Coming up in July

Coming up in July

Our July walk – Trinity Buoy Wharf and East India Dock, Saturday 9 July

Meeting point: Canning Town station at 10.30am (Jubilee Line, DLR, numerous buses) Bow Creek / City Island exit We’ll walk across the footbridge to London City Island, where there is a new artwork on The Line sculpture trail, through to Trinity Buoy Wharf, where the Lea meets the Thames, for industrial history, outdoor artworks, historic working boats and views across to the O2. Café and loos at Trinity Buoy Wharf. We can then walk on if we fancy, to East India Dock for even more views and the Virginia Settlers’ monument.

For onward / home journeys: DLR at East India, the D3 bus towards Canary Wharf and onward to Bethnal Green or walk back to Canning Town.

If you’d love the views and coffee but not the walk, meet us at Trinity Buoy Wharf for a coffee. We’ll be there at about 11.30 (keep in touch with one of us by phone / text for timings on the day). You can’t miss the café: it has a black cab on the top.

East End Canal Festival – Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th July, 11am - 5pm, Art Pavilion, Mile End Park and Regent's Canal

We're shining up our cake tins, ironing our aprons and unfurling our bunting for our stall at the fabulous East End Canal Festival. We'll be in the Art Pavilion and we’d love to see you there. This is our first money-raising opportunity since before the pandemic so please join us with family and friends and sample some of our lovely refreshments.

If you're a member and you'd like to bake or help on the stall – or both – let us know.

Monthly Meeting, Thursday 21st July – a talk about East end outsider artist Madge Gill

Usual venue – St Margaret’s House, 21 Old Ford Rd, Bethnal Green, London E2 9PL, 7 for 7.30pm. Entrance via gated passageway to the left of the Gallery Café.

This month we will be hearing from Rosamund Murdoch, cultural development consultant, about the fascinating story of Madge Gill's life and work.

Those who joined us for the Cody Dock walk will have seen the piece on The Line art trail (pictured above) Nature In Mind, featuring Madge Gill's work. 

Covid measures in place, hand gel on entry, masks till sitting down. We will keep the door open. 

Friday 29th July – coffee morning, 10.30am  

Join us this month at Root 25, 116B Bow Road - Bow Church DLR, Bus routes 25, 276, 488, 108, Bow Road Underground.

Root 25 is a coffee shop & community space where all profits go to Restless Being's charity projects. Its recent claim to fame is that it made it to The London Evening Standard's Best coffee/ Bookshop list, so a hint there that a coffee can be combined with some book browsing!