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East London

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

East London city (1991 pop. 240,474), Eastern Cape, SE South Africa, on the Indian Ocean. The city grew around a British military post founded in 1847. Its harbor was developed from 1886, and today it is a leading South African port. The main exports are corn, wool, and fruit. East London's manufactures include automobiles, furniture, textiles, clothing, footwear, processed food, and glass. East London is a rail hub, providing a link to the goldfields of Free State. There is a large fishing industry. The city is also a popular seaside resort. East London Museum and a technical college are in... Read more

East London
East London (Afrikaans: Oos‐Londen; Xhosa: Monti), Eastern Cape/South...two years later in honour of the English capital. The ‘East’ may indicate that it was east of the London in England or on the east coast of South Africa. Read more

Liberty of London
LIBERTY OF LONDON British department store Founded...oriental import emporium, "East India House," 218A Regent Street, London; expanded, 1876, 1878, 1883...Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1975; Art Nouveau, 1980-1914...Lasenby House, 32 Kingly Street, London W1R 5LA, England. ... Read more

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	London's East End slums become gentrified ; LONDON - At age 71, Monica Hearne has seen the East End nearly destroyed by German bombing...East End, and a larger area known as East London, public housing projects and slums...government's bid to hold the 2012 Olympics in East London. In 2007, Stratford is to get a new... Read more
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	East side story Matthew d'Ancona has always found the East End of London 'magnetic'. He explains how the tensions that lie beneath its surface inspired him to write his first novel ; ...millennia. Roman burials excavated in east London have revealed that the dead were...portrayed "the pest-stricken regions of east London, sweltering in sunshine which served...the novelist Tim Lott wailed that east London is "a bleak, incomprehensible planet... Read more
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	Olympic bid hangs on [pounds sterling]1bn Tube LINK; New push for East London extension to be given immediate go-ahead. ; ...give an urgent go-ahead to the East London line extension after strong criticism...definitely be in place by 2012. The East London line extension has backing in principle...travelling from east and south-east London would not have to travel into the... Read more
	Wake up the sleeping giant ; EAST LONDON LINK: PART TWOA new rail service will bring the grand Victorian suburbs of south-east London within easy reach of homebuyers for the first time, says Anthea Masey ; EAST LONDON LINK: PART TWO A new rail service will bring the grand Victorian suburbs of south-east London within easy reach of homebuyers for the...says Anthea Masey THE extension of the East London line in 2010 will put huge swathes of south-east... Read more
	Sporting chances ; Buy a share in a new home and make the most of east London's Olympic potential, says Jane Barry ; ...promising to produce impressive rises east London looks like an excellent investment...tomorrow at the Housing Options East London Affordable New Homes Show. The...people who might not have thought of east London, it's a chance to find out about... Read more
	Books: Era of big old mums Jah Wobble is unconvinced by a portrait of the Golden Age when you never had to lock your doors, Guv; My East End: A History of Cockney London by Gilda O'Neill Viking pounds 20 ; ...End Now And Then and Jane Cox's London's East End; Life and Tradition. I must...of 1957, Family and Kinship in East London (basically they found that the...account of life and race relations in East London. (It's refreshing not to hear the... Read more

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