The Match Girls of Bow

There was a talk about the girls at The Women's Library.  The photos are of the girls- and some were as young as 12 and the photos is of the factory as it is now - housing mostly the new east enders who work in the offices around Canary Wharf and the City.  In one hundred years this area has changed completely

Free exhibition of crafts

A few of us visited this lovely small exhibition at the Women's Library. It was great to see this usually quiet place full of people. The local WI were 'selling' cakes for donations and there were many groups demonstrating crafts- including one that highlights female genital mutilation and they were sewing vagina- representations of I mean, rather than the horrible practice of mutilating them. I met the leader of the East End WI who was pretty amazing and welcoming and I may join?