Smog, baby boom and a new Queen: historical society looks back at 1952

This month’s Wanstead Historical Society presentation will explore the year the Queen ascended the throne.

“My talk will look at the way we were in 1952; a country exhausted by war. A year that saw the Lynmouth floods and the London smog. It was also in the middle of the first wave of the Baby Boom and a time of great building programmes. But 1952 was also the year when a king died and his daughter became queen,” said Janet Seward, whose talk will take place at Wanstead Library on 9 May from 8pm (visitors: £3).

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Author: Editor