The first indoor meeting of the mission which became The Salvation Army was held here on 3rd September 1865.
Tower Hamlets Environment Trust
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Booth moved his meetings which had begun in the summer in a tent inside as the winter approached. The building was known as the Assembly Rooms or Professor Orson's Dancing Academy (its week-time use).
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Salvation Army - indoors
A Protestant church internationally renowned for its charitable works. Founde...
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Salvation Army - indoors
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The plaque mentions the Charing Cross, Edgware & Hampstead Railway. We believe this should be the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampste...
Tommy Cooper, 1921 - 1984, comedian, lived here 1955 - 1984. English Heritage
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We have done some clever picture manipulation and brought the two relief plaques together. In the picture of the building you can see th...
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