East London and West Essex Guardian Series | Local History https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/localhistory/ East London and West Essex Guardian Series Local History en-gb Wed, 11 Nov 2026 01:51:20 +0000 Wed, 11 Nov 2026 01:51:20 +0000 https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/rss/terms/ M6 toby.granville@newsquest.co.uk (Toby Granville) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/resources/images/sitelogoalt/?type=rsslogo East London and West Essex Guardian Series | Local History https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/localhistory/ How 1980s grandparents’ garish home décor became kitsch again https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/26706418.1980s-grandparents-homes-embraced-kitsch-d-cor/?ref=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2026 13:56:51 +0000 0959fc7b3590d051f96d6b48002cf879 Brett Ellis The lost London chocolate shop founded by refugees and loved by the Queen Mother https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/26572710.ackermans-chocolates---lost-london-shop-loved-royals/?ref=rss Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0100 8828e89422db44ca6f67d41b1fdde859 bridget.galton@newsquest.co.uk | Bridget Galton The Art Deco cinema that became an iconic venue played by Arctic Monkeys and Rihanna https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/26504477.o2-forum-kentish-town-london---cinema-music-venue/?ref=rss Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0100 74467be361f6261584bf0b52741c7a06 bridget.galton@newsquest.co.uk | Bridget Galton How a row over a cottage's demolition inspired a feud and an iconic Bond villain https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/26497202.hampstead-home-inspired-james-bond-villain-goldfinger/?ref=rss Sat, 29 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0100 4bf18541f38bbf57013b44c47ae22617 bridget.galton@newsquest.co.uk | Bridget Galton 007 - Licence to kill, but not to play the field https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/26419843.james-bond-not-lose-flaws-modern-reboot/?ref=rss Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:22:00 +0100 881f40f57fa1eba367d2de3866c059ff Steve Allen, comedian and broadcaster The world famous London jazz club that started in a humble Soho cellar https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/26294491.ronnie-scotts---history-iconic-london-jazz-club/?ref=rss Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0100 8dafcd85e33a50e630d3177237ed1fad bridget.galton@newsquest.co.uk | Bridget Galton The grand London cinema that became a Wetherspoons and is now daubed with graffiti https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/26266195.closed-wetherspoons-holloway-road-pub-started-cinema/?ref=rss Sun, 12 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0100 f58f64e0e1b9004f1dc8f59d5bb43e50 bridget.galton@newsquest.co.uk | Bridget Galton An iconic London music venue where a 'wonder pool' is buried under concrete beneath https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/26269242.wembley-arena-history---wonder-pool-music-venue/?ref=rss Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0100 83683c8c24184c63a0715a01707de8b1 bridget.galton@newsquest.co.uk | Bridget Galton Police warn crop circle makers: We know you're human https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/26244865.steve-allen-strange-return-crop-circle/?ref=rss Sat, 04 Jul 2026 08:20:00 +0100 1c274b63b659fc8eafda535079950248 Steve Allen, comedian and broadcaster The lost London cafe chain that had iconic waiting staff called 'nippies' https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/26174740.lyons-corner-house---history-lost-london-cafe-chain/?ref=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 4a0e5905abc479792ffc8a517e99591e bridget.galton@newsquest.co.uk | Bridget Galton 'A hideous pile' - London's first high-rise building now lost forever https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/26086761.lost-london-explores-capitals-horror-first-high-rise-building/?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 05:00:00 +0100 38c94999fdbdf6fee1c650e6e0bd063b bridget.galton@newsquest.co.uk | Bridget Galton The roots of Nazeing’s nursery boom and the growers who built it https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25914791.tracing-nazeings-nursery-history-fields-glasshouses/?ref=rss Sun, 15 Mar 2026 11:28:00 +0000 7fa00c33723ae493ab1846bd437d2d1c Joy Tizard, Nazeing History Workshop The lost London Underground station you can still spot from passing trains https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25903690.lost-london-underground-station-can-spot-trains/?ref=rss Sat, 07 Mar 2026 06:00:00 +0000 a4ed25670cb7d63f34d215946b7f0323 bridget.galton@newsquest.co.uk | Bridget Galton The lost Tube station that became a Chinese restaurant https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25860962.marlborough-road---london-underground-lost-tube-station/?ref=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0000 cace51cdbaa314ce259acd92014af780 bridget.galton@newsquest.co.uk | Bridget Galton Stranger Things made the 80s cool again and now my child hates me https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25871725.half-century-80s-still-wont-leave-us/?ref=rss Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000 37d10547ccefc9b7d7356b64c417eb8b Brett Ellis From bacon glory to beige misery the tragic fall of the Full English https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25735833.brett-ellis-discusses-decline-breakfast/?ref=rss Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:21:00 +0000 cdbc69aa8664fb6f1ddbcd30eadb90db Brett Ellis The abandoned Tube station that inspired a 'lost passenger' legend https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25840996.lost-london-underground-station-now-escape-room/?ref=rss Sun, 15 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0000 67143cbfbb13a635a5ce778927e8b427 bridget.galton@newsquest.co.uk | Bridget Galton The Waltham Abbey school strengthening intergenerational connections https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25825986.heartfelt-visits-unite-kha-students-honey-lane-residents/?ref=rss Sat, 14 Feb 2026 07:22:00 +0000 5c5244d92d81d24ca24f45e61fe50d46 King Harold Academy, Waltham Abbey Epping Ongar Railway gears up for 2026 with new events and community plans https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25750448.epping-ongar-railway-unveils-exciting-2026-events-plan/?ref=rss Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:05:00 +0000 1e31a6adcf15f8c4917de1f6b5edd592 Nick Arthurton, Epping Ongar Railway Five pie and mash shops that closed across east London in the last three years https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25620754.five-pie-mash-shops-closed-last-five-years/?ref=rss Sat, 15 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0000 77249837955cfee0a8406f8c4fa439ec gianni.cirillo@newsquest.co.uk | Gianni Cirillo This 'posh' village may be pretty but is said to be haunted by a ghost https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25568567.pretty-sussex-village-said-haunted-ghost/?ref=rss Sat, 25 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0100 59d4ecbeb598f99b7a4908f6a538462b Macaully.Moffat@newsquest.co.uk | Macaully Moffat Newsreel which provided 'a rich record of life in Chingford' to be celebrated https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25542479.bbc-documentary-chingford-newsreel-screened/?ref=rss Thu, 16 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0100 16a54b13cf6e97553efa3603ad353ace james.felton@newsquest.co.uk | James Felton Remembering the Second World War in the small village of Nazeing https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25510463.nazeing-history-workshop-remembered-end-wwii/?ref=rss Sat, 11 Oct 2025 09:16:00 +0100 9e38ab1c767f5f5bd507d602f5ec08f0 Jacky Cooper, Nazeing History Workshop Get your old set of wheels blessed by a vicar at Classic car boot sale https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25494535.classic-car-boot-sale-returns-kings-cross-10th-year/?ref=rss Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:42:25 +0100 b05cb82dfbda1f36a8205c99e8af1052 mike.brooke@newsquest.co.uk | Mike Brooke When a Chingford swimming pool was on the BBC https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25438531.gary-stone-history-chingfords-outdoor-pool/?ref=rss Sat, 13 Sep 2025 08:29:00 +0100 6499601c6c2863fc7a6feb06bcd4313f Gary Stone, local historian A 16th century Chingford farming survivor https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25379768.gary-stone-looks-history-larks-hall-farm/?ref=rss Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:39:32 +0100 b37a07029813996e7ccba522d7315a69 Gary Stone, historian The Grade II listed manor house in Chingford https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25359653.gary-stone-looks-friday-hill-house-chingford/?ref=rss Sat, 09 Aug 2025 09:43:00 +0100 5caa88a106b37e466c63f76742684c0a Gary Stone, historian When the Metropolitan police arrived in Woodford https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25366317.gary-stone-looks-history-woodford-police-station/?ref=rss Sun, 10 Aug 2025 07:34:00 +0100 c1d79bb7623afabdbfeced2edb77d999 Gary Stone, local historian The railway brings retail to Chingford https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25336275.gary-stone-impact-railway-chingford/?ref=rss Sat, 02 Aug 2025 07:29:00 +0100 5fd631360ed618ee0ed021019e30e28b Gary Stone, historian When buses terminated on Wanstead High Street https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25336377.gary-stone-looks-history-wanstead-high-street/?ref=rss Sun, 03 Aug 2025 07:46:00 +0100 56b0ef99f9a0d6bf8849a7ee44a031a0 Gary Stone, historian 'Rare' £2 London Underground coin for sale for £8,000 https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25308618.ebay-rare-london-underground-2-coin-sale-norfolk/?ref=rss Sun, 13 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0100 0747a6448720cbadb3d3012fdad45641 faye.minton@newsquest.co.uk | Faye Minton The Woodford Green hotel that only served non-alcoholic drinks https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25271272.gary-stone-looks-wilfred-lawson-temperance-hotel/?ref=rss Sun, 06 Jul 2025 08:19:00 +0100 fe818f6f6eaac0d5053cde92878fa50e Gary Stone, historian You can have the chance to ride on vintage 1930s London tube carriages https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25282500.vintage-trains-run-piccadilly-line-heathrow-loop/?ref=rss Sat, 05 Jul 2025 05:00:00 +0100 b66d78a92c8b02f7fc1ae31cfdcc27b3 emily.davison@newsquest.co.uk | Emily Davison The George & Dragon in Wanstead https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25250179.long-history-george-dragon-pub-wanstead/?ref=rss Sun, 29 Jun 2025 08:34:00 +0100 fa90a20e391cd26a5379a4bc3293afad Philippa.Cave@newsquest.co.uk | Philippa Cave The truth about 'never meeting your heroes' https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25252259.brett-ellis-devastated-going-see-gazza/?ref=rss Sun, 29 Jun 2025 08:21:00 +0100 bd87c4a8eb95b5bdbfbde2f15ebbcc98 Philippa.Cave@newsquest.co.uk | Philippa Cave The crossroads at Chingford Mount https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25250147.historical-names-crossroads-chingford-mount/?ref=rss Sat, 28 Jun 2025 08:21:00 +0100 200a7220d944939fcacf7438f6d0b522 Philippa.Cave@newsquest.co.uk | Philippa Cave When Chingford was farming country https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25231113.gary-stone-cherrydown-farm-used-chingford/?ref=rss Sat, 21 Jun 2025 09:32:00 +0100 7e0c0639e10e75f5233dc57806cb700e Gary Stone, historian When Epping High Street's Duke of York pub became a bank https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25231252.gary-stone-duke-york-pub-epping-high-street/?ref=rss Sun, 22 Jun 2025 09:30:00 +0100 80a20482ab793f68d221c80a7e328f37 Gary Stone, historian The Old King's Head in Loughton https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25215100.gary-stone-looks-old-kings-head-pub-loughton/?ref=rss Sun, 15 Jun 2025 07:35:00 +0100 fac5cf3f3ce55a4cad5d58758aff0547 Gary Stone, historian When shops took over the houses in South Chingford https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25215003.gary-stone-looks-old-church-road-1925-shops/?ref=rss Sat, 14 Jun 2025 07:18:00 +0100 f4f1d57124b2a708c535ed627533f122 Gary Stone, historian The history of the Jubilee line - London's 'newest' Tube service - in four maps https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25202377.london-underground-jubilee-line-history-four-tfl-maps/?ref=rss Sun, 01 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0100 fb01b28106362dda80bdd8fc77a2eda6 alex.marsh@newsquest.co.uk | Alex Marsh See the Greatest Gathering of trains and rail exhibits with Just Go https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/offers/25192818.see-greatest-gathering-trains-rail-exhibits-just-go/?ref=rss Tue, 27 May 2025 10:28:06 +0100 912d546f86f5f520df40010a3b6f93f0 lindsey.furby@newsquest.co.uk | Lindsey Furby A North Chingford Hill named after a pub https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25164950.gary-stone-looks-old-photograph-kings-head-hill/?ref=rss Sat, 24 May 2025 10:37:00 +0100 47bd2b727a3ff49c7c6d7eb4db956eaa Gary Stone, historian The Broadway at Woodford Station https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25181813.gary-stone-looks-broadway-woodford-station/?ref=rss Sun, 01 Jun 2025 08:32:00 +0100 aa0a7a3130b2868d8d9cce6fd657f37d Gary Stone, local historian Hunting lodge built for King Henry VIII in Chingford https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25181537.queen-elizabeth-hunting-lodge-rangers-road-chingford/?ref=rss Sat, 31 May 2025 08:31:00 +0100 4ed02011c7033ab9dd27069fa1c89e0d Gary Stone, historian The history of London's easternmost station more than a century after it opened https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25163643.upminster-station-history-modern-railway-marks-200-years/?ref=rss Sun, 18 May 2025 16:00:00 +0100 90b79708ba5fb45c1675029a6ccb73cb charlotte.anderson@newsquest.co.uk | Charlotte Anderson Long serving garage on Epping High Street https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25146014.gary-stone-looks-herbert-m-cottee-sons-garage-epping/?ref=rss Sun, 18 May 2025 10:33:00 +0100 5c76200bbacf57b1e259cd36521dac3c Gary Stone, historian Chingford firemen build their own truck https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25145864.looking-photo-chingford-fire-station-1920s/?ref=rss Sat, 17 May 2025 10:30:00 +0100 96d5eb94a9ced9477d101ae69a498f33 Gary Stone, local historian South Chingford's unreliable clock https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25110657.gary-stone-clock-albert-crescent-south-chingford/?ref=rss Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:55:10 +0100 260b559ef2170d916e8f7e555db62d6c Gary Stone, historian 'I've solved mystery of why only 30 people turned up to legendary band's gig' https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/25131101.joy-division-mystery-1979-gig-solved-college-lecturer/?ref=rss Fri, 02 May 2025 11:19:00 +0100 7da7d99109747f7d335acbca418e9fc0 mike.brooke@newsquest.co.uk | Mike Brooke