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Programme of Meetings 2008 - 2009
Note:
All talks are held at the Main Hall, Greenleaf Road
Baptist Church, Greenleaf Road, Walthamstow (located just off Hoe Street,
near the Rose & Crown Public House)
Access the link to
http://www.streetmap.co.uk to view a local map of the area.
Car parking is available.
Visitors are welcome to attend.
2008
January
| Thursday 10th January |
7.30pm |
| The History of the Parish Church of
Walthamstow |
| Presented by David Baker and Dr Neil
Houghton |
February
| Thursday 7th February |
2.30pm |
| City of London Churches and Bevis Marks
Synagogue |
| Presented by Tony Tucker, a City of
London Guide |
March
| Thursday 6th March |
7.30pm |
| Revolting Councillors - East London 1921 |
| Presented by Chris Sumner |
April
| Thursday 10th April |
7.30pm |
| Annual General Meeting followed by
slides from the Society's own archive |
| With commentary by Dr Neil Houghton |
September
| Thursday 11th September |
7.30pm |
| Alice Hogg Memorial Lecture - The
Restoration of the Empress Cinema - Hoe Street |
| An illustrated talk by architect Paul
Henry |
October
| Thursday 9th October |
7.30pm |
| Monumental Brasses of South West Essex |
| Presented by Martin Stuchfield FRS, JP, a
Vice-President of the Monumental Brass Society and of WHS and
acknowledged authority in this field |
November
| Thursday 13th November |
2.30pm |
| The London Way of Death |
| The ceremonies and customs associated
with death over the past 2000 years. Presented by Funeral Director
Joyce Hewitt and David McCarthy, City of London Cemetery and
Crematorium |
December
| Tuesday 9th December |
2.30pm |
| Tales of a Conservator |
| A talk by Lorna Lee, formerly a senior
conservation scientist at the British Museum and now Head of
Museums, Libraries and Galleries for the London Borough of Waltham
Forest |
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2009
January
| Thursday 8th January |
7.30pm |
| A V Roe in Walthamstow and the Centenary
of the British Aeroplane |
| An illustrated talk given by Dr Neil
Houghton on the centenary of the historic flights made on the Lea
Marshes by this neglected British pioneer aviator |
February
| Thursday 12th February |
2.30pm |
| Beneath the City Streets - London's
Unseen History |
| Presented by Peter Lawrence, Chairman of
the Woodford Historical Society |
March
| Thursday 5th March |
7.30pm |
| Railways in South West Essex |
| Illustrated talk by Dr Chris Pond who has
written widely on this subject including The Walthamstow and
Chingford Railway published by the Society |
April
| Thursday 9th April |
7.30pm |
| Annual General Meeting followed by
"A Bus Ride from Loughton" - a light-hearted photographic
'excursion' |
| Presented by Joan Francis |
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