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May 2022 (click title to read or download in PDF format)
1 Picture Shows before Cinema - preview of talk by Ian Christie.
1 Lost pubs along the Hertford Road (starting at Upper Edmonton and working northwards) - preview of talk by Gary Boudier.
2 Haringey History Fair - Saturday 14th May at Bruce Castle Museum (with titles of talks).
2-3 The Chairman Writes by Howard Whisker (including Jim Lewis's talk on food industries, Wright's Mill in Ponders End, the Italian community working in the nurseries, the local branch of the Italian Embassy, the passing of Sir Ray Tindle, decline of local papers).
3 AGM and April Meeting Report.
3-4 London's Lea Valley: Home of Britain's Growing Food and Drink Industry by Dr Jim Lewis - report of JL's talk by Kate Godfrey.
4 Letters and Emails - correction to One Hundred Years Ago in last month's newsletter
4 One Hundred Years Ago in the Edmonton Hundred by Graham Frost - Redburn and Sons coaches; Tram Traffic Trouble.
5-8 Five Brothers and a Palace - continued by Ian Jones. Plan from 1918 Sale Prospectus; Little Park, Tudor Room; First Floor Room Ceiling; Little Park, Plan Showing Relocated Items; Dining Room and Billiard Room; 30th December 1927 Enfield Constitutional Club left the Palace; 21st January 1928 Mummified Rat and Jackdaw; 22nd April 1928 First School Visit to the Tudor Room; Leggatt Brothers Staff Farewell Party; Tudor Room in 1935; British Empire Shakespeare Society (Enfield Branch); A note from Ian Jones.
June 2022 (no newsletter)
1 Summer Social and Book Sale.
2 Exhibitions at Bruce Castle.
3 The Chairman Writes by Howard Whisker (including more about Redburns).
3-4 Picture Shows Before Cinema by Professor Ian Christie - report of IC's talk by Kate Godfrey.
4 Redburn family, EDVVS, oldest roadworthy fire engine, rock band tours.
4 Whitewebbs Museum of Transport.
5 One Hundred Years Ago in the Edmonton Hundred by Graham Frost - trees; Enfield sewage scheme; Fireman's outing to Boulogne; Employees' Outing - Messrs Pearson Bros.
6-8 My Life and Family by Joseph Rye (continued). Edited by Michael Rye. Chapter 3 - Mr E A Bowles.
8 Books review by Victorine Martineau - The Hornsey Historical Society Bulletin 63 - too many items of interest to list, but including obituary memorial to Albert Pinching.
1 Dolly Shepherd - Edwardian Lady Parachutist - Preview of talk by Kirsten Forrest.
2 Stories of Enfield Touring Exhibition.
2 Open House Festival 2022.
3-5 My Life and Family by Joseph Rye (continued). Edited by Michael Rye. Chapter 4 - Work 1910-1914.
6 The Chairman Writes by Howard Whisker (including the to background the many Livery Companies, Walter Tull (footballer), the new Boundary Park and childhood recollections of damming Boundary Ditch.
6-7 Letters and Emails - Memories of Enfield's Charter Day.
8 One Hundred Years Ago in the Edmonton Hundred by Graham Frost - Unfair employment on River Lee; spelling mistake on Bush Hill milestone; St John ambulance vehicle gets lights.
8 Book - Monarchs, Courtiers and Technocrats; Elsyng Palace, Enfield: Place and People by Martin Dearne with John and Neil Pinchbeck, and Paul Drury and Ian Jones. From Enfield Archaeological Society.
1-2 Day Conference: Transport in the Edmonton Hundred - Preview.
2 EHHS talks programme to the end of the year.
3 The Chairman Writes by Howard Whisker (including criticisms of Open House - the high cost of book and poor website; comments on the Recollections of Joseph Rye; a notice erected over 100 years ago - are there others?
3-4 Dolly Shepherd: Edwardian Lady Parachutist by Kirsten Forrest - report of KF's talk by Kate Godfrey.
4 Edmonton Girls’ Charity School.
4 Stories of Enfield Touring Exhibition.
5-8 The Open Road - By Ian Jones. Letters and articles from the 1860's and 1870's underlining the poor state of repair of Enfield's roads. People evading tolls. The nitty gritty of hiring a steam roller.
8 One Hundred Years Ago in the Edmonton Hundred by Graham Frost - New Telephone Exchange; Arterial Road Progress.
1 Enfield Fire Brigade 1790-1965 - preview of talk by Chris Whippe.
2 Memories of Chase Side County Junior School in the 1950s by Stephen Gilburt - preview of talk and interactive session.
2 Lost pubs along the Hertford Road - Part Two by Gary Boudier (notice of talk)
3-5 My Life and Family by Joseph Rye (continued). Edited by Michael Rye. Chapter 5 - The King’s Shilling.
6 Letters and Emails - The poor state of the roads of Winchmore Hill by Stuart Devlin.
6 One Hundred Years Ago in the Edmonton Hundred by Graham Frost - Junior “Imps” Cycle Race.
1 Christmas in the Trenches - preview of talk by Nick Dobson.
2 Programme Notes - future meetings and talks.
2 The Chairman’s Absence.
2-3 Enfield Fire Brigade 1790 to 1965 by Chris Whippe - report by Kate Godfrey of CW's talk.
3 Online: Enfield Archaeological Society video on the excavation over 19 years of Elsyng Palace, and Enfield Society two books on Enfield Chase available free.
4-5 A 17th Century Enfield Domesday Book by Ian Jones. A fascinating glimpse of Enfield just before the outbreak of the Civil War, with details of everything from the numbers of chickens to the tithes due to the Vicar, the non-payment of which was clearly a matter of great indignation.
6 One Hundred Years Ago in the Edmonton Hundred by Graham Frost. Local Entertainer’s Death; Disastrous Fire at Ponders End - Ediswan Works the scene.
January 2023 (no newsletter)
1 Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites in Tottenham: The collection of Banjamin Godfrey Windus - preview of talk by Margaret Burr.
2 Annual General Meeting.
2 Visit to Luke Howard’s grave at Winchmore Hill.
2-3 Farewell to the Trams in Enfield by Chris Whippe.
4 The Fire Brigade in Winchmore Hill by Stuart Delvin.
5-8 The Water Babies of Enfield by Ian Jones. Swimming before swimming pools.
8 One Hundred Years Ago in the Edmonton Hundred by Graham Frost - At Last! & Echoes of Enfield’s Past.
1 Annual General Meeting and One Hundred Years of Radio and Television Broadcasting - preview of talk by Dr Jim Lewis.
1 The Chairman [brief update].
2 Visit to Winchmore Hill Quaker Burial Ground Tuesday 21 March at 2pm.
3 Letters and Emails - The Fire Station in Winchmore Hill - comments by Chris Whippe.
3 Books: Visits and Reminiscences a personal travelogue - Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and an Interlude by Frank Bayford
3 One Hundred Years Ago in the Edmonton Hundred by Graham Frost - Open Air Swimming Baths; Unemployed Marchers; Another ‘Bus Service. Enfield to Watford; A Petrol Economiser; Developing the Town; Enfield to Watford [photo of bus].
4-8 The Water Babies of Enfield by Ian Jones... continued - with numerous fatalities wild swimming in gravel pits and River Lea leading to campaigns to build swimming pools.
1 Thirty Years at Edmonton Girls Charity School - preview of talk by Irene Money.
1 Annual General Meeting Report (brief).
2 Visit to the Grave of Luke Howard ‘Namer of Clouds’ (1772 -1864) - report by Rachael Macdonald.
3 Women’s History Month - report by Victorine Martineau of talk at Bruce Castle on Beatrice Offor.
4 Coronation Cup - and the street party celebrations of 1937.
5-8 Edmonton at the time of Domesday - Questions from Canada, Answers from Robert Musgrove: Edmonton population numbers, size (area), taxes, sources of wealth. Fascinating details and list of references.
8 One Hundred Years Ago in the Edmonton Hundred by Graham Frost - Easter Treat; “The Spotted Cow”Goes Dry; War Memorial Hospital Extension; Overhead Wires at Chase Side.
1 Memories are Made of This. Preview of talk by Pat and Barbara Elliott - from austerity to the flowering of a new Elizabethan Aga.
2 Visit to Whitewebbs Museum of Transport [planned].
2 Extraordinary General Meeting – postponed (and 2 new committee members).
2-3 Barrowell Green Baths by Stuart Delvin.
4-7 The Gunner and the Bonfire Boys by Ian Jones.
8 One Hundred Years Ago in the Edmonton Hundred by Graham Frost - Arterial Road & Wireless; Mischievous Youngsters; Council’s Economy Stunt.
1 The Friern Hospital Story - preview of talk by David Berguer.
2-3 Visit to Whitewebbs Museum of Transport Tuesday 27 June at 11.30am.
4 Bruce Castle Museum - New Exhibition: Inspired by...George Shadbolt: Victorian Photographer, Writer & Innovator.
4 British Association for Local History newsletter award [for EHHS newsletter from BALH].
5 Letters and Emails - Memories are Made of This – Stuart Delvin [comments on childhood TV and cinema].
5 Sarcasm Will Get You Nowhere – Ian Jones - snippets on “Sparks from the Anvil.” and response from someone with initial FCA.
6-7 One Hundred Years Ago in the Edmonton Hundred by Graham Frost - A Meeting Place for Enfield Women - Mission Work in Enfield - Christian Alliance of Women and Girls Hut Opened; An Offer of £500; Sale of Work; Evening Concert.
8 Books: Hornsey Historical Society Bulletin 64.
8 Tottenham-Summerhill Road Website.
8 One Hundred Years Ago in the Edmonton Hundred by Graham Frost - The New ‘Bus Service; Enfield Public Library.
1 An Underground Guide to Historical London - preview of talk by Nick Dodson.
2 Youth Made Place - preview of presentation by young people from Enfield and Edmonton.
2 Correction (to Fire Brigade photo in May issue).
3 Visit to Whitewebbs Museum of Transport - a report in pictures by Rachael Macdonald.
4-7 Domesday and Slavery in Edmonton and the Middlesex Hundreds by Robert Musgrove.
8 Letters and Emails: Burial Ground at the Winchmore Hill Meeting House by Stuart Devlin [includes the headstones of the founders of Barclays Bank and the Courage Brewery ].
8 One Hundred Years Ago in the Edmonton Hundred by Graham Frost - Independent Labour Party - Garden Fete and Sale; Salvation Army’s New Home.
1 Wood Green: A Spectrum of Life from the Middle Ages to the 19th Century - preview of talk by Rosa Greco with Les Capon, AOC Archaeology Project Manager.
2-3 Howard Whisker 1946-2023.
3 October meetings.
3 Membership Subscriptions.
3 EHHS Website.
4 Open House Festival 6th to 17th September.
4 British Association for Local History - Local History Live.
4 New Books: (Two new parish guides - to Hornsey (Crouch End, Finsbury Park, Fortis Green, Harringay, Highgate, Hornsey, Manor House, Muswell Hill, Stroud Green and Turnpike Lane) and Tottenham, published by the London & Westminster Family History Society).
5-6 A Tale of Two Heads by Ian Jones.
6 Letters and Emails: Burial Ground at the Winchmore Hill Meeting House - A further contribution from Stuart Delvin.
7 The Bethnal Green Tube Station disaster.
7 A Missing Sunday School.
7-8 One Hundred Years Ago in the Edmonton Hundred by Graham Frost - Runaway Motor Cycle; Overturned Cab; Horse Smashes Bicycle; Enfield War Memorial Hospital Two Hundred Guinea Gift; Weekend Grass Fires; The Co-op’s New Branch.
1 London's Secret Canal - The River Lee Navigation - preview of talk by Dr Jim Lewis.
2 Book - London’s Secret Canal - The River Lee Navigation by Jim Lewis.
2 November Meeting.
2 Membership Renewals.
2 Haringey History Fair 2023 – Saturday 7th October.
3 London & Middlesex Archaeological Society Local History Conference - Animals in London History.
3 Letters and Emails: Howard Whisker [including message from Deborah Hedgecock, Curator, Bruce Castle Museum]; and from Mark Bailey, Another Human Head [also exhibits missing from Bruce Castle].
4-5 September Meeting Report. Wood Green: a spectrum of life from the middle ages to the 19th century. By Rosa Greco and Les Capon. Detailed report by Kate Godfrey.
5 A railway line in the Edmonton Hundred.
5 Websites: Tottenham Summerhill Road; Barnet Museum & Local History Society; British Association for Local History [10 minute talks, Blogs, Back issues of journals].
6-7 Fords Grove Green, Fords Grove Mansion and the Cricket Club by Stuart Delvin
8 One Hundred Years Ago in the Edmonton Hundred by Graham Frost - Enfield Court’s New Owners; Widening South Street; Huge Gas Reservoir at Ponders End.
1 November 22nd Meeting - The Inspiring Mr Howard - talk by Margaret Burr.
2 December 20th Meeting - Cribs, Cards and Christingles - The Origin of Christmas Traditions and Custome - talk by Mark Lewis.
2 Membership Subscriptions.
3 EHHS at the Haringey Local History Fair.
4 A Thank You to our Membership Secretary.
4 Letters and Emails: Finsbury Park in World War II by Mark Bailey.
4 Edmonton Girls' Charity School.
5-6 Fords Grove by Stuart Delvin continued.
7-8 One Hundred Years Ago by Graham Frost - Enfield’s Hospital; Chief Superintendent of Chase Farm Schools; Cinder Track for Durants; An Ideal Tea Shop - New Premises Opened by the A.B.C.; Sport and Charity - Walking Football Match.