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6 unusual facts about Bethnal Green


Bethnal Green station

There are two railway stations named for Bethnal Green, east London.

Brodie's Law

He runs a legitimate chain of Bars, pool halls and a boxing gym in Bethnal Green, but these are only fronts for his real business, which are extortion, prostitution, protection and money laundering.

Hook Continental

In 1925 a new train set was placed in service composed of eleven bogie coaches and two Pullmans but it was considered a very difficult turn due to the weight of the train and the climbs to Bethnal Green and Brentwood, with speed restrictions through both Chelmsford and Colchester, followed by the severe restriction over the junction at Manningtree.

Keiji Mutoh

He made his European debut on January 12, 2007, wrestling for Real Quality Wrestling at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, England, where he defeated RQW Heavyweight Champion Martin Stone in a non-title match.

Marie Kendall

Marie Kendall was born Mary Ann Florence Holyome on 27 July 1873 in Bethnal Green, London.

Thomas Playford II

Born in Bethnal Green, London in 1837, Playford moved to Adelaide in 1844 with his family and initially worked as a farmer prior to entering politics in April 1868 as the Member for Onkaparinga in the South Australian colonial parliament.


London Buddhist Centre

The London Buddhist Centre (LBC) in Bethnal Green, East London, is the main London base of the Triratna Buddhist Community, formerly known as the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order.

London Rockin' Rollers

In 2009, the league presented their first home bouting season at the historic York Hall in Bethnal Green.

Matt Joseph

Matthew Nathaniel Joseph (born 30 September 1972) in Bethnal Green, London, England, is a retired Barbadian professional footballer who played as a defender for Arsenal, Gillingham, Cambridge United and Leyton Orient in the Football League.

Poole Pottery

The Carter company produced much of the ceramic tiling used on London Underground stations built in the 1930s and, of particular note, made the relief tiles, designed by Stabler, showing symbols of London–some of these can still be seen on stations such as Bethnal Green.

Ralph Leigh

Educated at Raine's School for Boys in Bethnal Green, Queen Mary College, London, and the University of Paris (Sorbonne), he served in the British Army during the Second World War from 1941, was commissioned as a Lieutenant in 1942, promoted Major, 1944, and returned to civilian life in 1946, when he was appointed a lecturer in the Department of French at the University of Edinburgh.

Which?

Encouraged by the efforts of Dorothy and Ray Goodman in the United States, Young continued to push the idea and in October 1957 the first Which? magazine was published from a converted garage in Bethnal Green.


see also

Blaenau Gwent People's Voice

There were two other minority parties elected in 2005, Dr Richard Taylor (Health Concern - Wyre Forest) and George Galloway (RESPECT - Bethnal Green and Bow).

Louis de Soissons

Other important early projects included the Home Office and Duchy of Cornwall Estates in London, where the future Edward VIII was the effective client and the Nag's Head Estate in Bethnal Green, London, E2 which was one of the few private "Slum Clearance" projects undertaken by a private landlord.

Museum of Childhood

V&A Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green, London, England, run by the Victoria and Albert Museum