Editing Bethnal Green (section)

====Mulberry====
Bethnal Green is famous for its [[morus nigra|mulberry]] trees, most notably the [[Bethnal Green mulberry tree|Bethnal Green mulberry]] at the site of the former London Chest Hospital, which is reputed to be the oldest tree in the East End. Many of these mulberry trees may be a legacy of unsuccessful 16th and 17th century attempts to boost the weaving industries that Bethnal Green, [[Shoreditch]], [[Spitalfields]] and other East End districts relied upon so heavily.<ref>History of the mulberry in London https://www.moruslondinium.org/research/timeline</ref>

Mulberries were used as the local emblem when it was a partly self-governing neighbourhood of Tower Hamlets from 1986 to 1992, and the symbol can still be seen on many local street signs.<ref>Spitalfields Life website https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/19/the-bethnal-green-mulberry-lecture/</ref> The mulberry is also used as a symbol of the East End more generally, and is featured on the [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets#Coat of arms|coat of arms of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets]].