Welcome to Walthamstow Memories

Home Page - Last updated: Friday 8 August 2008

Welcome
For those who have waited patiently over the last few months since the last update I must apologise. Initially my computer systems went down in early January 2008 then we had problems with SPAM that were only partially resolved when the email address was changed but are now much better since a SPAM filtering service has been purchased.

My own work patterns and circumstances have changed and the time available to update the site is limited but...

I am still committed to keeping the site alive and will do my best to ensure that fresh emails and items are posted... Thanks for your patience, John Knowles email

What's New?

At the moment I have added a postbag for 2008 and everything that I have received or salvaged from the SPAM disaster is there - unsorted but definitely there. Postbag 2008 .

There is a new memory from Eddie Whybrow in pdf format (What's pdf and how can I open it? See here)

For those asking for Les Cole's email address - good news! He wrote to me in May 2008 with an email address that works - lcole@acitechnologies.ca .

I am happy to receive emails on your memories and items about Walthamstow as well as those on lost relatives for both personal reasons and family history research. These will remain in the latest Postbag until time permits them to be sorted on to other pages.

I am not able to answer any queries about the history of Walthamstow or about relatives etc. - I provide a bulletin board service where your query is recorded with your email address in the hope that someone browsing the website may have an answer for you. In the past this has worked well and numerous queries have received responses and connections have been made between people. So keep them coming...

First time?

For those visiting this site for the first time the pages that create the most interest are the personal recollections by so many past residents of this old County Borough - part of Essex as it then was. The Forum pages contain recollections listed by category. the most visited are the Family History, Postbag and the history of some Local Bands from the 1950s through to the early 70s.

Memories: this is an archive of photographs and stories about institutions, local traders, places and historic events that reflect the history of the old County Borough of Walthamstow and the surrounding area. More...

Forum: is a kind of index of sections. It is divided into the following sections: Family History, Lost and Found, Schooldays, Local Bands, Postbag - More...

My new email address for all contact is: john@johnknowles.net

Other news...

Local bands? go to local bands The Alexander Patton Group.

Many of the photographs that were previously on the site are currently unavailable and will be placed on the website again at some point as a gallery - although many can be found in individual memories and stories.

Please feel free to email any material on Walthamstow - we will always try to feature it.

We are particularly interested in photographs and copies of documents that relate to the history of Walthamstow and the neighbouring London suburbs of Leyton, Chingford, Woodford, Highams Park and Loughton.

All material should be emailed to john@johnknowles.net

The pictures here are taken from the stories of those whose parents lived and worked in Walthamstow.
Read more about life in 20th century Walthamstow...

John Knowles is now the consultant for digital publishing to the Noël Coward Estate.
His other websites include the following:
noelcoward.net • noelcoward.org • noelcoward.com • noelcoward.co.uk
lathom-park-trust.org.uk • savoirefaire-jazz.co.uk • promote-u.co.uk
robjacksonfotos.co.uk • jjassociatesusa.com • must-close-saturday-records
ortoms.com • michaelkingpaintings.com • 4heads