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Programme of Meetings 2010 - 2011
Note:
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Evening talks are held at The Waltham Forest Disability
Resource Centre, 1a Warner Road, Walthamstow, E17 7DY
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Afternoon and Saturday talks are held at The Vestry House
Museum, Vestry Road,
Walthamstow,E17
9NH
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2010
September
| Thursday 16th September |
7.30pm |
| Radical Walthamstow |
| Well known as the home of pioneering Socialist thinker William Morris, Walthamstow has a long tradition of political radicalism stretching back to the 17th century. Well-known local poet, writer and musician Roger Huddle will speak on this almost unknown aspect of the community.
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| Held at The Waltham Forest Disability
Centre, 1a Warner Road |
October
| Thursday 14th October |
7.30pm |
| From Battleships to the Olympics |
| Peter Lawrence, Chairman of Woodford Historical Society, will explain something of the complex and significant role played by development in the Lea Valley towards the making of modern London
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| Held at The Waltham Forest Disability
Centre, 1a Warner Road |
November
| Thursday 11th November |
2.30pm |
| London and the Great War |
| David Evans returns with a talk particularly appropriate for today’s date, and which will touch on both the local and wider London aspects of life in London during the 1914 – 1918 war.
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| Held at The Vestry House Museum |
December
| Thursday 16th December |
2.30pm |
| Magic Lantern Show |
| Gary Heales from Vestry House will show us a selection of slides from the museum’s extensive collection with the aid of a genuine vintage magic lantern. |
| Held at The Vestry House Museum |
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2011
January
| Saturday 15th January |
10.30am |
| Short Talks and Films |
| Society members will share the fruits of their own researches with fellow members in a relaxed, informal meeting during which morning coffee will be served. |
| Held at The Vestry
House Museum |
February
| Thursday 17th February |
7.30pm |
| The Sleeping Giant |
| Ken Brereton a Trustee of the Markfield Beam Engine and Museum in Tottenham will tell us the story of the background and return to steam of the magnificent 1888 beam engine situated in Markfield Park, Tottenham.
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| Held at The Waltham Forest Disability
Centre, 1a Warner Road |
March
| Thursday 17th March |
7.30pm |
| Flat-Packed Churches |
| Presented by Neil Houghton. How
By the mid 19th century there was huge demand for new churches. Funding was not available to satisfy demand so cheap short term solutions were needed. One solution using cutting-edge technology was churches of corrugated iron which were bought as flat-packed kits. Marianne Zierau will tell us about the history of these buildings illustrating her talk with examples from Walthamstow and from further afield. |
| Held at The Waltham Forest Disability
Centre, 1a Warner Road |
April
| Thursday 21st April |
7.30pm |
| Annual General Meeting |
| Following the business meeting, local historian Katy Andrews will speak on ‘Walthamstow Marshes’ sharing some of her unparalleled knowledge of this precious survivor of the prehistoric past and its later history
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| Held at The Waltham Forest Disability
Centre, 1a Warner Road |
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