Local History

The gates leading to Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College in Chigwell

Independent religious school falls from highest to lowest Ofsted rating

HISTORY: The Pearly Kings and Queens of Redbridge

HISTORY: A hero of the Titanic

HISTORY: The football club that had a flying start

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HISTORY: The stories behind Redbridge's Open House hotspots

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HISTORY: A lifetime of the Olympic Games for 82-year-old sports reporter

HISTORY: Luxury housing estate's dark past

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HISTORY: The enterprising Epping family who manufactured for the world

HISTORY: The town hall transformed into a wartime hospital in less than two weeks

HISTORY: World War One in Wanstead and Woodford

History: The life and times of a Walthamstow girl - part two

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History: How post-war slaves were used in Epping Forest

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History: A poignant tale behind a school's war memorial

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St Mary's - The Ongar church which 'has been there since the beginning'

History: War veteran describes working on the ground during Battle of Britain

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History: The 'strange, unusual and humorous' side of 19th century Epping Forest

History of the forest: How one lopper helped save 85,000 acres

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History of the Temple: Wanstead Park's souvenir from an exotic past

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History: How two lives were saved by wartime acts of mercy

HISTORY: Planes, trains and Polish migrants in Waltham Forest

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History: Memories of the Blitz in Wanstead

History: the day The Beatles came to town

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History: The church that was torn down for £80

History: The origins of the London Borough of Redbridge

History behind the world’s first riding centre for people with special needs

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Paul Hardcastle returns to Leytonstone home where he recorded '19'

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The Blackout Kids: Life in Highams Park during the Second World War

History: 'A unique couple, whose only goal in life was to serve others'

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VE Day: Soldier's story 70 years after victory declared in Europe

HISTORY: Whipps Cross Hospital's vital role during First World War

History: Larkswood Lido and its 'ring of confidence'

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Unearthed diary of a wartime teenager used for social media teaching

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History: The German POW who came to stay

History: 'Haunted' pub built next to hangman's point

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Heritage railway to commemorate 150 years

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History: How the unemployed helped create Hollow Pond

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History: The new town that could have been

Mission to dispel Dick Turpin myths

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HISTORY: The POW camp which was transformed into a police helicopter base

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The history of a tea hut with an uncertain future

Epping Forest's haunted history

Historic hall to undergo major renovation

Soldier's memoir details Burma campaign

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The life of a merchant who transformed Wanstead Park

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The impact of the Great War on a church's congregation

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Surgeon publishes book on Churchill

History of the threatened Royal Gunpowder Mills

The changing face of healthcare at Whipps Cross

The history of the old Wanstead Hospital site revealed

48 years on from the arrest of a notorious police killer

Remembering the Windmill Theatre 50 years on

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Search on for previous not-so-careful owners

Project reveals misery of Germans in wartime London

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Winston Churchill's links to site of new bar and restaurant revealed

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