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HISTORY: Book on Tube names reveals unknown history of east London and Essex

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:14:30 +0000

A BOOK about the names of Tube stations has shone a light on the history of east London and Essex.

NORTH WEALD: Aviator describes flying in movie about legendary squadron

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:55:17 +0000

THE Red Tails were the first ever unit of African American airmen whose heroic achievements in the Second World War have just been immortalised on celluloid by George Lucas.

HISTORY: Town remembers pioneer of motorbike helmets

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:16:42 +0000

A SURGEON whose pioneering work led to thousands of lives being saved by the introduction of crash helmets has been honoured with a plaque where he lived during the 1920s.

Pioneering genius finally recognised

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:14:38 +0000

AS the world was barely getting used to the new sound of rock ‘n’ roll, one visionary electronics enthusiast was tuning into the future with self-built synthesizers and manipulated magnetic tape in a home-made studio in South Woodford, as JONATHAN BUNN discovered

HISTORY: Wanstead woman remembers her time working for Monty

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:48:47 +0000

AS the Battle of the Bulge raged in December 1944, Field Marshal Montgomery delivered a pep talk to the men and women of ’21 Army Group’ in Brussels.

ONGAR: Doctor David Livingstone's year in Ongar

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:48:09 +0000

THIRTY years before he was to be greeted with the famous phrase ‘Doctor Livingstone, I presume?’, Britain’s most famous explorer spent a year in Ongar training to become a missionary.

EPPING: Bletchley Park codebreaker remembered

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:39:01 +0000

FEW of who knew him as founder of the local film society, a keen beekeeper or chairman of Epping Music Society will have been aware of his extraordinary past.

HISTORY: When Wanstead & Woodford had its own council

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:05:04 +0000

LOCKED in a cabinet in Redbridge Town Hall there sits a mace which once occupied pride of place in the old Town Hall in South Woodford as the symbol of the municipal borough of Wanstead & Woodford.

HISTORY: Who was Roger Ascham?

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:37:29 +0100

Roger Ascham's legacy looms large over Waltham Forest.

HISTORY: The Loughton lopper who saved Epping Forest

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:54:30 +0100

SOMEWHERE in the grounds of St Mary’s Church in Loughton lies the body of Thomas Willingale.

HISTORY: Group to revive railway memories

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 08:00:00 +0100

MEMORIES of railways in and around the district are being sought by a group that is restoring an historic line.

HISTORY: How Walthamstow became part of London

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:11:40 +0100

FOR hundreds of years 'Walthamstow' - as we know it today – was a collection of settlements deep in the Essex countryside, miles from the hustle and bustle of London.

EPPING FOREST: Historian explores ancient forest boundaries

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:46:43 +0100

ALL that remains of them are faint ridges of earth bordering sections of the forest.

BARKINGSIDE: The football historian on a mission to find Festival of Britain heroes

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:53:04 +0100

IT is fair to say that non-league Barkingside F.C. do not feature prominently in the history of English football.