Eastlondononfoot.com Website Review

2:00 PM – 4:30 PM14:00 – 16:30 The Long Good Friday Revisited In the 1980 clas*ic thriller The Long Good Friday, Bob Hoskins’ character, Harold Shand, gives his view on the future of Docklands: “I believe this is the decade in which London will become Europe's capital. Having cleared away the outdated, we've got mile after mile and acre after acre of land, for our future prosperity. No other city in the world.. has got right in its centre, such an opportunity.. for profitable progress.” While things don't go well for Harold - his vision of the future proves fairly accurate and the old docks are redeveloped and London does host the Olympics. On this walk, Rob visits many of the East London locations from the film -- some recognisable, some changed beyond Harold's wildest dreams -- and also talks about the recent history of Docklands that brought the changes 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM13:00 – 15:00 Old Poplar: In the footprints of the Midwife, Di*kens, Dockers and Shaped by the untold wealth and power of the East India Company and later dominated by the docks, Poplar was the Warehouse of the British Empire. On Daniella’s walk you will discover stories of the ordinary people of the close-knit, loyal community that lived there – the streets, churches, warehouses and schools that they worked in and attended – and of world-famous figures as*ociated with the area, from radical politicians to maritime explorers. You will hear how Poplar was London’s original and real Chinatown in Di*kens’ time, find the real-life home of Jenny and the other characters of TV’s “Call the Midwife” and see how the area has been reinvented, with the gleaming towers of Canary Wharf, to become the Chicago of London. 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM14:00 – 16:00 Radical Women of the East End Retrace the steps of the most famous radical women as*ociated with Bow, starting with the Bryant and May matchwomen. Sylvia Pankhurst established the Suffragette East London Federation here, campaigning not only for the right of women to vote, but also to establish their