Houses in Sale Street
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Houses in Sale Street
Houses in Sale Street
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SC_PHL_01_047_B7813 (Collage 53594)
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The London Archives: LCC Photograph Library
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View of houses in Sale Street, Bethnal Green, looking west at the junction with Vallance Road. The newsagent corner shop is at number 173 Vallance Road and numbers 48-72 Sale Street leading away behind towards St Matthew's church in the distance. On the other side of the road are houses 41-77 Sale Street. To the right of the van is the entrance to Saltash Street and on the opposaite side of the road is Ramsey Street. A newspaper headline proclaims the execution of George Brain; at Brain's Old Bailey trial it took the jury just fifteen minutes to find him guilty and Mr Justice Wrottesley sentenced him to death. He was hanged on 1st November 1938 at Wandsworth Prison. This rea has been demolsihed and no longer exists and has been given over to Weavers Field Playground and nearby blocks of flats.
View of houses in Sale Street, Bethnal Green, looking west at the junction with Vallance Road. The newsagent corner shop is at number 173 Vallance Road and numbers 48-72 Sale Street leading away behind towards St Matthew's church in the distance. On the other side of the road are houses 41-77 Sale Street. To the right of the van is the entrance to Saltash Street and on the opposaite side of the road is Ramsey Street. A newspaper headline proclaims the execution of George Brain; at Brain's Old Bailey trial it took the jury just fifteen minutes to find him guilty and Mr Justice Wrottesley sentenced him to death. He was hanged on 1st November 1938 at Wandsworth Prison. This rea has been demolsihed and no longer exists and has been given over to Weavers Field Playground and nearby blocks of flats.
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