Past Events Archive Forgotten Walthamstow and its late 19th Century Musical Heritage 1 Jan 20191 Sep 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…
Past Events Archive Rubbish or Ritual, Medieval Treasure in the Thames, talk 1 Jan 201922 Jul 2019 John Clark. past Curator Emeritus, Museum of London St John's Church, Leytonstone Leyton & Leytonstone Historical Society members free, others £2 Over 2600 medieval objects now in the Museum of…
Past Events Archive Use of Blasphemy & Swearing in the BEF 1914-18 by Mark Connelly 1 Jan 201922 Jul 2019 at Walthamstow Cricket Tennis & Squash Club, 48a Greenway Ave, London. E17 3QN Mark Connelly will be giving a talk on 'Notes and Swearies: The Use of Blasphemy and Swearing…
Past Events Archive Celebrate the built heritage of Leytonstone High Road’s northern end 1 Jan 201922 Jul 2019 Meet outside the Library at the corner of Church Lane and the High Road E11 by 11am Sunday 21st July. What role is Leytonstone High Road's architectural inheritance playing in…
Past Events Archive Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. Sun 28th Jul 11am – 3pm 1 Jan 201929 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 Hitchcock’s Leytonstone Wed 4th Sept 7.45pm St John’s Church Hall beside Matalan Leytonstone High Road 1 Jan 20199 Sep 2019 a talk by Gary Lewis 'Hitchcock's Leytonstone' Wed 4th Sept 7.45pm St John's Church Hall beside Matalan Leytonstone High Road. Open to all, no charge.
Past Events Archive Real Ale at the Walthamstow Pumphouse – Sunday 25th August from 12 noon 1 Jan 201931 Aug 2019 Cask beer, canned cocktails and pub snack pick-n-mix: the Contemporary Cask Festival comes to Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum this August Bank Holiday. Visit from 12 noon on Sunday 25th August 2019 for weird…
August 2019… St Peter &St Paul’s HERITAGE OPEN MORNING – Sat 7th September 10.30-12 1 Jan 20199 Sep 2019 The church of St Peter and St Paul on Chingford Green is opening up its archives for everyone to explore 175 years of local and parish history. Drop by and…
Past Events Archive Local History at the Pumphouse – Sunday 8th September 11am to 4pm 1 Jan 20199 Sep 2019 Local history groups will have displays at the Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum on Sunday 8th September from 11am to 4pm. A quality replica of Britain's first internal combustion engine car, made…
Past Events Archive Freedom Walk : Leytonstone’s Connections to the Slavery of Empire – Sunday 8th September 2pm 1 Jan 20199 Sep 2019 Freedom Walk : Leytonstone’s Connections to Emancipation and Slavery of Empire, 2pm St John's Church, E11 1HH. Free. A guided walkabout from St John’s Churchyard to Leytonstone House and Quaker…
Past Events Archive Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood talk Wed 18th Sept 7.30pm 1 Jan 201922 Sep 2019 A major new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery will explore the overlooked contribution of twelve women to the Pre-Raphaelite movement, including Jane Morris, Georgiana Burne-Jones, Evelyn de Morgan, Effie Gray…
Past Events Archive James Brimble, author of ‘London’s Epping Forest’ – talk Thur 19th Sept 7.30pm 1 Jan 201922 Sep 2019 James Brimble ran a newsagent's and bookshop in Station Road, Chingford, 1940s to the 1970s. He was a well-known photographer of Epping Forest and was the author of publications about…
Past Events Archive Pimp Hall Dovecote Open Day 1 Jan 201924 Sep 2019 17th century dovecote (pigeon house) open to the public. No charge. Kings Road, Chingford E4 7HR - take the turning past the Sea Scouts and the Recycling Centre. Buses 179,…
Past Events Archive From the archive- talk 1 Jan 201926 Sep 2019 Greg Tonkin was for many years both Secretary to Walthamstow Historical Society and one of its most authoritative writers. The Society holds a considerable archive of his pictures taken in…
Past Events Archive Medieval Walthamstow: short history walk 1 Jan 201928 Sep 2019 Short walk from St Mary's Church Walthamstow E17 9RJ at 11.15am led by Neil Houghton of Walthamstow Historical Society
Past Events Archive History of St Mary’s Church and the parish of Walthamstow: Talk 1 Jan 201928 Sep 2019 Talk on the history of St Mary's Church and the parish of Walthamstow. 2.15pm by Neil Houghton of Walthamstow Historical Society in St Mary's Church, Walthamstow E17 9RJ
Past Events Archive “Families in their community” family history day Saturday 28th Sep 11-4 1 Jan 201928 Sep 2019 Waltham Forest Family History Society (WFFHS) is holding a family history day in support of the Borough’s Year of Culture on Saturday 28th September from 11am-4pm at Vestry House Museum,…
Past Events Archive The Monumental Brasses of St Mary’s Walthamstow: Sat 28th Sept 3.45pm 1 Jan 201928 Sep 2019 Talks, visits, walk organised by the Monumental Brass Society, Walthamstow Historical Society and the Rector and Churchwardens of St Mary's Church Walthamstow. 11.15am onwards, last event 3.45pm talk by Martin…
Past Events Archive Penny loaves, Poisoning, Poverty and Pubs – a Walthamstow walk. Saturday 28th September 2019 at 2pm 1 Jan 20191 Oct 2019 Book Tickets Here Join qualified tour guide Joanna Moncrieff on a history walk around the mean streets of the Queen’s Road area of Walthamstow. Street names, building styles and plaques…
Past Events Archive The Warner Family and Highams Park. Talk. Sat 5th October 7pm for 7.30pm 1 Jan 20197 Oct 2019 Highams Park Society Autumn TalkHale End Library, Castle Ave, Highams Park, London E4 9QD £5 for members and £7 for non-members A Highams Park Society event.
Past Events Archive Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. Sun 29th Sep 11am – 3pm 1 Jan 20191 Oct 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 Celebrating Black British Visual Art- workshop Thur 10th Oct 7pm 1 Jan 201915 Oct 2019 Peter Ashan Presents: Celebrating Black British Visual Art (Workshops) October 10th: The Pioneers of Black British Art: during the 1960s to 1970s Leytonstone Library, London E11, 7 - 9 pm
Past Events Archive Fabulous Females, the inspirational women of Walthamstow School for Girls – talk Sat 12th Oct 1.30pm 1 Jan 201915 Oct 2019 Oona Kelly talks about the inspirational women of Walthamstow School for Girls, 1890s - 1940s including Blanche Hewett - First Headteacher, Mary Norris - Founder of the Greek Theatre, Annette…
Past Events Archive Black In Time – Saturday 12th October 6-10pm 1 Jan 201915 Oct 2019 Black In Time - Saturday 12th October Get your groove at our Black History Month event. blackintime Come early and share the music and dress style of the 70's at…
Past Events Archive Black History Month Freedom Walks by Peter Ashan: Sun 13th Oct 2pm 1 Jan 201915 Oct 2019 Take a look into the Afro-Caribbean community within Waltham Forest. From the Trans-Atlantic slave trade to present day, in 3 parts, starting with Leytonstone. On Sunday 13th October 2019 the…
Past Events Archive Walking in Waltham Forest- a talk by John Rogers Wed 16th Oct 7.45pm 1 Jan 201921 Oct 2019 Writer and film-maker John Rogers gives an illustrated talk through the walks he has led for Waltham Forest Borough of Culture as 'psychogeographer-in-residence' - from Leytonstone's Lost River, to the…
October 2019… Celebrating Black British Visual Art- workshop Thur 17th Oct 7pm 1 Jan 201921 Oct 2019 Peter Ashan Presents: Celebrating Black British Visual Art (Workshops) October 17th: The Black British Movement in Britain: during the 1980s to 1990s Leytonstone Library, London E11, 7 - 9 pm
Past Events Archive A virtual walk around Walthamstow – Joanna Moncrieff talk. 17th Oct 7.30pm 1 Jan 201921 Oct 2019 at The C of E Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford . Stories include the Dickens’plagiarist, the hidden Greek theatre, the butcher/property developer and what Pepys thought of Walthamstow wine. Joanna Moncrieff is…
Past Events Archive Black History Month Freedom Walks by Peter Ashan: Sun 20th Oct 11am 1 Jan 201921 Oct 2019 Take a look into the Afro-Caribbean community within Waltham Forest. From the Trans-Atlantic slave trade to present day, in 3 parts. On Sunday 20th October 2019 this 2nd walk, through…
Past Events Archive Meccano day Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum New date!! Sun 20th Oct 11-4 1 Jan 201921 Oct 2019 Legendary construction toy system Meccano is the theme at the Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum on the revised date of Sunday 20th October between 11am and 4pm. The Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum is…
Past Events Archive Door-Step Milk Delivery in Waltham Forest. Exhibition and Workshop. 22-27 October 1 Jan 201928 Oct 2019 Calling all Waltham Forest residents who would like to share their memories of doorstep milk delivery! Message from Maxine Beuret who has organised this exhibition and workshop: "Ideally what I…
Past Events Archive Chingford Art & Heritage Trail Thur 24th – Sun 27th Oct 1 Jan 201928 Oct 2019 Love North Chingford gathered a bunch of mostly local creatives to borrow windows and walls along Station Rd E4 and surrounding areas and make it into a gallery. Never before…
Past Events Archive Pimp Hall Dovecote open to visitors Thur 24th Oct & Sat 26th Oct 2.30pm to dusk 1 Jan 201928 Oct 2019 Chingford Historical Society will be at the historic dovecote in the Pimp Hall Nature Reserve off Kings Road E4 7HR from 2.30pm to dusk this Thursday 24th October and Saturday…
Past Events Archive Reform and Reformation, talk by Neil Houghton Thur 24th Oct 7.45pm 1 Jan 201928 Oct 2019 Neil Houghton outlines the changes to St. Mary's church Walthamstow and its community brought about by the Tudor Reformation. This will be followed by guided tours of the important monuments…
Past Events Archive Chingford: From Fields and the Forest to Royals and the Railway. Guided Walk. Sat 26th Oct 11.30-2pm 1 Jan 201928 Oct 2019 Book Tickets here What do Ivor Novello, Lawrence of Arabia, Queen Victoria and the Forgotten Father of English Sport have in common? Answer - they all have connections to Chingford.…
Past Events Archive Farms of the Past & Into the Future, a history walk Sun 27th Oct 11am 1 Jan 201928 Oct 2019 Chingford Historical Society and David Boote offer a walk in two parts: an amble round Chingford Green picturing the area before the railway arrived (a rural backwater) and then, for…
Past Events Archive Black History Month Freedom Walks by Peter Ashan: Sun 27th Oct 2pm 1 Jan 201928 Oct 2019 Take a look into the Afro-Caribbean community within Waltham Forest. From the Trans-Atlantic slave trade to present day, in 3 parts. On Sunday 13th October 2019 the 3rd walk, through…
Past Events Archive Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. Sun 27th Oct 11am – 3pm 1 Jan 201928 Oct 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 Walking in the Footsteps of Hitchcock – walk Sun 27th Oct 12 noon 1 Jan 201928 Oct 2019 Gary Lewis, brilliant enthusiast for Leytonstone's connection with Alfred Hitchcock, leads a walk at 12 noon from the entrance to St John's Church, corner of Church Lane and Leytonstone High…
