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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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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 […]
Unique view of Queen Elizabeth Park… a work in progress
A work in progress. That’s the Queen Elizabeth Park or the Olympic Park as most locals still refer to it. It will take a while for the name change to make its way into our […]
Mauretania… the biggest ship ever seen in King George V Dock
A magical moment from Newham’s history…the famous Mauretania becomes the biggest ship in history to enter the Royal Docks in North Woolwich in 1939. My dad Bill Grainger reckons he is 246th person on the […]
Get on board to see No Ordinary Park
The Olympic Park in Stratford has entered its latest phase as the new Park In Progress Tours began. People are being welcomed to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, and to the top of ArcelorMittal Orbit, or […]
Resilience key to transforming lives and communities
Resilience is the key to transforming lives and communities, the Mayor of Newham said this week. Addressing a major event organised by leading national think tank the Young Foundation, Sir Robin Wales said resilience was […]
Mates…Olympic legacy neighbourhood and Newham Council make right moves
Olympic legacy made several great moves in an unusual direction as Newham Mayor Sir Robin Wales and British Champion Grandmaster Gawain Jones welcomed children to Stratford Library for chess games and classes on a giant […]