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... to a website dedicated to recording the memories of those who were born, arrived, lived, worked or died in Walthamstow, formerly an Urban District,
then a Municipal Borough in Essex, now part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest.
The site stores people's memories but also acts as a bulletin-board service listing the numerous emails we receive - seeking help with everything from family research to "Do your remember... ?"
We list received emails with an email link to the sender. We will try to answer any queries, if we can, but in most instances we simply do not know the answers to the questions we receive - but... you never know who might!
Scroll down for more info on how this website works and what it contains. For beginners my tip is to view some of the Personal Stories first, then trawl through some emails in our "Postbag" collection.
Yes, all human existence is here - provided its roots lie in Walthamstow - lost but not forgotten!
Send your emails to either the site originator, John Knowles at email or to our
co-editor, Daniel Quinn email.
Daniel is providing a greater range of information and better feedback for all of us who contribute and use the site. We look forward to his growing contribution
to the work here. If anybody else would like to join us then please get in touch - there is always plenty to do!
First Time Here? [Top of page]
For those visiting this site for the first time, you might start browsing in the personal recollections by
many past residents of this old County Borough - part of Essex as it then was.
See the "Memories" menu at the top of this page.
Why are we doing this? Read our aims in here ... |
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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 either John
or Daniel
The pictures here are taken from the stories of those
whose parents lived and worked in Walthamstow.
What's new [Top of page]
7 December 2013 - From Daniel:
Dear Friends & Visitors,
I'm happy to announce that our top contributor of the year is Bill Bayliss, and at the second place is Alan Miles. The constant flow of articles from both of them - the former with historical articles, the latter with personal anectodes - provide our visitors with a large and enjoyable collection of readings and memories.
The latest articles are: from Bill ["The Walthamstow Palace"] and from Alan ["For Gallantry We Also Serve"], both are listed in the "Personal Stories" section.
I'm sure that many of our visitors have their own memories/pictures to share, so please do send them in!
Please remember to visit the "Vestry House Museum Appeal 2013" page and consider contributing with generosity.
Kindest regards
Daniel
26 November 2013 - From Daniel:
Dear Friends & Visitors,
There's a new article from Alan Miles ["Sound of Silence"] in the "Personal Stories" section: thanks Alan!
I will soon be adding more pictures to the "Postcard Gallery", so if any of you have some old postcards you would like to be posted, email a scan of them to me at: daniel@walthamstowmemories.net
Please visit the "Vestry House Museum Appeal 2013" page and consider contributing with generosity.
Kindest regards
Daniel
P.S. Please remember to let us know if you change your email address...
If, when you access this site, you find that the 'date updated' is rather old, try first 'refreshing' the page on your browser (browsers do tend to copy and save pages locally...) - pressing the F5 key usually does it...!
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Walthamstow Past & Present Project [Top of page]
The "Walthamstow Past & Present" Project
Our friend Dave Hughes, is working on a very laudable project, called "Walthamstow: Past & Present". One of the sections of this project is to include all the live performers that have ever played in Walthamstow. Although he has over 5,200 listed so far, he is still looking for many more. If you think you might be able to help, please get in touch with him.
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Messages from Dave:
Does anyone have any lists of who played at The Chestnut Folk Club or know of any performers at either The Lord Brooke in Shernhall Street or The Towers in Hoe Street? Many thanks.
I am still gathering information for the Walthamstow project I am doing. At the moment I am concentrating on a section of Walthamstow's lost public houses. If anyone can help with any information, however small, I would certainly be grateful. If you would like a copy of my findings so far please email me and i will send you a copy.
Thank you & regardsThank you to everybody who has either requested a copy of this project or helped me with information. Although there is a lot of businesses covered in the project, I believe I probably haven't even 'scratched the surface', so a lot more work needs to be done. Any help would certainly be appreciated especially on businesses that were trading before 1920. The section on photographs taking in every street, road, mews, close, etc is nearing completion and should all be done by the 1st March 2013. Thank you, regards Dave
Any information, however small, will be appreciated. Thank you.
From August 1st, 2013, the cost of each copy of the CD is £8 (Free postage in UK, £2 postage elsewhere)
The email request for copies should be sent to dbh60@rocketmail.com
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Please note that Dave's Project is not (at least for the moment) part of Walthamstow Memories.
If you send emails/pictures etc. to Dave they will not automatically appear on the Walthamstow Memories site.
Read more on this big project, that includes Trades, Streets, etc.. [here] or email Dave.
Read the emails for the current year in Postbag 2013
... or select previous years from the menu at the Top of Page
NOTICE: Walthamstow Memories is not responsible for the content of the contributions it receives. Any queries concerning any aspect of the content of a published contribution should be addressed directly to the contributor. Walthamstow Memories will only remove a contribution if the contributor requests it or if the content is likely to create offence or contains racist or sexist sentiments or material that is likely to offend religious or faith groups.
Copyright notice: Images on this site are reproduced for the purposes of research and study only.
Whilst every effort has been made to trace the Copyright holders, we would be grateful for any information concerning
Copyright of the images and we will withdraw them immediately on Copyright holder's request.