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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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A special kind of giving as Toy Appeal spreads Christmas joy
EVERY year for the last 38 years I have been part of a campaign in the community in East London to help with a very special appeal to spread come much needed joy to under-privileged […]
Firms and workers fantastic support for Christmas appeal
FIRMS and workers involved in the redevelopment of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park are giving fantastic support to the Community Links and Newham Recorder Christmas Toy Appeal. Under the umbrella of the London Legacy Development […]
Armistice Day: Moving ceremony unites the community
Generations came together for a moving event it was an honour to be part of at the Central Park Cenotaph, East Ham, this morning. It marked the 96th Anniversary of the Armistice and also 100 […]
Number is up for venue that hosted The Beatles and Rolling Stones
One of Newham’s most iconic buildings, where The Beatles and the Rolling Stones performed, is to close next month…but is expected to get a new lease of life as a banqueting suite. The Gala Bingo […]
Real East End life: Launch of vital Friends of Community Links group
It was an honour to be part of the launch of Friends of Community Links group last night at the headquarters of the group in Barking Road, Canning Town. Celebrities Ricky Grover and Perry […]
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 […]
Sir Chris starts the Newham Anniversary Run
Britain’s most successful Olympian, Sir Chris Hoy, has been revealed as the official starter for The National Lottery Newham London Anniversary Run, which is back this year with a new course. The mass participation […]