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History hangout Edith Cavell’s name is familiar to many of us but few know about her connection to East London. Nor do many know that in 1915, aged 49, she was executed by a German firing squad for helping 200 Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium. Born in Swardeston, near Norwich, Cavell went to Norwich High School for girls and later worked at the Shoreditch Infirmary (renamed St Leonard’s Hospital) after training at the London Hospital. Having been a family governess in Belgium for five years, in 1907 she returned to the continent to be matron of a newly established nursing school. Three years later she became a training nurse at three hospitals, 24 schools and 13 kindergartens. When war broke out in 1914, Cavell was in Norwich visiting her widowed mother. She went back to Brussels where the clinic and nursing school had been taken over by the Red Cross. 'Patriotism is just not enough' Cavell began her nursing career in East London and the plaque (below) dedicated to her can be seen outside St Leonard's Hospital, Shoreditch Nurse Edith Cavell is a name familiar to students of the Great War. Stephen Selby points out her East London link Following German occupation of Belgium in the same year, Cavell became active in helping Prince Reginald de Croy smuggle wounded British and French soldiers into neutral Holland. She was betrayed by Frenchman Gaston Quien, who later convicted as a collaborator. She was held in prison for ten weeks with no hope of a diplomatic reprieve. 30 LOVEEAST Cavell was known for her statements: "Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone," and “I cannot stop while there are lives to be saved." She was accused of treason, despite not being German. She was courtmartialled for aiding prisoners to escape and, perhaps unaware of the unfortunate consequences, admitted her guilt the day before the trial. Baron von der Lancken, the governor general of Belgium, allowed the execution to proceed although he believed she should have been pardoned because of her honesty. But he was overruled by General von Sauberszweig, military governor of Brussels. The execution swayed public opinion in the previously neutral USA, who would eventually join the Allies in the war effort.
Culture corner Prepare to get board with fab games from the ages Everyone has a favourite board game. Do you like a classic game of draughts or competing against family and friends to make the most money in Monopoly? Perhaps you prefer online gaming with opponents across the world? 8 October sees the opening of the Museum of Childhood's new exhibition Game Plan: Board Games Rediscovered. Visitors will be given the chance to see the exhibition as a game, taking them on a journey through more than a thousand years of gaming. Gaming in the Galleries (20 October from 6.30pm), will mark the opening of the exhibition. Join Draughts, London’s first board game café, whose gurus will teach you the rules to games like Carcassonne and Ticket to Ride. Plus you can Classic Snakes & Ladders and, left, Monopoly enjoy classic games and exhibition tours (£7 per adult). Half term will be full of all things board game related with free drop-in activities and workshops (from £5 per child). V&A Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9PA. vam.ac.uk/moc/whatson © Victoria and Albert Museum, London LoveEast previews a book of stirring East End imagery For many people, Whitechapel is synonymous with the evocative image of the East End of the late 19th century. Today, the area is almost unrecognisable from then. Photographer Louis Berk invited LoveEast's Rachel Kolsky to write the text for his book, Whitechapel in 50 Buildings. It represents one of the best known areas in London from 1695 to the present day. From Huguenot weavers’ houses and Hawksmoor ‘s churches to post WW2 tower blocks, the wonderful pictures of local architectural treasures are complemented by easily digestible text It's out now, published by Amberley. LoveEast readers can buy the book for £10 (£12 including p&p) instead of £14.99 by emailing Rachel at info@golondontours.com, mentioning the code 'LoveEast'. LOVEEAST OCTOBER 2016 31
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