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Digging up the past 2:50pm Fri 4 Apr 08 THIS year marks the Golden Jubilee of the West Essex Archaeological Group (WEAG) with the amateur society keen to show it is still very much active. Time and rooms are changing 2:43pm Fri 4 Apr 08 TAKE a timber-framed house from the 15th century with a hearth set in the middle of the floor and a hole in the roof to let out some of the smoke. Suffragette Sylvia sculpted a legacy 2:37pm Fri 4 Apr 08 TUCKED away in a quiet corner of Woodford Green sits a unique piece of history. At least our school pupils know who Churchill was! 10:05am Wed 2 Apr 08 A QUARTER of adults think he's a jowley insurance hound, one in three children think he was the first man on the moon and a Woodford Green 'celebrity' thinks he was America's first black President - but at least school children in Wanstead and Woodford know who their local hero is. Reader comments (9) These private eyes are our No1 lady detectives 12:41pm Tue 1 Apr 08 The bestselling novel, The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, has been turned into a TV programme and is a ratings winner. Here reporter EDMUND TOBIN talks to the real-life equivalent in the heart of Epping Forest. Mother's dream for earthquake orphans 11:23am Fri 28 Mar 08 IT may have rocked the country more than two years ago, but it will take at least another seven to clean up the damage left behind by the Pakistan earthquake. Reader comments (3) Tube tunnels hid a wartime secret 11:15am Thu 27 Mar 08 The underground tunnels of the Central Line played a vital part during the Second World War, as SAM ADAMS discovers. Reader comments (3) Golden age of the High Street 4:35pm Fri 15 Feb 08 STRUTTS of Markhouse Roadhad a stall in Waltahmstow High Street, writes Myra Barlem. During sweet rationing, you could take sugar there instead of sweet ration points to purchase coconut ice and the like, which they made themselves. Reader comments (2) Hall with a glorious past 10:28am Fri 8 Feb 08 GUARDIAN reader, Leslie Jerman, from Theydon Bois had researched the history of Debden Hall for years without success, but a lucky break saw hime come into contact with the last living man to reside there. A Land Rover-ing we go 5:30pm Wed 30 Jan 08 TRAVELLING across continents is commonplace now, but it was not the case 50 years ago. More ...

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