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- Sleighed by your kindness … Christmas Toy Appeal reaches target
- Launch of a special community appeal at the heart of our community
- Bidding to make a splash for vital Christmas appeal
- ‘Our Linda’ Lewis is honoured with a plaque to mark her journey from ‘Custom House to California’
- Wartime picture of Silvertown church
- Help Drew Primary School make music … and memories
- First hand account of Black Saturday and beyond – and memories of wartime North Woolwich and Silvertown
- Kevin Jenkins OBE Newham Christmas Toy Appeal 2023: Our Roll of Honour
- The joy YOU gave! Sleighed by your kindness as appeal reaches target
- Kindhearted bikers rev up for Toy Appeal
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History
A story that captured the nation’s heart – and why our history must be kept alive
It gives me great pleasure to include something on my website that I wrote 31 years ago. It has re-surfaced on a great website called newhamstory.com and funnily enough I loved reading it again. There’s […]
Joan Littlewood sculpture plans approved by Newham Council
Newham councillors have granted planning permission for a bronze sculpture to be erected in Stratford to honour the legendary theatre director Joan Littlewood. The council’s The Strategic Development Committee have agreed that the sculpture on […]
Timeless tribute to tragic Shahara Islam – innocent victim of 7/7
It is a small plaque given the significance of the event that still shapes many of our lives. But on a trip to Tavistock Square recently it was strategically placed enough to catch my eye…and […]
Mauretania…a different view of a piece of history in Newham’s docks.
A different view of the magical moment from Newham’s history…as the famous Mauretania becomes the biggest ship in history to enter the Royal Docks in North Woolwich in 1939. In the same way that London […]
Olympic Legacy: Time to payback the goodwill and support
We need to get on with the job of transforming the lives of local people if the Olympic Legacy is to be achieved. Now is time to pay that back the support and […]
Reflections of the Past 4: The Monarch…the ship at the end of our streets!
Probably the most famous picture from my childhood. Saville Road, North Woolwich, a couple of roads away from the two streets where I grew up, Auberon Street and Rhea Street, is the setting for this […]
Reflections of the past 3: The North Woolwich grapevine
An image that is so special to my family…and one that brings back so many happy memories. My grandmother, Judith Myers in the garden of her home in Auberon Street, North Woolwich. A photo that […]