Archive for the ‘History’

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    The Lea on the BBC
    Griff Rhys-Jones travelled the length of the River Lea for his BBC “Rivers” series and the hour long programme is available on iplayer until the 30th of August. Visit iplayer to watch He reaches Walthamstow about half an hour into the programme, with some beautiful shots of the reservoirs, rowing club and much more.  Well worth a watch for anyone interested...
    by blackhorseroad at August 21st, 2009 at 10:08 am
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    AV Roe Triplane on Walthamstow Marshes
    Upto a thousand people enjoyed the sun and the chance to see a replica of the first all-British aeroplane unveiled on Walthamstow Marshes by the grandson of its creator A.V. Roe. On July 13, 1909, Roe flew the plane he’d built under two of the railway arches on the marshes. Local history group, and members of Roes family attended the celebration, which included...
    by blackhorseroad at July 13th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
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    Celebrating the Centenary of Flight
    Celebrating the Centenary of Flight Sunday 12 July 2009 13.00 – 16.00 Walthamstow Marshes For more information visit the Lee Valley Park website On Sunday 12 July history will repeat itself on Walthamstow Marshes as Eric Verdon- Roe, Grandson of flight pioneer Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe unveils an exact fully flyable replica of his grandfather’s Roe I Triplane –...
    by blackhorseroad at June 30th, 2009 at 05:06 am
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    Walthamstow Dogs: A video tribute
    On Saturday the 16th of August a few thousand of Walthamstow and Chingford’s diverse community enjoyed a cheap, fun and family night out at the dogs for probably the last time. For over 75 years “The Stow” has been Walthamstow’s flagship, a source of local pride and the constant reply of people when told you live in Walthamstow… “Oh...
    by blackhorseroad at August 28th, 2008 at 10:08 am
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    Save Our Stow in the news
    With Walthamstow Dogs scheduled to hold its last race on Saturday 16th August, the fight to save the stadium from the bulldozer has received extensive press and TV coverage. Consortiums who want to continue racing at The Stow have put in bids to buy or lease the track from the housing developers who have no planning permission and in the current climate are likely to leave...
    by blackhorseroad at August 11th, 2008 at 06:08 pm
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    No option to sell Walthamstow Dogs… really!?
    After the shock of Walthamstow dogs being “sold” behind their back, local community anger and resolve to object to all new planning aplications for the site has grown along with the question, was there really no other option but to sell to property developers? “We were left with no option but to sell the stadium to developers” Charles Chandler BBC...
    by blackhorseroad at May 23rd, 2008 at 08:05 pm
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    Walthamstow Dogs To Close!
    Photo by Alibiphoto “The main purpose of listing a building is to ensure that care will be taken over decisions affecting its future“ So said the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in 2007 as Culture Minister David Lammy announced the listing of Walthamstow Stadium declaring it “wouldn’t be going to the dogs“. He stated: “Its the...
    by admin at May 18th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
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    Snap happy
    A slight break from posts about the council tarmacking over our green field sites for some pretty pictures. This area has more than its fair share of budding David Baileys, as anyone visiting the photo sharing site Flickr will be aware. The Walthamstow group has over a 1,000 pictures to browse through, or alternatively you can search the whole site, for example find...
    by blackhorseroad at March 6th, 2008 at 11:03 am