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HISTORY: Swinging Walthamstow

1:58pm Friday 12th October 2012

Reporter DANIEL BINNS speaks to a band about their memories of Walthamstow's thriving live music scene in the swinging sixties - as they prepare for a reunion concert 50 years after forming.

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WANSTEAD: Second World War evacuee looks back on rations and the Blitz

12:22pm Friday 3rd August 2012

A WARTIME evacuee has recalled her experiences of leaving home during the Second World War.

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HISTORY: Keith Richards's Walthamstow roots

2:41pm Tuesday 24th July 2012

BAD boy of rock Keith Richards achieved worldwide fame in the Rolling Stones. But his family had another goal – political power in Walthamstow.  Reporter DANIEL BINNS finds out more.

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HISTORY: Sylvia Pankhurst and me

4:54pm Thursday 12th July 2012

A WOMAN who grew up close to the home of political activist and feminist icon Sylvia Pankhurst in Woodford Green has just released a second edition of her biography. Melanie Attlesey hears of suburban paranoia, radical feminism and memories prompted by a chance encounter. When Shirley Harrison was a small child, her conservative parents ordered her to cross the road when she passed the home of Sylvia Pankhurst on her way to the shops.

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HISTORY: Aerial photographs taken by heroes of flight online for first time

12:37pm Thursday 5th July 2012

ONE of the country’s earliest collections of aerial photographs showing how the region has changed over more than 80 years has been published online.

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HISTORY: Gunpowder Mills' long and illustrious past

1:40pm Friday 29th June 2012

WHEN Lawrence of Arabia blew up Turkish train tracks in the First World War he used explosives sent 1,500 miles from a Waltham Abbey factory. JOE CURTIS investigates.

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HISTORY: 18th Century crime statistics revealed in new book

1:17pm Thursday 21st June 2012

A NEW book examining crime figures from the late 18th century reveals a familiar set of problems across West Essex.

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HISTORY: The Guardian and Gazette Series

11:19am Friday 15th June 2012

THE East London and West Essex series of Guardian newspapers has just celebrated its 136th birthday. Reporter DANIEL BINNS looks back at its humble origins.

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HISTORY: New book recalls East End origins of many of estate's residents

12:40pm Thursday 17th May 2012

THE East End origins of many of the families who make up the backbone of Debden have been explored in a new book by one of its residents.

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HISTORY: Forgotten soldier remembered at last

5:22pm Thursday 19th April 2012

NINETY-FIVE years after he was cut down on the killing fields of Ypres in Belgium, a Jewish soldier received a visit from his great, great niece.

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