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The Museum Where Lords and Ladies Mixed With Labourers

The Museum Where Lords and Ladies Mixed With Labourers

How Bethnal Green brought the classes together.

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Feb 05, 2025
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The Bethnal Green Museum, now Young V&A. Image: Matt Brown

“Has anyone who is anybody ever been to Bethnal Green?,” asked the editorial.

“Before the Museum was opened… I question whether one in a thousand Londoners living west, south, or north of Gracechurch-Street ever knew of such a locality except perhaps as the home of certain French Huguenot weavers.”

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