December 2019 Chingford in the 80s and 90s – Acorn Films talk. 12th Dec 7.30pm 1 Feb 201920 Feb 2019 at The C of E Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford. A Chingford Historical Society event.
December 2019 Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. Sun 29th Dec 11am – 3pm 1 Feb 20194 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…
Regular Events Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum- LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH 1 Jan 20194 Jun 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…
Regular Events Walthamstow: From Monoux and Morris to Beer and Bacon Jam. Guided Walk. 1 Jan 20194 Nov 2019 Details here There’s so much more to Walthamstow than just its famous mile-long Market. Its history is not what you might think either but the grand tombs in St Mary’s…
Regular Events Muslim History tour of Walthamstow 1 Jan 20194 Jun 2019 Book a Guided Tour of Walthamstow here Learn how Muslims numbering only 4,000 in the 1960s experienced life in Walthamstow. Find out how they struggled in their lives to establish…
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 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 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 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 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 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 ‘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 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…
Regular Events Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. Sun 1st Sept 11am-1pm + 2pm-3pm 1 Jan 20191 Sep 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 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 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 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 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…
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 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 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 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 The Stort Story – Richard Thomas talk. 1 Jan 201917 Nov 2019 at The C of E Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford. A Chingford Historical Society event.
Regular Events Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. 1 Jan 201926 Nov 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…
