A project celebrating east London’s women activists marked the opening of a Suffragette tribute garden with a party.

East London Advertiser: An old-fashioned coconut shy kept people entertained. Picture: Heather McDonoughAn old-fashioned coconut shy kept people entertained. Picture: Heather McDonough (Image: Archant)

The Women’s Hall Project, run with Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives and the East End Women’s Museum, is exploring the history of east London’s lesser known Suffragettes through a series of events and exhibits.

Last weekend, they held a party to celebrate the creation of a community garden commemorating Sylvia Pankhurst. The garden will be next to the Morpeth Arms pub in Bow, where a Sylvia Pankhurst memorial pays tribute to the wartime distress centre she set up for women in 1915. The garden, in Old Ford Road, is on the site of the form East London Federation of Suffragettes.

The party included live folk music, old-fashioned games, a community kitchen and exhibitions on women’s activism.

On October 11, the project is hosting a discussion of Sally Nicholl’s Things a Bright Girl Can Do, which will be followed by a talk from Women Unite Against Racism. On October 20, there’ll be events to mark the end of an exhibition on women’s rights at Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives.

East London Advertiser: A community kitchen provided the food, and the new space will include a community herb garden. Picture: Heather McDonoughA community kitchen provided the food, and the new space will include a community herb garden. Picture: Heather McDonough (Image: Archant)

For the full programme, visit eastendwomensmuseum.org/the-womens-hall.

East London Advertiser: The Women's Hall project, which ran the party, will come to an end with a series of events on October 20. Picture: Heather McDonoughThe Women's Hall project, which ran the party, will come to an end with a series of events on October 20. Picture: Heather McDonough (Image: Archant)

East London Advertiser: The memorial to Sylvia Pankhurst on the Morpeth Arms in Bow, where she set up a wartime distress centre for women in 1915. Picture: Heather McDonoughThe memorial to Sylvia Pankhurst on the Morpeth Arms in Bow, where she set up a wartime distress centre for women in 1915. Picture: Heather McDonough (Image: Archant)

East London Advertiser: The garden will be in Old Ford Road, where the East London Federation of Suffragettes used to be based. Picture: Heather McDonoughThe garden will be in Old Ford Road, where the East London Federation of Suffragettes used to be based. Picture: Heather McDonough (Image: Archant)

East London Advertiser: The party was held by the Women's Hall project, which is running a series of exhibits and events to celebrate east London's lesser known women's activists. Picture: Heather McDonoughThe party was held by the Women's Hall project, which is running a series of exhibits and events to celebrate east London's lesser known women's activists. Picture: Heather McDonough (Image: Archant)

East London Advertiser: Partygoers got into the spirt of the day, with residents of the nearby Clarion Estate attending. Picture: Heather McDonoughPartygoers got into the spirt of the day, with residents of the nearby Clarion Estate attending. Picture: Heather McDonough (Image: Archant)