March 2023 Legendary Women of East London with Eleanor Bloom . Wednesday 15th March 2023 at 7.45pm 31 Jan 20195 Dec 2022 https://www.cityoflondonguides.com/find/eleanorbloom Meetings are generally on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7.45pm in St. John’s Church Hall, but this is subject to the situation regarding the transmission of serious infections. http://www.leytonhistorysociety.org.uk/events.html The entrance to St.…
April 2023 Famous people in the City of London Cemetery with Gary Lewis. Wednesday 19th April 2023 at 7.45pm 31 Jan 20195 Feb 2023 Gary Lewis will talk about the famous people in the City of London Cemetery at Aldersbrook Meetings are generally on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7.45pm in St. John’s Church Hall, but this is subject…
Past Events Archive Ross McFarlane of the Wellcome Foundation on the Medical Officer of Health Reports. Wednesday 15th February 2023 at 7.45pm 1 Jan 201920 Feb 2023 Ross MacFarlane of the Wellcome Foundation will talk about Medical Officer of Health Reports including that of Leyton and the international flu epidemic of 1918. https://wellcomelibrary.org/moh/ Meetings are generally on the 3rd Wednesday of…
Past Events Archive Les Capon on his latest year in archaeology. Wednesday 18th January 2023 at 7.45pm 1 Jan 201921 Jan 2023 Meetings are generally on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7.45pm in St. John’s Church Hall, but this is subject to the situation regarding the transmission of serious infections. http://www.leytonhistorysociety.org.uk/events.html The entrance to St. John’s…
Past Events Archive Nick Higham on The East London Waterworks and its legacy at Walthamstow Wetlands. Wed 16th November 1 Jan 20194 Dec 2022 Nick Higham, author of ‘The Mercenary River, a History of London's water’ will talk to us including about the East London Waterworks and its legacy at Walthamstow Wetlands. Meetings are generally…
Past Events Archive A Short History of Aviation in South West Essex with Alan Simpson. Wed 19th October at 7.45pm 1 Jan 20192 Nov 2022 Meetings are generally on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7.45pm in St. John’s Church Hall, but this is subject to the situation regarding the transmission of serious infections. The entrance to St. John’s Church…
Past Events Archive Talk on The Leytonstone Picture Palace by Dominic Stinton. Wed 21st September at 7.45pm 1 Jan 20196 Oct 2022 Meetings are generally on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7.45pm in St. John’s Church Hall, but this is subject to the situation regarding the transmission of serious infections. The entrance to St. John’s Church…
Past Events Archive Online reminiscence session – memories of Waltham Forest. Thu 25 March at 11am 1 Jan 20196 Apr 2021 Bring back memories of Waltham Forest in days gone by, and stay connected and social during lockdown. About this Event Join St Peter-in-the-Forest for free online reminiscence sessions. We will…
Past Events Archive Online reminiscence session – memories of Waltham Forest. Thu 18 March at 11am 1 Jan 201920 Mar 2021 Bring back memories of Waltham Forest in days gone by, and stay connected and social during lockdown. About this Event Join St Peter-in-the-Forest for free online reminiscence sessions. We will…
Past Events Archive Online reminiscence session – memories of Waltham Forest. Thu 11 March at 11am 1 Jan 201920 Mar 2021 Bring back memories of Waltham Forest in days gone by, and stay connected and social during lockdown. About this Event Join St Peter-in-the-Forest for free online reminiscence sessions. We will…
Regular Events Walking in the Footsteps of Hitchcock 1 Jan 201918 Jan 2020 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…
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 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 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 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 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 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 Hitchcock’s Leytonstone 1 Jan 201922 Mar 2020 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 Celebrating Black British Visual Art- workshop 1 Jan 201917 Jan 2020 Peter Ashan Presents: Celebrating Black British Visual Art (Workshops) The Pioneers of Black British Art: during the 1960s to 1970s Leytonstone Library, London E11, 7 - 9 pm
Past Events Archive Black History Month Freedom Walks by Peter Ashan 1 Jan 201917 Jan 2020 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 1 Jan 201917 Jan 2020 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…
Past Events Archive Celebrating Black British Visual Art 1 Jan 201917 Jan 2020 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 Walking in the footsteps of Hitchcock 1 Jan 201926 Nov 2019 Join Gary Lewis of the Alfred Hitchcock of Leytonstone Society on a walk back in time, into the early life of Alfred Hitchcock in Leytonstone. Gary will explore the relationship…
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