Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

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Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

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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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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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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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