Digital Gallery Images

The Gallery includes images of the borough's streets and buildings and portraits of people and communities. The Digital Gallery images are displayed as thumbnails. Full size images can be viewed by clicking on a thumbnail.

How do I obtain a copy of an image?

Photographic copies can be obtained from Tower Hamlets Local Studies and Archives (there is a charge for this service) or a maximum of 5 digital copies can be emailed to you. If you would like to use the images for publication or display please contact us at localhistory@towerhamlets.gov.uk

Title:

Strattondale Street 1930s

Image Number:

#IHT/p0305

Copyright:

© THLHLA

Keywords:

Island History Trust Image Collection

Description:

Mrs Elizabeth Reading, with her dog, in the garden of her home in Strattondale Street, E14. Mrs Reading (b.1870 dd.1960) was one of the local money lenders, and was also said to be a ‘Victorian through and through’ , Her husband worked on the railway for the P.L.A. This photograph was taken in the 1930s. During the Second World War, the family was bombed out of Strattondale Street and moved away. From Mrs L. Reading