Waltham Forest History and Heritage Network

Chestnuts House built 1745-7 at 398 Hoe St. #Walthamstow, is to be refurbished & rented out as creative workspaces by #WalthamForest #Council. How much access will local residents & students have to visit & learn about the #history & #heritage of this Grade II listed building?

Happy #StPatricksDay2023! Here's Chief of Staff & founding member of the terrorist Provisional #Irish Republican Army, Seán Mac Stíofáin (1928-2001), who was born and raised in #Leytonstone, addressing a crowd of 1300 people in Derry on 2nd April 1972. #WalthamForest #History

Poster for a May Day Chartist meeting at Whipps Cross c.1839-1841. From the National Archives: nationalarchives.gov.uk/educ… #Walthamstow #Leytonstone #WalthamForest #History #Heritage #InOurTime

Alfred Hitchcock, born on High Rd #Leytonstone in 1899, never won an Oscar. Only 5 of his 52 films won #Oscars, 'Rebecca' (1940), won Best Film, (Producer David O Selznick), & 'Spellbound' (1945), won Best Score. Hitchcock received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial #Award in 1968.

#WalthamForestCouncil plan to reimagine #VestryHouseMuseum #Walthamstow, using these 3 models (below). We fear that it'll be more of Models 2 & 3 than Model 1 ! Before the Cabinet vote in April, contact your local Councillors + give your feedback here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

#WalthamForestCouncil plans to reduce our local #history to just 'productive' history & mere inspiration for arts & crafts activities at the #VestryHouse #Museum, #Walthamstow. Before the Cabinet vote on it in April, email: Cllr. Rosalind.Dore@walthamforest.gov.uk @DoreRosalind

As balloons have recently been 'in the air', here's the fantastic tale of the 1802 flight from Marylebone to #Chingford Green, 'Essex farmers mistook them for sorcerers and election canvassers': walthamforestecho.co.uk/2020… @wfecho #WalthamForest #History #Heritage

.@wfcouncil plan to hand @vestryhouse local #history #museum in #Walthamstow over to private companies to expand its offer for creative enterprises, retail and licensing opportunities. Public Consultation Online Meeting, Thurs 16th Feb at 6.30pm - 7.45pm: eventbrite.co.uk/e/vestry-ho…

.@wfcouncil turned the largest exhibition space of @VestryHouse into a cafe, only for it to go out of business just a year later in Dec 2022. Find out what they plan for #WalthamForest's Local #History #Museum next: Online Meeting 16th Feb 6.30-7.45pm: eventbrite.co.uk/e/vestry-ho…