Walks in Loughton's Forest: Short Epping Forest Walks in and Around Loughton with Historical Notes, Illustrated by 19th Century Engravings
Rob's Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
It should be a really good day. Iain Duncan Smith MP, Chairman of the Centre for Social Justice is visiting Harlow. We have a jam packed visit. IDS starts off as Guest Speaker to the Essex Chamber of Commerce Lunch. After, he will be visiting the Canal Boat Project and Raktrain. Both - in a different way - are community ventures which transforms the lives of young people. The Canal Boat Project gives...
Blackmore Area Local History (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
The Quarterly Journal of the High Country History Group has recently been issued to members. It contains a number of items about and beyond the local area including: - North Weald Talk - Life as an Essex Agricultural Labourer: 1840 – 1920. Part 3 (the whole work is available in booklet form from the Priory Church of St Laurence, Blackmore, price £1.50) - The 1911 Census - Book Review. Harry...
Julian’s musings (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
On the subject of minute taking … On Saturday I attended the Essex County Labour Party meeting in Epping. Owing to the absence of both the Secretary and Assistant Secretary a volunteer was requested to take the minutes, and I duly volunteered. Tonight I will be typing these up. It did give me the opportunity of sitting [...]
Rob's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
It has been a long Thursday. After many weeks of campaigning, it was the final day of the By-Election in Lower Sheering.Harlow and Epping Conservative activists were in Lower Sheering from 0700, campaigning for Charlotte Edwards, who was our candidate. What was astonishing was that Labour did not even put up a Candidate to stand in this election - a symbol of how their grassroots infrastructure is...
Julian’s musings (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Here is a complete list of Parliamentary candidates for the Essex constituencies. These should be contesting the General election when it comes. Epping Forest is about to select its third candidate, whilst the replacement for Thurrock MP Andrew MacKinlay has yet to be decided. Constituency Candidate Website Basildon and Billericay Allan Davies http://davies4labour.co.uk/ Basildon South and East Thurrock...
Favorite PASTimes (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Today we present the first part of Cindy Thomson's interview with Helen Hollick , who lives to the north-east of London UK on the edge of Epping Forest with her husband, adult daughter and a variety of pets which include a dog and two cats. She has two major interests: Roman/Saxon Britain and the Golden Age of Piracy--the early eighteenth century. She takes particular pleasure in researching the facts...
Thoughts of Nigel (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Both the Sun and the Mail have tracked down the former Strike It Lucky stat who fell from Prime Television after the death of Stuart Lubbock who was found in the swimming pool at the star's home in Roydon, Essex. The Sun calls him Michael Barrowmore as it finds him is reduced to mucking out a pal's garage. Barrymore, once host of ITV's prime-time show Strike It Lucky, now spends his weekends polishing...
The Society Blog (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
By Jenny Bale If you are thinking about getting married in Essex County, you'll find that there are many great wedding venues Essex County provides. Essex County offers more than one hundred venues that are licensed for civil ceremonies. Among those choices are many beautiful locations that would make your wedding ceremony extra special. The wedding ceremony rooms at the Tudor Manor House can accommodate...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Shadow justice minister insists she has done nothing wrong but dismisses suggestions of whitewash Tory MP Eleanor Laing has survived a vote of no confidence triggered by criticism of her expenses claims. The shadow justice minister and MP for Epping Forest said she had been humbled to win the "overwhelming support" of members of the Epping Forest Conservative association. The MP insisted...
London City (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
THE Central Line is suspended between Liverpool Street and Leytonstone on Sunday due to engineering work. There are two replacement bus services, one running between ...
The Society Blog (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
By Jenny Bale In choosing a location for your wedding ceremony, you will have to pick between several wedding venues Essex County offers. Essex County is home to more than one hundred venues that have been licensed to offer civil wedding ceremonies. With such a large selection of venues to choose from, there is certainly a place available that will meet your needs. The Marygreen Manor Hotel holds...
Barkingside 21 (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Guest post from Dopeyf: Epping Forest District Council seem determined to erase parts of the Green Belt they don’t like; having once changed their Planning Policy (GB16) to accommodate the development in Sewardstone Road - strangely enough on the borders of Waltham Forest, with nearest schools, hospitals and GP’s in Waltham Forest. Those rules allowed development on Green Belt land in very...
Suitably Despairing (Free subscription) | 27/09/2009
It's the return of Autumnwatch on Friday, albeit in a "new format". They've decided not to show it every night, but to have it as a "regular" weekly show instead. Shame! Monday 28th September Bristol: Cycling City On: BBC Radio Four Time: 11:00 to 11:30 In 2008 Bristol won the bid to be the demonstration 'Cycling City' for the rest of the country, despite having lots of hills,...
Blackmore Area Local History (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
Railways hold a massive social legacy in this county as elsewhere. Robin Jones has produced a book which charts the demise and fate of some lines which fell even before the Beeching Axe in the 1960s as well as afterwards. The first Chapter shows how the railway has changed in the Docklands area of old Essex (London) and how some lines have recently become mothballed to facilitate regeneration in the...
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