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Enquiries and further details of
visits, coach outings and walks should be directed to the Honorary Visits
and Outings Secretary:
Tel: 020 8521 4261 or Tel/Fax: 020 8521 0390
Walks - Summer 2010
Walthamstow Historical Society have organised a series of 5 FREE guided
walks around the local Walthamstow area. The walks are led by Neil Houghton
and Marianne Zierau and last approximately 1 and half hours. Schedule of
walks as follows:
- 'The Warner Estate' Walk - Saturday 22nd May at 2pm
- Meet: outside Blackhorse Road Underground Station
- 'Walthamstow's Gem of a Village' Walk - Saturday 19th June at
2pm
- Meet: outside Vestry House Museum
- 'Wood Street - A Street of Surprises' Walk - Saturday 10th July
at 2pm
- Meet: outside Wood Street Library
- 'Along the Towpath' Walk - Sunday 8th August at 2pm
- Meet: Lea Valley Ice Centre car park
- 'A Stroll Down Walthamstow High Street' Walk - Sunday 12th
September at 2pm
- Meet: outside Central Library in Town Square
Download a copy of the Walthamstow Walks Programme 2010
for further details.
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Visits - Summer 2010
April
| Saturday 17 April 2010 |
1:30pm |
| Garden Museum |
| The Garden Museum explores and celebrates British gardens and gardening but you don't
have to be a gardener to enjoy it. The Museum is located in the former St Mary-at-Lambeth
parish church just outside the gates of Lambeth Palace and it reopened in November 2008
after a major refurbishment. Its garden contains the tombs of the John Tradescants, gardeners
to Charles I; they introduced many of the plants we grow today and their nursery was a short
walk away. Captain Bligh of the Bounty is also buried there. The centrepiece of the Museum's
garden is a 17th century style knot garden that is planted with the plants that the Tradescants
grew. For contemporary gardeners the 'potting shed' offers practical gardening advice.
Our visit will include a half hour guided tour led by a Museum guide; there will also be
time to explore the Museum and garden independently and to visit the shop and the
cafe.
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| Location |
5 Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7LB |
| Meeting point |
Inside the Museum |
| Cost |
£8, concessions £7 |
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May
| Tuesday 18 May 2010 |
1:30pm |
| Valentines Mansion |
| If you enjoyed Georgina Green's talk about the history of Valentines Mansion you will no
doubt also enjoy a tour led by her so you can see for yourself how the Grade II* listed
building has been beautifully restored. You can, of course, also enjoy this visit if you did
not hear the talk.
Georgina Green will give us a guided tour of the house lasting 1 and a half hour and a 30
minute tour of part of the garden. There will also be time to explore on your own and to
visit the shop and the 'Gardener's Cottage Cafe' situated in the walled kitchen garden.
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| Location |
Emerson Road, llford, IG1 4XA |
| Meeting point |
At the house reception at 1.25pm |
| Cost |
£5 |
| Note |
Duration - 2 hours |
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June
| Monday 28 June 2010
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5.30 to 7.30pm |
| The Grant Museum of Zoology |
| Hidden within University College is the Grant Museum of Zoology, Founded in 1827 by
Robert Edmund Grant, the first Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at
University College. He had no teaching materials so he founded the collection to serve as
a teaching collection; a purpose it still serves today. The Museum is packet full of
skeletons, mounted animals and specimens including 14,000 insects. Many of the species
are now endangered or extinct including the Tasmanian Tiger, the Quagga and the Dodo.
The Museum also holds a large collection rare glass models of invertebrates which were
made in the mid 1800 and are fine examples of a highly specialised and skilled technique
of glass model making of the Czech father and son Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka.
A glass of wine or soft drink is included in the price and we will be given an introduction
to the Museum. The evening has no fixed schedule so you can arrive later if getting
there for 5:30pm is a problem.
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| Meeting point |
Inside the Museum |
| Cost |
£5 |
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July
| Saturday 31 July 2010
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2pm |
| Leytonstone Churches |
| Like Walthamstow, Leytonstone has its fair share of architectural and historical treasures,
although they are perhaps better hidden! Starting with a tour of St. John's Church (1833,
grade ii listed) the site of which was given by wealthy local merchant William Cotton, we
shall finish at St. Andrew's church (1887) which was built as a memorial to this remarkable
man. On the way we shall pause at Leytonstone House (home of the Buxton family), a very
early 18th century farmhouse, some of the finest Victorian Villas remaining in the borough
and a rare medieval boundary ditch. Our destination is St. Andrew's church (also Grade II
listed) which boasts a very fine interior and an important collection of stained glass by the
Arts and Crafts artist, Margaret Chilton. This walk will conclude with afternoon tea served in
the pleasant surroundings of the 'Cafe Refresh' in St. Andrew's.
Guided walk led by Neil Houghton. Tea in 'Cafe Refresh' in St Andrew's is included in
the price.
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| Meeting point |
In St John's Churchyard |
| Cost |
£5 |
| Note |
Duration - 1 and a quarter hours |
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August
| Saturday 14 August
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1.30pm |
| London Transport Museum |
| The London Transport Museum is located in a Grade I listed former flower market hall in
the heart of Covent Garden; it covers public transport in London from about 1800 to the
21st century. The Museum initially opened in 1980. In 2007 the Museum reopened after a
major refurbishment which had lasted over 2 years and had increased the exhibition space
to accommodate 3 times as many exhibits as before. New galleries were added focusing
on London Transport design, London Transport during the two world wars and Metroland.
The Museum also offers opportunities to look closely at various London transport icons.
The visit includes a guided tour led by Marianne Zierau, but there is also time to
explore the Museum independently and to visit the shop and the cafe.
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| Location |
Covent Garden Piazza, London WC2E 7BB |
| Meeting point |
Meet in the Piazza outside the Museum entrance |
| Cost |
£7.50, concessions £6 |
| Note |
Duration - about 1 and three quarter hours |
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September
| Wednesday 1 September 2010
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1.30pm |
| Royal Hospital Chelsea |
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The Royal Hospital Chelsea was founded in 1682 by Charles Ii for the 'succour and relief
of veterans broken by age and war'. More than three centuries later the Hospital with its
Grade I listed Wren buildings still serve its original purpose and intends to continue to do
so. This visit is an opportunity to look inside and to learn about the life in one of London's
most famous yet little known establishments.
On this visit one of the Pensioners will lead us on a tour of the Hospital's key buildings
and the museum (the Long Wards are not included as they are not open to the public).
NOTE that there are 10 steps to both the Chapel and the Great Hall. There is a
shop in the hospital grounds but no cafe; there is however, a cafe in the National Army
Museum next door (free admission) and Kings Road a short walk away has several
eating places at many different prices. The Chelsea Physic Garden is also nearby and
is open from 12pm to 5pm; it has a cafe but you have to pay for admission to the Garden to
use the cafe.
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| Location |
Royal Hospital Road, London SW3 4SR |
| Meeting point |
At the Chelsea Gate - next to the entrance to National Army Museum. |
| Cost |
£5 |
| Note |
Duration - 2 hours
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