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Features

History comes home

Redbridge Museum will open a new permanent exhibition in the spring exploring 200,000 years of local history. In the 12th of a series of articles, Museum Officer Nishat Alam looks at some of the items on show

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Features

Park life

In the first of a series of articles featuring the images of local photographers who document the wildlife of Wanstead Park and the surrounding area, Alessandro Riccarelli presents a montage of his shots of a kestrel in flight

allotmentRedbridge Lane West allotments after December’s snowfall. ©Stephen Lines
Features

A lot to lose

In the 16th of a series of articles by plot holders at Redbridge Lane West allotments, Sally Parker explains her concerns following planning approval for maintenance work at the adjacent gas station

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Listen and learn

In the 29th of a series of articles, David Bird discusses the work of Redbridge Music Society and introduces pianist David Silkoff, who will be performing at Wanstead Library this month

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Beer here?

Anyone fancy a Wanstead Beer Festival? Councillor Paul Donovan raises a glass to the ongoing success of beer festivals and invites responses from anyone who would like to see Wanstead on the beer festival map

DSC_6239zShirley Edrich, born 1 April 1929, died 6 January 2023
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Wanstead’s loss

Following the recent death of Shirley Edrich, who lived in Wanstead for over 50 years, her daughter Carole Edrich reflects on a life of teaching, a life of learning and a life well lived