilmotst @wilmotst]

Can't shake the shock of seeing black face. But this is a fascinating photo from 1910, taken behind the buildings - https://t.co/SUptA9sTlk