Past Events Archive Forgotten Walthamstow and its late 19th Century Musical Heritage – Sat 15 Jun at 12.30pm 1 Jan 201915 Jun 2019 Book Tickets Here A walk exploring the Walthamstow of the time when the railway was new and Hoe Street was still lined with grand houses; one of these was The…
Past Events Archive Insanity in the Family – Kathy Chater talk. 1 Jan 201920 Feb 2019 At Spruce Hill Baptist Church Hall, Brookscroft Road, Walthamstow, E17 4JP, starting at 8pm and finishing at 10pm. A Waltham Forest Family History Society event
Past Events Archive Lippitts Hill Camp in War and Peace – Bryn Elliott talk. 1 Jan 201924 Mar 2019 at The C of E Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford. Bryn Elliott's Website
Past Events Archive Shakespeare’s London to the West End Playhouse – Richard Gray talk. 1 Jan 201921 Feb 2019 At St John’s Hall, off High Road, Leytonstone, London E11 by the entrance to the Matalan store, (not far from Leytonstone Central Line station). Entrance: £2. A Leyton and Leytonstone Historical…
Past Events Archive Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. 1 Jan 201925 Feb 2019 On the last Sunday of each month the Marshall and Loughborough steam engines are run on compressed air. The engines will run at 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM on the…
Past Events Archive Old Snaresbrook Houses. Lynn Haseldine Jones talk. 1 Jan 20191 Mar 2019 Lynn will talk about some old houses of Snaresbrook, the development of the area through the 18th and 19th centuries, looking at some houses which have disappeared, some still here, and some…
Past Events Archive The Haile Farm Estate walk. 9th Mar at 10am. 1 Jan 20199 Mar 2019 Meet at the Millennium Clock (by Highams Park Station). The Walk lasts for 2 hours and will finish at The County Arms at midday. It costs £3 or is free…
Past Events Archive Workshop: Family Businesses and Bankruptcy. Tue 12th Mar 8pm 1 Jan 201912 Mar 2019 At Spruce Hill Baptist Church Hall, Brookscroft Road, Walthamstow, E17 4JP, starting at 8pm and finishing at 10pm.
Past Events Archive Lea Valley Heritage Alliance Meeting 1 Jan 201921 Mar 2019 Venue: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London Legacy Development Corporation, Level 10, 1 Stratford Place, Montfichet Road, London, E20 1EJ Find out about the Lea Valley Heritage Alliance and how you…
Past Events Archive In Her Footsteps: 150 years of women-led activism in East London – Esther Freeman talk. 1 Jan 201921 Mar 2019 At St John’s Hall, off High Road, Leytonstone, London E11 by the entrance to the Matalan store, (not far from Leytonstone Central Line station). Entrance: £2. A Leyton and Leytonstone Historical…
Past Events Archive A tour of Elizabethan London – Nick Dobson talk. 1 Jan 201923 Mar 2019 This talk will follow Chingford Historical Society A.G.M. at The C of E Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford. The image above is a detail from Visscher's View of London, 1616. ©…
Past Events Archive Jutland 1916, The Archaeology of a Naval Battlefield. Dr. Neil Houghton talk. 1 Jan 201929 Mar 2019 at St Gabriel's Church, Havant Road E17 3JF.
Past Events Archive In Her Footsteps: Women-led activism in Waltham Forest. Esther Freeman Guided Walk. 1 Jan 201931 Mar 2019 This is a ticketed walk - book tickets on Eventbrite Esther Freeman leads a walk round central Walthamstow talking about women activists of the area, with a section about Leytonstone…
Past Events Archive Radical Childhoods in Waltham Forest. 1 Jan 201923 Apr 2019 at St Peter’s Church in the Forest, 18 Woodford New Road, E17 3PP Many campaigners for social political, and religious change, grew up in Waltham Forest. How did their…
Past Events Archive Views of Old Waltham Forest, a pictorial tour – Alan Simpson talk. 1 Jan 201923 Apr 2019 At Spruce Hill Baptist Church Hall, Brookscroft Road, Walthamstow, E17 4JP, starting at 8pm and finishing at 10pm.
Past Events Archive The work of the Essex Record Office – Lawrence Barker talk. 1 Jan 201923 Apr 2019 at The C of E Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford. A Chingford Historical Society event.
Past Events Archive Before the archaeological dig. Christina Holloway talk. 1 Jan 201923 Apr 2019 Before the dig: why archaeology happens, how we know what to look for, and what might be found in your street. At St John’s Hall, off High Road, Leytonstone, London…
Past Events Archive Walthamstow Historical Society A.G.M. 1 Jan 201929 Apr 2019 at St Gabriel's Church Havant Road. Ends at 8.45pm
Past Events Archive Exhibition of photos of cultural centres – Walthamstow Central Library 1 Jan 201921 May 2019 Waltham Forest Civic Society have created an exhibition of photos of the wide variety of buildings and spaces that contribute to the cultural life of our Borough. It will be…
Past Events Archive The Wadham Farm Estate. Guided Walk 1 Jan 201921 May 2019 From the Millennium Clock (by Highams Park Station). A Highams Park Society event.
Past Events Archive “What I’m researching now” discussion 1 Jan 201921 May 2019 An opportunity for members to talk about research, finds, or ask for help. At Spruce Hill Baptist Church Hall, Brookscroft Road, Walthamstow, E17 4JP, starting at 8pm and finishing at…
Past Events Archive The Real Dad’s Army – The Home Guard. Mike Brown talk. 1 Jan 201921 May 2019 This talk follows Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society A.G.M. At St John’s Hall, off High Road, Leytonstone, London E11 by the entrance to the Matalan store, (not far from Leytonstone…
Past Events Archive Pimp Hall Dovecote Open Day 1 Jan 201921 May 2019 See inside one of Chingford's oldest buildings, guided tours all day. Free tea and coffee. Off Kings Road E4 7HR, buses 212, 179, 397.
Past Events Archive ‘Cut-throat Alley’ the Aubrey Rd. murders – Heather Gower talk. 1 Jan 20194 Jun 2019 at St Gabriel's Church Havant Road
Past Events Archive East London and Essex in the 18th C. – Derek Morris talk. 1 Jan 201915 Jun 2019 at Spruce Hill Baptist Church Hall, Brookscroft Road, Walthamstow, E17 4JP, starting at 8pm and finishing at 10pm.
Past Events Archive Religion and Revolt on Wanstead Flats: talk 1 Jan 201920 Jun 2019 Mark Gorman and Peter Williams talk about their latest publication. St John's Hall off High Road, Leytonstone, E11 1HH (opposite the entrance to the Matalan store (close to Leytonstone Central…
Past Events Archive Cultural Centres in Waltham Forest: Exhibition: at Libraries 1 Jan 20192 Jul 2019 Waltham Forest Civic Society has created a display showing the invaluable contribution made to the borough's streetscape by community buildings.
Past Events Archive Suntrap Memorabilia Auction 1 Jan 20192 Jul 2019 Suntrap Forest Centre is hosting an event that includes a memorabilia auction of many of Suntrap's weird and wonderful artefacts.
Past Events Archive Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. 1 Jan 20192 Jul 2019 On the last Sunday of each month the Marshall and Loughborough steam engines are run on compressed air. The engines will run at 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM on the…
Past Events Archive The ancestor I would most like to meet – and why 1 Jan 201911 Jul 2019 Waltham Forest Family History Society meeting at Spruce Hill Baptist Church Hall, Brookscroft Road, Walthamstow, E17 4JP. Surely somewhere in your family tree there is an ancestor who could open…
