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During the development of the Isle of Dogs the street signs pointed to the new development (by the LDDC), and Poplar was lost for a decade or more. The Isle of Dogs is a former island in the East End of London that is surrounded on three sides (east south and west by one of the largest Meanders in The London Docklands Development Corporation ( LDDC) was a Quango agency set up by the UK Government in 1981 to regenerate the depressed St Matthias Old Church is located on Poplar High Street, opposite Tower Hamlets College. St Matthias Old Church is the modern name given to the Poplar Chapel built by the East India Company in 1654 in Poplar, one of the "Tower Hamlets" in the Tower Hamlets College is a large further education college in Tower Hamlets, London, England. It is next to Poplar Town Hall - which has mosaic detail - and Poplar Bowls Club, which is part of Poplar Recreation Ground. Art History Mosaics of the 4th century BC are found in the Macedonian palace-city of Aegae, and they enriched the floors of Hellenistic A recently re-opened sports centre called The Workhouse stands on the site of Poplar Workhouse, where local politician Will Crooks spent some of his earliest years (a nearby council housing estate is named after him). A workhouse, colloquially known as a spike was a place where people who were unable to support themselves could go to live and work William (Will Crooks ( 6 April 1852 &ndash 5 June 1921) was a noted trade unionist and Politician from Poplar London
On June 13, 1917, German Gotha G carried out the deadliest German raid on London during WWI. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Gotha GV was a Heavy bomber used by the Luftstreitkräfte (Imperial German Air Service World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All One of the bombs fell on a kindergarten in Poplar, causing the death of forty-six children - a tragedy which shocked the British public at the time [1].
The Metropolitan Borough of Poplar was the location, in 1921, of the Poplar Rates Rebellion, led by George Lansbury. The Metropolitan Borough of Poplar was between 1900 and 1965 a Metropolitan borough in the County of London. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar The Poplar Rates Rebellion, or Poplar Rates Revolt was a Tax protest that took place in Poplar London, England, in 1921 George Lansbury ( 21 February 1859 &ndash 7 May 1940) was a British Politician, socialist, Christian pacifist As part of the 1951 Festival of Britain, a new council housing estate was built to the north of the East India Dock Road and named the Lansbury Estate after George Lansbury, Labour MP and former mayor of Poplar. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition which opened in London and around Britain in May 1951 The Lansbury Estate is a public housing estate in the Poplar area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets named after George Lansbury, a Poplar George Lansbury ( 21 February 1859 &ndash 7 May 1940) was a British Politician, socialist, Christian pacifist This estate includes Chrisp Street Market, which was greatly commended by Lewis Mumford. Chrisp Street Market was designed by Frederick Gibberd, and built as part of the Festival of Britain in 1951 Lewis Mumford ( October 19, 1895 &ndash January 26, 1990) was an American Historian of Technology and Science The same era also saw the construction of the Robin Hood Gardens housing complex (overlooking the northern portal of the Blackwall Tunnel) - designed by architects Peter and Alison Smithson - and the similarly Modernist Balfron Tower, Carradale House and Glenkerry House (to the north) - designed by Ernő Goldfinger. Robin Hood Gardens is a Council housing complex in Poplar London designed in the late 1960s by architects Alison and Peter Smithson and The Blackwall Tunnel is a pair of road Tunnels underneath the River Thames in east London, linking the London Borough of Tower Hamlets with the An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction English Architects Alison Smithson (1928-1993 and Peter Smithson ( 18 September 1923 - 3 March 2003) together formed Modernism describes an array of Cultural movements rooted in the changes in Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Balfron Tower is a 27-storey housing block in the Poplar district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London, United Kingdom Carradale House is a housing block on the Brownfield Estate in Poplar London managed by Poplar HARCA (a Registered Social Landlord. Glenkerry House is a housing block on the Brownfield council estate in Poplar London designed by the controversial Brutalist architect Ernő Goldfinger Ernő Goldfinger ( November 11, 1902 – November 15, 1987) was a Hungarian -born Architect and designer of Furniture Other notable buildings in Poplar include Poplar Baths, finally closed in 1988, which local campaigners hope to get redeveloped. Poplar Baths in the East End of London is a derelict site today
In 1998, following ballots of the residents, Tower Hamlets Council transferred parts of the Lansbury estate and six other Council housing estates within Poplar to Poplar HARCA, a new Registered Social Landlord set up for the purpose of regenerating the area. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Poplar HARCA (Housing and Regeneration Community Association is a Registered Social Landlord in the East End of London, England Housing associations in the United Kingdom are independent not-for-profit bodies that provide low-cost "social housing" for people in housing The following year, tenants on further estates voted to remain with the Council. However, after a lengthy consultation of all Council estates in Tower Hamlets begun in 2002, most estates in Poplar did transfer to Poplar HARCA, East End Homes and other landlords between 2005 and 2007.
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Poplar and the London Docks
Poplar also contains a Seamen's Mission, reflecting the area's long-standing connection to the Docks which for so many years gave the area employment. The original mission stood on Hale Street, but the current mission stands on the north side of East India Dock Road. Having fallen out of favour as a Mission, the building became the local headquarters of the Gas Board (testament to which is the gas fired streetlights to the rear of the property); it then became a Working men's club before it was finally converted into executive apartments. The North Thames Gas Board was a state-owned utility providing gas for light and heat to industries and homes in part of England. Working men's clubs are a type of private social club founded in the 19th century in industrial areas of Great Britain, particularly the North of England
Notable current and former residents
- Harry Redknapp - current manager of Portsmouth Football Club; former manager of AFC Bournemouth, West Ham United and Southampton. Henry James "Harry" Redknapp (born 2 March 1947 is an English former footballer who has had a long career in football management and is the current Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the south coast city of Portsmouth. AFC Bournemouth are an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. } West Ham United Football Club is an English football club based in Upton Park, London Borough of Newham, East London, who have played Southampton Football Club is a professional English football team, nicknamed The Saints and based in the city of Southampton. Father of Jamie Redknapp, the former Liverpool captain. Jamie Frank Redknapp (born 25 June 1973 in Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire) is a former English footballer who was active from 1989 until 2005 Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England.
Education
- For details of education in Poplar see the List of schools in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Transport
Nearest places
DLR stations
References
- ^ Air Commodore Lionel Charlton, "The Air Defence of Britain", Penguin Books, London, October 1938
External links
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