Featured Articles and Stories from East London and West Essex Guardian Series

Love letters shine a light on 1930s life

11:14am Tuesday 21st May 2013

A dusty box of love letters bought for £25 in a Hainault auction house are shedding a romantic light on the 1930s.

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Guardians from 1945 give insight into post-war life

4:16pm Monday 13th May 2013

Staff at a charity shop have uncovered a fascinating snapshot of life in north east London and west Essex in 1945 after discovering original copies of the Guardian series of newspapers.

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Mechanic's old photos shed light on high street's history

3:26pm Tuesday 30th April 2013

A mechanic’s old photos of a high street have shed light on the area in better times, when it was a thriving thoroughfare full of shoppers and life.

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Stained glass that survived plague and bomb blast restored

1:47pm Monday 22nd April 2013

Stained glass windows that stayed intact through plague and a bomb blast have been painstakingly restored after fundraising by a church congregation.

• Veteran breaks 60 years of silence over haunting at historic house

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History Feature - The Walthamstow Penny

10:42am Monday 15th April 2013

Reporter DANIEL BINNS finds out about Walthamstow's tradition of making its own currency.

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HISTORY: A family's bravery, loss and civic pride

4:10pm Friday 22nd March 2013

The Chingford War Memorial twice displays the name of one family well known locally in the early twentieth century. MELANIE ATTLESEY looks at how the head of the Allpass family played an important role in the history of education in Walthamstow, while two of his sons made the ultimate sacrifice for their country in the Great War.

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History Feature: Walthamstow - The birthplace of soft toilet paper

5:30pm Tuesday 19th February 2013

Walthamstow is home of the British car and site of the country's first plane flight. But the birthplace of soft toilet paper is perhaps its crowning achievement. Reporter DANIEL BINNS gets to the bottom of the story.

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A legal battle for public access to green spaces pitched common people against the power of 19th century privilege

10:20am Thursday 7th February 2013

Almost 200 years have passed since residents living in Wanstead won a landmark legal case to keep their treasured park open to the public. Melanie Attlesey found out more and spoke to the historian who researched the pivotal case.

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The man who promoted equality while shaping the beautiful game

4:52pm Thursday 31st January 2013

This year marks 150 years of the Football Association and a landmark in the development of a sport now followed by billions around the globe. Joe Curtis looks back at the contribution of a Chingford resident who played a pivotal role in shaping the modern game.

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