It’s ten years ago this week since we reported on proposals to convert a former town hall in east London into a pub. Plans have been submitted to convert part of the... Read more »
It was a sad day but a great celebration at the funeral last week of peace activist Bruce Kent. Bruce died last month at the age of 92. His life was one... Read more »
Arthur George Askew was born in 1858. His father came to Loughton and started the family cartage business in 1861, but he died of consumption fairly young, so his wife Emma Askew... Read more »
To mark the Platinum Jubilee, Georgina Green looks back to the Fairlight Avenue street party in Chingford that was to held to celebrate the Queen’s Coronation on June 2, 1953. Her piece... Read more »
RIO FERDINAND trolled Queens Park Rangers after Real Madrid knocked Manchester City out of the Champions League semi-finals. The Manchester United legend was on punditry duty for BT Sport at the Bernabeu.... Read more »
Twenty years ago a commemorative plaque was set into the pavement outside the childhood home of actress Lynn Fontanne. It was unveiled by Donald Sinden who said that Lynn was the most... Read more »
The southern slopes of Pole Hill, Chingford, were enclosed from the forest many years ago and a small brickworks was established there in the mid-19th century. The railway came to Chingford in... Read more »
Peggy McGeoghegan, a probationary nurse, recounts some memories of her training in an East End of London children’s hospital from January 1943 to February 1946. The hospital was in Shadwell, East London.... Read more »
Two great teachers in our local community died at the end of last year. Allan lived for many years just round the corner from us in Aldersbrook. My brother was good friends... Read more »
It was September 11, 2001, and Inky* was enjoying having drinks in a pub in Soho. The Sikh man, who was in his early 40s at the time, was with friends when... Read more »
