Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
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Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
@FoTHCP
We are the Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, a charity that cares for a nature reserve & heritage site in East London 🌱tweets by Ken & Jamie
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park Katılım Haziran 2009
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Festive Raffle, Wreath Workshop & Members' Monday Festive Social! - mailchi.mp/fothcp/fothcp-…
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Day of the Dead Celebrations, Halloween Events & London in Bloom Awards! - mailchi.mp/fothcp/fothcp-…
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'Best of the Best' Green Flag Award, Heritage Tours and The Big Butterly Count! - mailchi.mp/fothcp/fothcp-…
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Colour and life in the Cemetery Park, and our upcoming Summer events! - mailchi.mp/fothcp/fothcp-…
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Weathered Gravestones, Bluebell & Snakehead Blooms and Butterfly Walks - mailchi.mp/fothcp/fothcp-…
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35 Year Fundraiser, New Parents' Walk & FoTHCP Through Your Lens! - mailchi.mp/fothcp/fothcp-…
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There is so much that was once here that we can see no longer. The site's usage and purpose has changed through the decades, but at the heart of it all was a place of rest and mourning for the people of East London.
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Have a look at this photo from THC in the 1930s;
Compare this to the (approximate) view today.
Many of these stones have been lost due to neglect, vandalism, and council clearances. The chapel in the background was demolished in 1967 after suffering a direct hit during WWII.
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❗️Join us this Saturday for our 'East London Remembers' walking tour, exploring the legacy of the World Wars in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park❗️
Book here: buytickets.at/thefriendsofto…
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East London Remembers:
Join the Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park on a walking tour highlighting the stories of those whose lives and deaths tragically intertwined with the First and Second World Wars
📅Sat 23 Nov, 11am
🎟️£3 per ticket
Book: tickettailor.com/events/thefrie…
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Pedro was buried at THCP in January 1888. He is one of hundreds of children from Barnardo’s homes buried in unmarked graves here.
His life shows how, as the empire expanded, the destitute of the East End increasingly reflected Britain’s global influence and movement of people.
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He had been employed as a house boy in a vicarage, but he had health problems and struggled with the work. Once in Barnardo’s care, Pedro spent time at a home in Stepney. In May 1887, he was moved to the infirmary suffering from pneumonia, and he died in early 1888, aged 17.
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This Black History Month we remember the short life of Pedro Bismark, who died in one of Thomas Barnardo’s homes for destitute children.
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