Becoming a Member Membership of the Wanstead Historical Society is open to anyone and everyone.

Membership of the Society runs from September to May of each year.

If you would like to become a member then send your name and address, with a cheque for £12 (single) or £18 (couples or two people living at the same address), made payable to Wanstead Historical Society ONLY and send it to our Treasurer, Mrs Doreen Golding, 73 Gardner Close, Kingfisher Avenue, Wanstead, London, E112HW.

Alternatively, you can join at one of our meetings.

Please note: Details of all our members are held on a computer and are used by the Committee for administrative purposes only, to send you the programme, Wanstead Record and other information etc. They will NEYER be passed to any other organisation.

How to Find Us Wanstead Library is a short walk from Wanstead Station on the Central Line. Buses 66, 101, 145, 308, W12, W13 and W14 serve Wanstead High Street, also a short walk away.

Officers and Committee

PRESIDENT Mrs Gwen Hamilton

VICE PRESIDENT Mrs Margaret Forster

Mr Brian J. Page

Officers

CHAIRMAN Mrs Doreen Golding B.E.M.

VICE CHAIRMAN Mr Denis F. Keeling

SECRETARY Mr Mark Galloway

52 Eastbourne Road East Ham, London, E6 6AT

020 84711171

TREASURER Mrs Doreen Golding

73 Gardner Close Kingfisher Avenue

Wanstead, London, Ell 2HW 020 8989 1994

EDITOR Mr Brian J. Page 07889 834833

Committee

Mr John Smith (Publicity) Mrs Marguerite Wimborne

Mr Andrew Wernick Mrs Jenny Wernick

WAN STEAD HISTORICAL

SOCIETY

PROGRAMME 2018- 2019

About the Society The Wanstead Historical Society was founded in 1961. The aim of the Society is to foster an interest in the history of Wanstead and the surrounding district and in history in general. The Society presents a series oflectures on all aspects of history, both local and national. The Society's publication, the Wanstead Record, is published once a year and is free to members.

Subscriptions The annual subscription is £12 for individuals and £18 for couples ( or two people living at the same address.) For this members can attend all lectures without further charge.

When We Meet From September 2018 our meetings will be held on the .E.IBS'.[ MONDAY of the month. We no longer meet on Thursdays. Doors open at 7.45pm. Talks start at 8.00pm prompt The meetings are open

' to visitors for a charge of £3. Refreshments are available.

Where We Meet Our meetings take place in the Churchill Room, Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road, Wanstead Ell 2EQ. Facilities are provided for disabled visitors.

The Wanstead Historical Society is an affiliated member of:

The Friends of Wanstead Park

Programme 2018 - 2019 MONDAY 3n1 September 2018

The English Gentleman and his Country Estates Georgina Green

Looks at the English country house and landscaped park and considers something of the social activities of the family who lived there.

MONDAY 1st October 2018 River Roding - The Essex River

Janet Seward (Secretary of llford Historical Society)

The history of the Roding and the towns, villages and countryside along its course.

MONDAY 5th November 2018 A Tour of Elizabethan London

Nick Dobson A virtual tour of our Capital as it looked over 400 years ago.

MONDAY 3rd December 2018 All Aboard for Santa's Grotto

Ann Hardy An affectionate look at the history and traditions of Christmas Past and Present

MONDAY 7th January 2019 Hi-de-Hi

Norman Jacobs A nostalgic look back at Clacton and the Butlins Holiday Camp between 1938 and 1983.

MONDAY 4th February 2019 Stratford 1900

Mark Gorman and Peter Williams Stratford seen through Edwardian Postcards.

MONDAY 4th March 2019 The Central Line and Its Stations

Jennifer Plummer History of the Central Line and how the stations got their names.

MONDAY tst April 2019 Barking Abbey

Jef Page (President of Jlford Historical Society)

Established in 666, the Abbey was one of the wealthiest religious houses in England.

MONDAY 6th May 2019 Annual General Meeting

followed by a talk oflocal interest