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• The London Buzz – 14th May 2025

  14-05-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Today’s London news round-up:Dozens of Barking households have not been able to return to their homes for more than three weeks after a faulty fire sprinkler forced them to evacuate and damaged the properties. Romford RecorderA former teacher is making history at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show – with the event’s first-ever funeral flower display. BBC News
  ️ Boarded up and derelict: pictures show lack of progress in bringing London’s old City Hall back to li
  
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• Barbican transforms unexpected spaces into sonic art playground this summer

  14-05-2025 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This summer, the Barbican is using some of its more unusual locations for a series of sound-based art installations.The exhibition experience comprises 11 interactive installations installed in places ranging from the entrance on Silk Street, in The Curve, the public foyers, to outdoors on the Centre’s Lakeside. For the first time, the Centre’s underground Car Parks will also be part of the exhibition experience.
  Luke Kemp, Head of Creative Programme, Barbican Immersive says: “
  
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• Call for Dagenham East tube station upgrade gains business backing

  14-05-2025 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Barking and Dagenham Council has renewed its long-standing ambition to finally make Dagenham East tube station step-free.The council has launched a local petition and says that it now has support from local businesses for the case to make the station fully accessible. The council notes that the area has seen significant development in the past decade, and that the station’s usage has risen by over a third in the past three years.
  However, TfL’s traffic figures show that the station i
  
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• From fascist diaries to firefighter crimes: London exhibition challenges WWII myths

  14-05-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A diary written by a British Fascist recording the effects of the German Blitz on London is a rare counterpoint to the common narrative about WWII and is now on display as part of an exploration of how Londoners coped with war.
  The exhibition, at the London Archives, is a collection of documents and photos compiled by officials, mixed in with private diaries and records of how the person on the street saw the war.A lot of the exhibition is what you might expect to see, from the photos of the dev
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Percy Circus, WC1

  14-05-2025 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This is a modest-sized roundabout of a pocket park that sits surrounded by a rare survivor in this part of London, what looks initially to be a nearly complete set of Victorian houses.Percy Circus was one of the last areas in this part of London to be developed. In the 1820s, it was still a large field owned by the New River Company. Piecemeal development eventually saw Percy Circus built between 1841 and 53.
  The eight years it took to develop the circus explain why it is surrounded by houses th
  
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