Showing posts with label Fire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fire. Show all posts
Monday, January 01, 2024

"E7 Now and then" relaunch (& today is 133th Anniversary of the deaths of 26 Boys at Forest Gate Workhouse)

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  The Forest Gate, (Newham, London) local history site " E7-Now and then " is being relaunched after a 5 year gap. Which is really...
Saturday, January 01, 2022

New Year's day morning 1890 - Remembering the 26 Children

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  This morning a small group of Councillors and local historians met in West Ham Cemetery at the memorial to the 26 young boys (see below) w...
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Friday, January 01, 2021

An Awful New Year Day Calamity

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  This morning my Councillor colleague, John Whitworth and I, went to West Ham Cemetery to lay some flowers at the memorial to 26 boys who d...
Sunday, July 29, 2018

Wanstead Flats Fire July 2018

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Pictures taken last weekend from the top of a 308 bus showing the recent fires (from the week before). It was probably the worst fire ...
Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Newham response to Grenfell Fire

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Last week at Forest Gate North Labour Party meeting the Newham Executive Advisor on Housing, Cllr Terry Paul, gave a briefing on the Coun...
Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Grenfell Tower Fire - London Hazards Centre

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Hat tip Phil Lewis Chair of London Hazards & in today's UNISON NDC regional newsletter " London Calling". " Here ...
Saturday, June 17, 2017

Newham Council Response to High Rise Residents following Grenfell Fire

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I have asked a UNISON colleague who is a very experienced Housing Surveyor to check on this advice and also asked the Council who is...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Grenfall Tower Fire - The shock and the horror but East Enders rally to help

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Like everyone I was horrified at the news reports and pictures this morning at the fire and destruction of Grenfall Tower in Kensingto...
Friday, September 06, 2013

Why Boris plan to cut 10 Fire stations will kill Londoners

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Hat tip SERTUC for this Fire Brigade Union video with voice over by Ross Kemp about what will happen if these fire stations are closed...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

More Bangladeshi Garment Factory Fire Deaths

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"On Tuesday there was yet another factory fire in Bangladesh, killing at least 28 workers and leaving many more injured. This factory ...
Sunday, October 18, 2009

Housing Matters 18 October 2009

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Housing association rents to come down? Rents are linked to the September Retail Price Index (RPI). We now have deflation of 1.4% which co...
Monday, March 16, 2009

Fire destroys Bow Sikh Temple

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This afternoon at work we became aware of the strong smell of smoke from somewhere outside our office building. I volunteered to go out and...
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Monday, November 12, 2007

East London Olympic Site Fire

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Just before I was going to knock off for lunch today, someone came into the office and told us about a huge fire outside. We looked out of ...