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2 unusual facts about Plaistow, Newham


Golden syrup

In 1883, Charles Eastick, a chemist at the Abram Lyle & sons (now part of Tate & Lyle) refinery in Plaistow formulated how it could be refined to make a preserve and sweetener for cooking.

Mary Ann Bevan

Born in Plaistow, Placentia, California as one of eight children, Bevan worked as a nurse for much of her younger life.


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The focus is on the London Borough of Brent, as it has the highest rate of TB of any London Borough, after Newham, with 101.12 new cases per 100,000 of population.

Daniel Newham

Along with Mark Rowswell (stage name: Dashan), Newham is one of the few foreign celebrities in China who speak Standard Chinese fluently.

Grangewood Independent School

In recent years, the school has had visits from distinguished guests which include Stephen Timms MP, and the former Mayor of the London Borough of Newham.

Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow

He was created a life peer as Baron Sterling of Plaistow, of Pall Mall in the City of Westminster in 1990 in Margaret Thatcher’s resignation honours list.

London Towers

Renamed London Towers, but still playing at Newham the club's fortunes turned around in the 1991-92 season, as they finished fourth, and a move to the Sobell Sports Centre in Islington saw them finish third in 1993.

Merrimac, Massachusetts

Merrimac is roughly diamond-shaped, and is bordered by Amesbury and Lake Attitash to the northeast, West Newbury to the southeast, Haverhill to the southwest, Newton, New Hampshire, to the north and northwest, South Hampton, New Hampshire, to the far northeast, and Plaistow, New Hampshire, on the western corner.

Newham Grange Leisure Farm

Newham Grange Leisure Farm is a farm park and conservation centre located in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough in the borough of Middlesbrough and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.

Pakistani community of London

The main concentrations of Pakistani settlement in London are found in Outer London with the boroughs of Redbridge, Newham and Waltham Forest accounting for nearly a third of Londoners of Pakistani Descent.

Sink estate

In London there are sink estates in the North and East, the boroughs of Camden, Islington, Haringey, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Hackney.

Tessa Sanderson

Sanderson was been appointed as a Board member of the Olympic Park Legacy Company chaired by Baroness Ford to oversee and help with the formation of the Olympic Park for the Newham community and people living in the East End of London.


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