East End Dwellings Company
Went for an interesting short walk behind the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood.
From the Museum or from Bethnal Green Tube, walk down Cambridge Heath Street to the Sir John Soane's St John's Church built in 1826. Turn left into Roman Road and walk along until the Buddhist centre and turn left up Globe Road.
The road has got an interesting series of public housing built by the East End Industrial Dwellings Company between 1900 and 1906.
The company were one of the philanthropic societies called the 5 percentage companies - which tried to build good housing for the poor and make a 5% return to encourage commercial landlords to improve their standards.
There is nice no smoking pub of the period, with great tiled exterior called the Camel - does pie and mash for food.
From the Museum or from Bethnal Green Tube, walk down Cambridge Heath Street to the Sir John Soane's St John's Church built in 1826. Turn left into Roman Road and walk along until the Buddhist centre and turn left up Globe Road.
The road has got an interesting series of public housing built by the East End Industrial Dwellings Company between 1900 and 1906.
The company were one of the philanthropic societies called the 5 percentage companies - which tried to build good housing for the poor and make a 5% return to encourage commercial landlords to improve their standards.
There is nice no smoking pub of the period, with great tiled exterior called the Camel - does pie and mash for food.
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