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Walking With Minnie

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Gathering at Bow Road station

A brief introduction before we start

A leaflet for each walker ...

... with a map of the route

First stop: the site of Minnie and Edgar Lansbury's house on Wellington Way

Walking along Bow Road

Outside Thames Magistrates Court ...

... which has seen a lot of appearances by protesters down the years!

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Bromley Public Hall, scene of many protest meetings and events

The gate to Bow Church, where George and Bessie Lansbury worshipped

Outside the church gates, telling walkers about its efforts to keep the Lansburys' memory alive

Statue of Gladstone

A brief stop at the old Poplar Town Hall

The old Town Hall was built after Minnie's time, but is notable for its design featuring figures of workers

A plaque marks the site of a memorial fountain which was paid for by wages docked from local matchwomen

Kitcat Terrace, named after Rev Kitcat

Bow Road poice station, scene of many an arrest of campaigners

Plaques below the Minnie Lansbury Memorial Clock

Minnie Lansbury Memorial Clock, currently behind scaffold and netting

Tour guide Janine with Minnie's great-niece Selina Gellert

On the corner of Bow Road and Harley Grove, a memorial to George Lansbury ...

... set in a small memorial garden

A plaque commemorating George Lansbury on the site of the house where he lived

45 Norman Grove, site of the East London Federation of the Suffragettes' Toy Factory

Site of the Mothers' Arms nursery, converted from the Gunmakers' Arms pub

The Lord Morpeth pub displays a plaque marking the site of the Women's Hall at 400 Old Ford Road

Here stood the Women's Hall, where the suffragettes ran meetings and campaigns, and a cost-price restaurant during the War

... and our final stop before relaxing in Victoria Park: the house of Jewish socialist Israel Zangwill

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