Benjamin Truman
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Sir Benjamin Truman was an English entrepreneur and brewer during the 18th century, responsible for the expansion of the Truman Brewery in the Brick Lane area of east London.
Portrait of Truman by Thomas Gainsborough
Brick Lane
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Brick Lane is a street in the East End of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets. It runs from Swanfield Street in Bethnal Green in the north, crosses the Bethnal Green Road before reaching the busie
Brick Lane street sign in English and Bengali. The Bengali name is a transliteration, not a translation, of the English name.
The Brick Lane Mosque, used first as a church and then a synagogue, reflecting changing demographics
An elderly Bangladeshi man in Brick Lane
Curry restaurants in Brick Lane, 2008