A DRINKING FOUNTAIN TO CELEBRATE THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE MATCH TAX
THE FOUNTAIN - THE LOCATION – THE CEREMONY - THE PEOPLE THE FOUNTAIN The idea of a Drinking Fountain most likely arose from Bryant and...
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Sam Johnson
- Aug 24, 2022
- 7 min
Matchgirls Blue Plaque Unveiling
Wow, what a day 5th July was in Bow, London – both in 1888 and in 2022! In my capacity as Chair of The Matchgirls Memorial and Great...
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Graham Johnson
- Apr 24, 2021
- 7 min
THE MATCH TAX 1871
PROPOSAL – REACTION – RETREAT – MOCKERY - CELEBRATION A PARLIAMENTARY PROPOSAL AND DEBATE “. . a tax from matches. I do not mean...
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Graham Johnson
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
The 'Other' Bow Quarter Plaque
When we look at the Bow Quarter, most of us find our eyes drawn to the plaque commemorating Annie Besant’s role in the 1888 Matchgirls...
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Graham Johnson
- Nov 7, 2020
- 6 min
The Bow Quarter Plaque . . . . Or is it Not the Plaque, That is the Question!
Acknowledgement Thanks to Alan Cock’s daughter, Sybil, who we, The Matchgirls Memorial, met while exhibiting at the TUC Women’s...
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Nicola Rushton
- Jun 18, 2020
- 4 min
The Red Hands of the Bow Gladstone Statue
The statue of four time Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone, in Bow was called a ‘gift to the east of London’ - and who doesn’t...
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