I read Labour Councillor for Wanstead Village Paul Donovan’s piece in the Guardian this week with great interest. His piece “Working together for a better Wanstead” is something no one could disagree with and it is a noble sentiment. He has raised
An imposing neo-Georgian building on Walthamstow’s Church Hill is a familiar part of the local streetscape. Now a retirement housing complex, clues to its original use are seen in the Walthamstow Borough Coat of arms in the pediment and its name, Electric
Twenty years ago the 9/11 tragedy claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people – among which was the youngest British victim from Redbridge. Vincent Wells of Woodford Green, who was 22 at the time, had been working as a stockbroker in the World
Above is a nostalgic photo from c1905 showing Church Hill, now Old Church Road, Chingford. In the distance can be seen Chingford Old Church ‘All Saints’ without its nave roof which collapsed in 1904. The church was restored in 1930 by a generous
