Tuesday 14 March – Saturday 22 April Public Opening: Thursday, 16 March 2017, 6:30pm – 8pm, All Welcome Waltham Forest Oral History Workshop brings together historic photographs and documents from Vestry House Museum and recorded memories of more than 30 local shoppers, shop owners and stallholders from the First World War to 2017 in an […]
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Volunteer with the Ex-Warner Project – drop in session
5 July 2016, 7 – 8pm Free All welcome Help us record the history of the Ex-Warner Estate. Rendezvous Projects has recently gained funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to record the experiences of long term Warner residents by interviewing them for an archive to be held at Vestry House Museum. We’ll also be creating […]
Memories of Shops and Shopping
Saturday, 14 May 2016 10.30am – 12.00pm Living Room Free A free illustrated talk by Robert Wilkinson of the Waltham Forest Oral History Workshop on the history of shops and market stalls in the St James Street conservation area and a discussion afterwards. Anyone interested in local history is welcome. Come and share your own memories! […]
Memories of Shops and Shopping
Saturday, 14 May 2016 10.30am – 12.00pm Living Room Free A free illustrated talk by Robert Wilkinson of the Waltham Forest Oral History Workshop on the history of shops and market stalls in the St James Street conservation area and a discussion afterwards. Anyone interested in local history is welcome. Come and share your own memories! […]
Tales from the Marsh – Creative Workshops for Women and Girls
Saturdays during Term-Time (10 weeks) 10.15am to 12.15pm Starting Saturday 30 April 2016 until 9 July 2016 Performance dates: Saturday 9 July 2016 and Sunday 10 July 2016 Garden Room and Walthamstow Marshes £2 per pair per workshop, drop in until May half term These creative and exciting workshops have been designed for girls aged […]
Women’s History Wikipedia edit-a-thon
Saturday 14 May 2016 2pm to 5pm All ages Free Join us to help address the gender imbalance on Wikipedia, by uploading more stories about the history of women’s achievements. We have stories of women activists in East London for you to upload, or bring your own stories along to add to the collection. Come […]
Tuesday 10th – From Poland to Waltham Forest
Tuesday 10th September 7.00pm – 8.00pm Free! Explore Polish migration to the area since the mid 1800s in this group session. The project will explore some of the origins of Polish migration, including around the Lebus Factory, which sat just on the borough’s borders from around 1840. It will also look at what Polish migration […]