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Senrab
Street
Our school is right
on the end of Senrab Street.
These houses are
quite old. They are called Edwardian terrace houses. They were built in
1907 and are the same age as our school. (Senrab is Barnes spelt backwards,
Mr. Barnes designed the streets when they were built.) |
Each house has
a coal hole in front of the house. In the old days when people used coal
as a fuel to heat their houses, the coal was delivered through this hole.
The coal would fall down to the cellar where it was kept until it was
needed.
If you look at these
coal hole lids carefully you can see different patterns and designs. These
designs showed which company the people in the house bought their coal
from.
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Head
Street |
Head Street is the
name of the street that connects Commercial Road to Senrab Street. |
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This is a pre-fab
hut near our school on Head Street. The East End was hit hard when the
Germans bombed it in the Blitz. A great deal of housing was destroyed.
Little pre-fab huts like this were put in so that people had somewhere
to live. A lady still lives in this one. She takes a great deal of care
with her garden.
There are not many
of these huts still around. They have been replaced with better housing. |
| These are flats that
are part of a housing estate. They are right near our school. |
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Shadwell
Basin
We're only a short
walk away from Shadwell Basin where there is an outdoor activity centre.
In the background
of this picture, you can see the big buildings of Canary Wharf.
We have some great
friends at Canary Wharf. Some wonderful people from Standard Charter and
Willis come to our school once a week and help children with their reading.
Peter Wade on behalf
of Canary Wharf has been very kind and helps support Dance and Gymnastics
in our area. |
Limehouse
Basin
Limehouse Basin is
now a marina. Long ago, Shadwell Basin and Limehouse Basin were where
ships and boats carrying cargo pulled in to deliver goods from all over
to the warehouses near the Thames. |
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