Museum of London Group upcoming events
Little Moles toddlers group
Learn, play and explore together every Wednesday during term-time in this fun, hands-on and creative session.
Date: 17 March 2010.
Times: 15:30
Medieval trade
Find out about medieval trade links and sought after products of the times in this gallery tour with curator Jackie Keily.
Date: 17 March 2010.
Times: 14:00
Mini Moles babies group
Learn, play and explore together every Wednesday during term-time. This session is for babies aged 6 months-walking and their carers and includes stories, rhyme time and an opportunity to meet others in a relaxed setting.
Date: 17 March 2010.
Times: 11:00
A very corporate affair: London's slave trade
Although the slave trade in London evolved earlier than in Bristol and Liverpool, curator Tom Wareham tells how London's commercial complexity obscured its role for 150 years. Tom outlines the development of London's role and the nature of its links with the slave trade.
Date: 18 March 2010.
Times: 13:00
Landry elected Young Mayor
Record turn out as Tower Hamlets elects fourth Young Mayor
Landry Adelard has been elected and inaugurated Tower Hamlets' new Young Mayor at a ceremony held in the Town Hall on 21 January.
The 16 year-old won after taking 1,556 votes.
The election saw 8,500 youngsters voting to choose a new Young Mayor from fifteen candidates, representing a record turn out of 50 per cent.
Landry, who hails from Bow, ran on a manifesto which promised work with young people to promote anti-crime initiatives, improve GCSE results and develop community cohesion.
The new Young Mayor said: "I am really shocked to have won."I want to thank everyone who voted for me. They've shown their faith in me and now I will repay that faith by representing every young person in Tower Hamlets the best I can and ensure that their voices are heard in the Council. I won't let them down. "One of the first things I want to look at is having a safer community. Things haven't been good recently and as a young person I believe that the younger and older people of Tower Hamlets need to work together to make life better for ourselves. I will be working with the Council on this."
Landry will be joined by seven new deputy Young Mayors. They are: Jahangir Alom, Tahmina Begum, Mizanur Rahman, Zishan Ahmed, Nazrul Islam, Shah Ali Hydar, and Farhan Islam.
Councillor Abdul Asad, Lead Member for Children, Schools and Families at Tower Hamlets Council, was at the ceremony to congratulate the new Young Mayor and his deputies. He said: "It's wonderful to see so many young people continuing to engage with democracy and the positive impact this is having in Tower Hamlets. "The fact that each year the number of votes has increased shows just how much young people believe in the Young Mayor scheme and every year it goes from strength to strength. "I'd like to congratulate Landry and his new deputies. I know that they will continue the good work of their predecessors and do their very best as they represent all young people in Tower Hamlets."
Councillor Josh Peck, Deputy Leader of Tower Hamlets Council, said: "So much of what we do as a Council affects young people and we need to ensure that even more of them get involved in issues about them. Landry and his team are here to do just that and I know they will do a sterling job."
