Tuesday 5 September 2023
YOUTH MADE PLACE
EHHS Joint Meeting with the Enfield Society's Edmonton and Eastern Enfield Group
7.30pm, at All Saints Church Hall, N9 9AT (getting there).We have received the following: Victoria Thompson, Founding Director of Youth Made Place, a Community Interest Company, will unveil a visionary project, where the captivating voices of Enfield's youth are poised to take centre stage. Victoria will share her vision to ignite curiosity, spark imagination, and foster a collective passion for preserving our borough's heritage as well as understanding how Enfield is experienced by the younger generations in the borough.
You will learn of Youth Made Place's approach to how young people can be given opportunities for co-designing, consultation, and engagement within the built environment. Don't miss this opportunity to be a part of an insightful conversation that celebrates our shared heritage and shapes a brighter future for generations to come.
It should be an interesting evening. Put it in your diaries now, as there will be no August newsletter.
Day Conference on 29 October 2022
Day Conference
Transport in the Edmonton Hundred
(the medieval area now covered by Potters Bar, South Mimms, Monken Hadley, Enfield, Edmonton, Palmers Green, Winchmore Hill, Wood Green, Tottenham)
Programme
9.45 am Doors open
10.00 am Welcome by Chairman Howard Whisker
10.05 am The Railways of the Edmonton Hundred – David Cockle
11.00 am Coffee/tea & biscuits (included in price) and book sales
11.30 am The Aerial War over Edmonton 1914-1918 – Ian Jones
12.30 pm Lunch Break (bring your own, or there are places to eat locally) & book sales
2.00 pm The Lee Navigation – Dr Roger Squires
3.00pm Coffee/tea & biscuits (included in price) and book sales
3.30 pm Transport in the Edmonton Hundred: an overview – Dr Jim Lewis
4.25 pm Chairman's closing remarks
4.30 pm Close
(The cost of attending the conference was just £10)
EHHS Summer Social on 26 July 2023
Talk by Nick Dobson: "An Underground Guide to Historical London"
- a virtual tour by tube, stopping off to look at places of historical interest.
Wednesday 26 July at Jubilee Hall, 2 Parsonage Lane, Enfield, EN2 0AJ.
Wine and refreshments.
This meeting free to members and guests.
Our recent talks and events
EHHS Visit on 27 June 2023
Whitewebbs Museum of Transport
The museum is housed in a former pumping station built for the New River Water Company in 1898. We were able to visit the basement, and see down into the original well and valve which ensured the New River was topped up in dry weather. There is extensive exhibition space both inside and outside this interesting venue run by dedicated volunteers. Even if you have been there in the past you will find many changes have taken place in recent years. If not already showing above, there's some photos from our visit in a slide show at Whitewebbs Museum, but they don't begin to cover the range and depth of displays. All types of transport are included, including a model railway inside an old railway carriage. Staff are very knowledgeable and helpful. We enjoyed lunch in the museum cafe, with its friendly atmosphere. We were guided on our visit by our committee member Chris Whippe, a trustee of the Enfield & District Veteran Vehicle Society who run the museum, and whose talks to our members have included a recent one on the Enfield Fire Brigade.
