Now - History

Now - History

This index is an alphabetical listing of the titles off all articles published on this blog, relating to Now - History - with the date of its publication. For ease of access, the titles listed below are the full names of the original article, minus any "The" or "A" as the first word in the title.

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This index is updated manually, usually every three months, or so.  It was last updated on 27 March 2017.  Articles appearing since that date can be accessed by scrolling down from the home page, or via the "Archives" column on the left of the home page.

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Alms and the manor - 28 Feb 2014
A survey of three sets of almshouses in Forest Gate - past and present.

Archaeology and oral history of Wanstead Flats in WW2 - 11 Sept 2014
There are a considerable number of relics in and around Wanstead Flats reminding us of the role the Flats played in WW2.  These are illustrated and the post is supplemented with some recollections by older residents of the Flats during and immediately post war.

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Becoming rapidly forgotten - 3 Aug 2014
A survey of the war memorials in Forest Gate and the sorry state of neglect of some of them.

Bike building in Forest Gate - 20 March 2014
Forest Gate was a centre of bike building at the end of the nineteenth century.  This article looks in detail at the operations of the largest local manufacturer.


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Centenary of anti-German riots in Forest Gate - 11 May 2015
The sinking of the Lusitania in May 1915 sparked anti-German riots, nation-wide.  This article looks at the disturbances in Forest Gate.

Charles Ward: Forest Gate designer, printer and politician - 21 Nov 2014
Charles ward was a prominent local printer and  "Municipal Alliance" (anti-Labour) councillor. He had a print shop on Woodgrange Road. This is his story, complete with examples of many of his designs.

Christmas Day in the Forest Gate Workhouse - 24 Dec 2013
The Forest gate weekly News published an account of Christmas Day in the Industrial School, Forest Lane in 1896.  It is reproduced here.

Christmas Greetings from Forest Gate - 17 Dec 2013
An illustrated Forest Gate greetings card from the turn of the twentieth century, probably the work of Charles Ward (see above).

Clapton FC ground under threat - 29 May 2013
A brief history of Upton Lane's Clapton FC, and the threat currently facing its ground, as a result of mismanagement and threats of redevelopment.

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Durning Hall story - 23 Feb 2015
Durning Hall on the junction of Earlham Grove and Woodgrange Road has a long history as a settlement and philanthropic organisation in Forest Gate and beyond.  This is a potted history.

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Early recorded history of north Forest Gate - 26 June 2014
Using a Friends of Forest Gate Hospital publication, of 1954, this post traces the history of the northern section of Forest Gate from earliest records until the mid nineteenth century.

Edwardian Forest Gate - a photographic essay (1) - street life - 10 September 2016
The Edwardian era was a boom one for the post card industry.  A large number survive of individual streets in Forest Gate.  We present a number of them, here.  The views are a considerable contrast with the same streets today!

Edwardian Forest Gate - a photographic essay (2) - community life - 30 September 2016
The Edwardian era was a boom one for the post card industry.  A large number survive of community life in Forest Gate.  We present a number of them, here. The views offer a considerable contrast with popular activities today!

A Huguenot family's wood turners' business, with a history stretching back to the 1830s in Hackney, closes its doors in Forest Gate for the last time.

Every picturehouse tells a story - 3 Jul 2013
History of cinema in Forest Gate.

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Fascists in 1930's Forest Gate - 16 April 2014
Forest Gate was home to a thriving branch of the British Union of Fascists in the 1930's.  Events and people associated with it are detailed here.

Fire! Fire! Fire! in Forest Gate - 5 June 2015
History of the Fire Brigade and service in Forest Gate, by local brigade historian, Peter Williams.

Fire guts famous gym - 17 April 2013
A fire gutted 353 Romford Road, known as "Muscle Mansion", home and gym of Wag Bennett and his guest in 1966, Arnie Schwarzenegger, in his build up to becoming Mr Universe.  Plenty of photos of Arnie, Wag and the gym.

Fires and drought on Wanstead Flats - a reflection - 19 August 2016
A number of significant fires have swept over Wanstead Flats over the last 200 years, this post reflects on them.

Forest Gate and family history - 30 October 2015
Queries from readers looking for help with their Forest Gate-related family history quest.

Forest Gate and Irish Independence - 9 June 2016
Forest Gate played a bizarre part in Irish republican gun running in the early 1920's.  The strange tale is told here.

Forest Gate's first Polish community - 5 February 2017
Forest Gate's first Polish community were refugees fleeing persecution from Nazis and communists, at the end of WW2.  This post examines ther roots they established in the area.

The first Forrest Gate pub guide - with a unique Stellarometer, indicating drink prices at local hostelries.  History of now-closed pubs, too.

Forest Gate: hub of Victorian bike manufacture - 11 March 2014
Forest Gate was a centre of bike building at the end of the nineteenth century.  This article traces over a dozen local bike builders.

Forest Gate Industrial School story - 23 May 2014
A history of the plot of land on Forest lane from the mid 1850s, when it was opened as a Poor Law Industrial school, through its subsequent life as a hospital and now a housing development (Gladys Dimson House).

Forest Gate's listed buildings (1) - 18 December 2015
First of two part series on the English Heritage listed buildings within Forest Gate.

Forest Gate's listed buildings (2) - 9 January 2016
Second of two part series on the English Heritage listed buildings within Forest Gate.

Forest Gate - Pathe News clips - 25 Aug 2014
Links to, and details of,  eight Pathe News film clips featuring Forest Gate.

Forest Gate pubs guide: 2014 - 18 Aug 2014
The site's second local pub guide, featuring new and lost drinking holes in the area.

Forest Gate's proud suffragette legacy - 6 March 2015
A look at suffragette activity in Forest Gate in the run up to WW1.

Forest Gate's role in WW1: The Hammers Battalion (1) - 5 June 2015
A detailed look at Forest Gate residents who fought in the famous Hammers Battalion, during WW1, part 1.

Forest Gate's role in WW1: The Hammers Battalion (2) - 17 June 2015
A detailed look at Forest Gate residents who fought in the famous Hammers Battalion, during WW1, part 2.

Forest Gate: scene of Rock Against Racism's first gig - 12 December 2016
Post celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first ever Rock Against Racism gig, at the Princess Alice, in October 1976.

Forest Gate's 12 MPs - 13 Feb 2015
A brief biography of each of the 12 MP's who have represented what is now recognisably Forest Gate.

Forest Gate Ward in 1907 - 28 Nov 2014
Social researchers, Howarth and Wilson published "West Ham - a study in industrial problems" in 1907.  In it they gave pen portraits for local government wards.  This is their account of West Ham ward.

From Chapel to ...? - 23 Sept 2015
One of Forest gate's most historic buildings is currently in a sorry state of repair at the junction of Woodgrange Road and Forest Gate lane: it has been a chapel, school, club, cinema, glass merchants, restaurant, drugs den - and much more.  This is its story.

From Forest Gate to Irish Taoiseach, via the Easter rising - 21 June 2016
Desmond Fitzgerald was a Forest Gate lad, a key nationalist during the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916 and father of later Irish Taoiseach Garet Fitgerald. This is his story.

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George Tutill: Forest Gate resident and Trade Union banner manufacturer - 7 February 2016
The most prolific manufactures of trade union banners, George Tutill made his home in what is now the English Heritage-listed Red House on the Upton Lane.  This is his, and the house's, story.

Godwin School ( boys ) log 1 - 1883 - 1984, the origins - 13 January 2017
The first of a series of a look at local life, through the eyes of the school log of Godwin school.

Godwin School ( boys ) log 2 - Godwin and Forest Gate pre WW1 (1900 - 1914) - 30 January 2017
The second of a series of a look at local life, through the eyes of the school log of Godwin school.



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The Home Front in WW1 Forest Gate - through the eyes of Godwin school - 21 March 2017
The third of a series of a look at local life, through the eyes of the school log of Godwin school.

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Local rail crashes in Spring of 1953 - 7 April 2015
There were two rail crashes in and around Forest Gate in 1953. This post looks at the press coverage and investigation reports into them, and other railway "incidents" in the area.


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Mosques of Forest Gate - 22 January 2017
A look at the 13 mosques in Forest Gate - origins, backgrounds and traditions.

Murdergate (1) - 12 July 2016

The first of two posts, examining 18 murders in and related to Forest Gate over the last 15 years.

Murdergate (2) - 8 August 2016The second of two posts, examining 18 murders in and related to Forest Gate over the last 15 years.


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Newham Heritage Week (24 Oct - 30 Oct) and Rabbits Road library launch (22 Oct) - 12 October 2016

A timetable of the many events taking place during Newham's first Heritage week.

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Offshore Forest Gate - 13 Sept 2015
Using a great Private Eye-produced inter-active map, this post traces the Forest Gate properties owned in overseas tax havens.

Origins of formal education in Forest Gate - 18 January 2016
An article examining the pre-state education roots of schools (religiously backed) in Forest Gate, and their subsequent fates.

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Park Ward in 1907 - 5 Dec 2014
Social researchers, Howarth and Wilson published "West Ham - a study in industrial problems" in 1907.  In it they gave pen portraits for local government wards.  This is their account of Park ward.

Pawnbrokers of Forest Gate - 10 Jul 2013
From Pawnbrokers almshouses on Woodgrange Road in the mid nineteenth century to the siting of a modern pawnbrokers on its site 150 years later.

Prefabs and POWs on Wanstead Flats - more residents' stories - 2 Feb 2015
Using surviving oral history accounts, a look at how it was living in the prefabs of post-war Forest Gate and Manor Park.

Princess Alice - gone but not forgotten - 11 December 2015
After almost 150 years as a drinking hole, the Princess Alice and its later re-incarnations closes, and is replaced by a chain pharmacy.  Gone - but not forgotten.

Prisoners of War on Wanstead Flats - 4 Jul 2014
An account of the camps and lives of Prisoners of War on Wanstead Flats during World War 2.

Public art in Forest Gate - 14 May 2016
The origins and history of the few pieces of public art of distinction within E7.

Public monuments in Forest Gate - 6 May 2016
The origins and history of the few public monuments of distinction within E7.

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Railway hits the buffers - 2 May 2013
Records the closure of the Railway Tavern on Forest Lane, before its acquisition by Antic and transformation into the Forest Tavern.

Rise and decline of Forest Gate's Jewish community - 20 Nov 2013
Forest Gate hosted a thriving Jewish community from the time of the pogroms in Russia in the 1880's, until the building of the Central Line into Essex, after World war 2.  This is an account of its history.

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Save the Old Spotted Dog petition - 23 Aug 2013
Join the campaign to help save this historic, listed, but closed public house, on Upton Lane.

Sound of Music from Earlham Grove - 19 Jun 2013
Development of the world famous Tonic Sol-Fa system of music education, from its origins in Earlham Grove under John Curwen.

Spotted Dog; still under threat - 15 May 2013
A history of Upton Lane's 16th century pub, The Old Spotted Dog, and the threat to its continued existence, since closure.

Story of St Angela's school - 23 May 2016
A look at the 150+ years history of this cornerstone of high quality Catholic education in Forest Gate.

Street where you live (1): Woodford Road - 5 Sept 2015
Local historian, Peter Williams, looks in detail at the history of the houses and road, supplemented with newspaper cuttings.

Street where you live (2): Ebor cottages and Irish Row - 2 Oct 2015
Local historian, Peter Williams, looks in detail at the history of the houses and road, supplemented with newspaper cuttings.

Street where you live (3): Chestnut Avenue - 23 October 2015
Local historian, Peter Williams, looks in detail at the history of the houses and road, supplemented with newspaper cuttings.

Street where you live (4) - Dames Road - 8 April 2016
Local historian, Peter Williams, looks in detail at the history of the houses and road, supplemented with newspaper cuttings.

Street where you live (5): Earlham Grove - 31 May 2016
Local historian, Peter Williams, looks in detail at the history of the houses and road, supplemented with newspaper cuttings.

Street where you live (6): Capel Road - 31 July 2016
Local historian, Peter Williams, looks in detail at the history of the houses and road, supplemented with newspaper cuttings.

Street where you live (7) - Sprowston Road - 20 September 2016
Local historian, Peter Williams, looks in detail at the history of the houses and road, supplemented with newspaper cuttings.

Street where you live (8) - Sebert Road - 16 February 2017
Local historian, Peter Williams, looks in detail at the history of the houses and road, supplemented with newspaper cuttings.

Struggle for Wanstead Flats 1946-47 - 3 December 2016
How popular resistance prevented Wanstead Flats being taken over for housing East Enders bombed out of their homes during World War 2.

Suffragette Suburbs - an International Women's Day nod at our neighbours - 6 March 2016
A tour of local suffragette sites of significance, to celebrate International Women's Day.


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Thanks for the memory (1) - 23 Aug 2015
First of a two-part round up of comments various articles on this site have received.

Thanks for the memory (2) - 30 Aug 2015
Second of a two-part round up of comments various articles on this site have received.

They lie amongst us - 26 Jun 2013
The history and residents of Forest Gate's 5 cemeteries, part 1.

They lie amongst us; part 2 - 11 Oct 2013
The history and residents of Forest Gate's 5 cemeteries, part 2.

Two years and counting - 17 April 2015
A second annual report from this blog, looking at what have been most and least popular articles featured.

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Underneath the Arches - Sub- trainian Forest Gate! - 26 April 2016

The Chimney Pot Line, or Goblin (Gospel Oak to Barking) train line was built after much of its route was densily populated.  Much of the line was built overhead, supported by railway arches.  These have traditionally been unused or used as car repairers.  

This post adds details to previous blogs, as a result of subsequently recived information, or changes in circumstances since the original post.

Upton introduction - 21 July 2016
The early history of Upton - for long the most important, and quite wealthy part of Forest Gate. Or, So-Ro (south of Romford Road), as it is sometimes jokingly referred.

Upton Ward in 1907 - 28 Dec 2014
Social researchers, Howarth and Wilson published "West Ham - a study in industrial problems" in 1907.  In it they gave pen portraits for local government wards.  This is their account of Upton ward.

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V1 and V2 bombs in Forest Gate, 1944 - 45 - 7 Aug 2015
An attempt, using different sources to produce as complete as possible guide to bomb damage in the area during the final two years of WW2.

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Wag Bennett's gym exhibition - 7 Jun 2013
Notice of an exhibition celebrating Wag Bennett's famous Romford Road gym.

Wanstead Flats saved from post WW2 development plans - 11 Jul 2014
The boroughs of East and West Ham had their eyes on Wanstead Flats as a series of potential building sites, which could rehouse many East End families bombed out during World War 2.  Many local people had other ideas and the building did not take place.

What's in a name? local street names - 10 Dec 2013
A brief look at the origins of the many perplexing street names in Forest Gate.

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140 -150 Earlham Grove - regeneration plans - 8 November 2016
An on-going thread on plans for the redevelopment of a brownfield site at the junction of Earlham Grove and Woodgrange Road.

50th anniversary of Rolling Stones "insulting behaviour" in Forest Gate - 16 Mar 2015
Members of the Rolling Stones were convicted at West Ham magistrates court of "insulting behaviour" for urinating on the forecourt of a petrol station on Romford Road. This is the well illustrated story.


7Es of E7 - 19 Oct 2014
A round up of Education, Ecology, Energy, Entertainment, Epicurian delights, Engine and End in Forest Gate.







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