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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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! […]
Bombs, Bloomers, Scrumping and Outhouses – Milling Around Magazine Remembers a Goldern Era in E17
The Mill’s very own journalism club has launched the second edition of its new online magazine “Milling Around“ this week. This month, the magazine throws the spotlight on the older generation and their incredible memories of growing up in and around Walthamstow. Meet “Big Len the Butch” the butcher of Walthamstow High Street, relive the […]