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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 17h

Read @seethetreasures.bsky.social's Collection Encounters blog by writer Rachel Lichtenstein about her visit to Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre to view the Newbury Park Synagogue archive, local newspaper cuttings about the Jewish community, and our display about Jewish Redbridge!

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 18h

It's National Poetry Day - let's revisit this light-hearted poem about the work of Air Raid Precaution Wardens in Wanstead during the Second World War 👇

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today is National Sporting Heritage Day. This photo from our collection shows the ladies team at Wanstead Cricket Club in about 1890🏏 #NSHD2026 #SportingHeritage @sportingheritage.bsky.social

Black and white photograph of a group of women wearing white Edwardian dresses and hats and holding cricket bats.

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For World Heart Day, a lesson on the heart for nurses at King George Hospital in Newbury Park, about 1960 🫀

Black and white photograph of nurses sat at desks in a classroom while another nurse gestures to an anatomical model of the cardiovascular system in the human body. On the blackboard is a labelled drawing of the heart.

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A classic view of Ilford High Street on this postcard from our collection, postmarked 28 September 1910. On the far left is The Angel Hotel, once a popular stop for travellers between London and Essex. You can still see the inn’s exterior close to Boots – just look up!

Postcard with a colourised photograph of Ilford High Street from the top of the road.

Reverse of postcard showing address of someone in Yokohama, Japan, with Ilford and Japanese postmarks.

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Who enjoyed Cake Week last night on the Great British Bake Off? 🍰 📸: Cakes are decorated for a nurses’ prizegiving and reunion in the Bakehouse at Claybury Hospital, Woodford Bridge, about 1961

Black and white photo of two men in baker’s aprons and hats at a large table piping details onto small cakes and a large basket shaped cake.

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This photo from our collection shows the changing leaves on the trees surrounding the Lake at Valentines Park in September 1981 – a classic autumn scene to celebrate the Equinox and the arrival of a new season 🍂

Photo of a row of trees with golden leaves reflected on the lake below

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today is World Rhino Day! 🦏 Did you know that the remains of over 36 prehistoric rhinoceroses have been found in Redbridge! Can you spot some of their bones in our Early History section?

Photo of a prehistoric rhinoceros skull on display at Redbridge Museum

Photo of part of a prehistoric rhinoceros jaw on display at Redbridge Museum

Photo of a prehistoric rhinoceros jaw on display at Redbridge Museum

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This week we welcomed schools back into Redbridge Museum for another year of learning about local history! 🔗 Find out about our education programme and book a session for your class: vrcl.uk/rm-schools

Poster for Redbridge Museum's schools programme featuring a photo of children in green school uniform with worksheets on clipboards looking at a display about the Second World War

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

For today’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme of ‘rural’, here is ‘Country Lane’, painted by E. H. Bull in 1909. The painting shows a view of the junction of Cranbrook Road and The Drive in Ilford before it became the bustling suburban town we know today.

Photo of an oil painting of a country lane surrounded by trees and a woman in a white dress and bonnet carrying a basket and pail.

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The men and boys in this photograph from our collection are ‘beating the bounds’ of Ilford, on this day in 1911. This was an ancient tradition where local people walked in procession around the periphery of the town or parish, hitting markers along the way to remember its physical boundaries.

Black and white photograph of a large group of men and young boys in Edwardian dress standing on the edge of a road holding long narrow boughs of wood.

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

On this day in 1940, the Blitz began – a fierce bombing campaign by German aeroplanes flying over Britain from September 1940 to May 1941. Here, residents of Green Lane, Ilford, enjoy breakfast in their garden the morning after an air raid on 11 September 1940. No injuries were reported.

Black and white photo of a group of people sat or stood in a garden with cups of tea. In the background are a row of houses with visible damage to the roofs and exterior walls.

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We joined Colours of Redbridge for their ‘Here We Share’ poetry workshop at One Place Sight Support Group’s Coffee Morning earlier this week. Objects from our handling collection, including a 1930s enamel teapot, 1912 Kodak Vest Pocket camera, and a 1960s Barbie doll served as prompts for the poems!

Photo of two members of the Sight Support Group sat at a table holding soap, an apron and a replica steak, while two volunteers stand behind speaking to them.

Photo of three members of the Sight Support Group sat at a table speaking to Colours of Redbridge volunteers who are holding a camera and a rolling pin.

Photo of two members of the Sight Support Group sat at a table holding replica fruit and a teddy bear while a Colours of Redbridge volunteer leans over to talk to one of them.

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Back to school this week for pupils across Redbridge – enjoy the start of the new term! 📸: Maths class in session at the Gregg School on Oakfield Road, Ilford, about 1952

Black and white photo of teenaged school pupils busy working at their desks while a teacher leans over a desk to help a pupil

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

How many friends or family can you pile onto one large tree stump today? This group managed seven at Valentines Park, Ilford, on this day in 1912! 🌳 Enjoy the bank holiday!

Faded black and white oval-shaped photo of seven people in Edwardian clothing perched on a large tree stump with fields and trees in the background.

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

These costumes were made by Joyce Guy who moved to Ilford from Trinidad in 1958. Joyce made food and costumes for the Ebony steel band who performed at Notting Hill Carnival in the 1970s. Here they are on display in our 2004 exhibition ‘Carnival!’ 🥁 Enjoy the weekend!

Two mannequins in a museum display dressed in elaborate Carnival costumes and headdresses, one green and the other red

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Happy National Dog Day from local soldier Ron Harrison and this sweet pup, taken in July 1946 when Ron was with the Royal Fusiliers in Germany 🐶 🔗 Find out more about local soldiers’ experiences of war in our exhibition ‘Redbridge and the Second World War’, ending this weekend: vrcl.uk/museum-ww2

Black and white photo of a soldier standing in a field looking down at a small puppy that he's holding in both hands.

Poster for Redbridge Museum’s ‘Redbridge and the Second World War’ exhibition featuring a black and white photograph of two Air Raid Precaution wardens wearing gas masks

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Come along to make and take away your own bobbing barge in our last Terrific Tuesday of the summer! ⛵️ 📅 Tuesday 25 August 2026 🕚 12:00-16:00 (drop in anytime) 📍 Redbridge Heritage Centre, 2nd floor, Redbridge Central Library 🔗 visionrcl.org.uk/events/bobbing-barge

Photo of two little boats made from cork and card in the Ilford Wharf interactive set at Redbridge Museum

Poster for Redbridge Museum's Bobbing Barge event on Tuesday 25 August 2026

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

BOBBING BARGE ⛵ Don’t miss our last Terrific Tuesday of the summer next week! Come along to make and take away your own mini historic floating barge! 📅 Tuesday 25 August 2026 🕚 12:00-16:00 (drop in anytime) 📍 Redbridge Heritage Centre 🔗 visionrcl.org.uk/events/bobbing-barge

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Crisp ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in the chipper… how are you having yours on National Potato Day? 🥔

Photo of a blue and white rectangular tin for Smith’s Potato Crisps stood upright on a display shelf

Photo of a cylindrical tin with an orange label reading ‘“Diploma” MASHED POTATO POWDER’

Photo of a metal potato ‘chipper’ with wooden handles alongside its yellow and blue packaging reading ‘SPONG’S ‘EARLSWOOD’ I-Stroke POTATO CHIPPER’

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Not long left to visit our exhibition on Redbridge & the Second World War! Come along to see it, then join us to make and take away your own wartime Spitfire plane craft! 📅 Tuesday 18 August 2026 🕚 12:00-16:00 (drop in anytime) 📍 Redbridge Heritage Centre 🔗 visionrcl.org.uk/events/speedy-spitfires

Poster for Redbridge Museum's Speedy Spitfires event on Tuesday 18 August 2026

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Best of luck to everyone receiving their A-Level results today! Hoping for high spirits, like these students at Caterham High School in 1961 🎉

Black and white photo of eight teenaged girls in school uniform standing in a row in a playground with the school building visible to one side, smiling with their arms around each other

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Did you know you can safely view Wednesday’s solar eclipse through a pinhole camera? ☀️🌙 Come along to Redbridge Heritage Centre tomorrow to make your very own one inspired by the camera and photography collections at Redbridge Museum! 🔗 visionrcl.org.uk/events/crafty-cameras

Poster for Redbridge Museum's Crafty Cameras event on Tuesday 11 August 2026

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

CRAFTY CAMERAS 📸 Make and take away your own pinhole camera with Redbridge Museum! For ages 6+ 📅 Tuesday 11 August 2026 🕚 12:00-16:00 (drop in anytime) 📍 Redbridge Heritage Centre, 2nd floor, Redbridge Central Library 🔗 visionrcl.org.uk/events/crafty-cameras

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Happy Playday! 🪀 Why not bring along your under 5s to our Mini Museum today to play as a Victorian shopkeeper, cook in a mini-1930s kitchen, climb aboard a vintage London bus, and dress up in costume from the past!

Photo of two children playing inside an interactive model of a red London bus at Redbridge Museum’s Mini Museum

Photo of two children playing with interactive wall puzzles at Redbridge Museum’s Mini Museum

Photo of two children looking at toys on display at Redbridge Museum’s Mini Museum

Photo of two children playing at a mini Victorian shop stand at Redbridge Museum’s Mini Museum

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Our #EYASurprise for August was to discover we had missed July’s theme of #EYAArchitecture with a great offering after a visit from the @barnardos.org.uk Archives to view this plan of the Church in the Girl’s Village Home, Barkingside, 1892. @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

Photo of a building plan for the Children’s Church at Barnardo’s Girls’ Village Home

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Exciting! Don't forget you have unlimited access to newspapers when you use the British Newspaper Archive from Redbridge Heritage Centre and other Redbridge libraries 📰 🔗 visionrcl.org.uk/heritage

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

What a wonderful window! Come along to make and take away your own stained glass craft just like this tomorrow at Redbridge Heritage Centre. 📅 Tuesday 4 August 🕚 12:00-16:00 (drop in) 📍 Redbridge Heritage Centre, 2nd floor, Redbridge Central Library 🔗 visionrcl.org.uk/events/wonderful-windows

Photo of a stained glass craft window made from card and tissue paper against a window at Redbridge Heritage Centre

Poster for Redbridge Museum's Wonderful Windows event on Tuesday 4 August 2026

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

WONDERFUL WINDOWS 🪟 Come along to design your own stained glass window craft based on real windows on display at Redbridge Museum! For ages 6+ 📅 Tuesday 4 August 🕚 12:00-16:00 (drop in) 📍 Redbridge Heritage Centre, 2nd floor, Redbridge Central Library 🔗 visionrcl.org.uk/events/wonderful-windows

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Happy Friendship Day! 🫂 Here are members of the Ilford Women’s Co-operative Guild ready in an open-topped coach for an outing to Brighton on 24 June 1926.

Black and white photo of women in coats and hats sitting in a long open-topped motor coach outside the London Co-operative Society Ltd shop at Oaklands Park Avenue / High Road Ilford.

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

ENDING SOON: Redbridge and the Second World War Just one month left to visit our exhibition marking the 80the anniversary of the end of the Second World War. 📅 Until Sunday 30 August 2026 📍 First floor, Redbridge Central Library, Ilford 🎟️ Free admission 🔗 vrcl.uk/museum-ww2

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Thanks to all who dropped in yesterday to play a game of carrom with us! 🔗 Look out for more Terrific Tuesdays with Redbridge Museum this summer holiday: visionrcl.org.uk/events/rm-terrific-tuesdays

Photo of two children and an adult playing carrom at Redbridge Heritage Centre

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

A throwback to some of the lovely people who joined us for our carrom games last year! Fancy having a go? Come along tomorrow to play! 📅 Tuesday 28 July 2026 🕚 12:00-16:00 (drop in anytime) 📍 Redbridge Heritage Centre, 2nd floor, Redbridge Central Library 🔗 visionrcl.org.uk/events/rm-carrom

Poster for Redbridge Museum's Carrom! event on Tuesday 28 July 2026

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Next week we’re bringing our carrom board back out for free drop-in games to celebrate South Asian Heritage Month! Bring along friends and family to challenge them and show off your moves! 📅 Tuesday 28 July 🕚 12:00-16:00 (drop in) 📍 Redbridge Heritage Centre 🔗 visionrcl.org.uk/events/rm-carrom

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London Geodiversity Partnership @londongeodiversity.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We love this mammoth mosaic so much that we’ve decided to add it to our SGI citation. The updated link is below londongeopartnership.org.uk/wp/wp-conten... #londongeology @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Don’t forget – our Terrific Tuesdays start tomorrow with On the Ball! Come along to make and play your own blow football game based on vintage games from our object collection! ⚽️ 🔗 visionrcl.org.uk/events/on-th...

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Make and play your own blow football game based on vintage games from the Redbridge Museum collection!

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

It’s an exciting week in the World Cup tournament – and we’re going to keep the football fun going next week with our first Terrific Tuesday craft activity! Join us to make and play your very own blow football game based on vintage games in the Museum collection! 🔗 visionrcl.org.uk/events/on-th...

Poster for Redbridge Museum's 'On the Ball!' craft activity on Tuesday 21 July 2026

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Fabula Festival is back next week! 🎆 Make and take away your own storybook all about the amazing things that have happened in our borough in our Story of Redbridge craft activity! 📅 Saturday 18 July 🕚 12:00-16:00 (drop in) 📍 Redbridge Heritage Centre 🔗 visionrcl.org.uk/events/story...

Poster for Redbridge Museum’s ‘Story of Redbridge’ craft activity for Fabula Festival featuring a photograph of a child holding up their storybook

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The Ilford Hospital Carnival took place on this day in 1907. It was a major event in the early 20th century where hundreds dressed up and walked – or rode – in procession through Ilford to raise funds for the Ilford Emergency Hospital (now King George Hospital).

Black and white photo of a parade of horses pulling carts down a street carrying elaborately decorated displays

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Terrific Tuesdays! Drop into Redbridge Heritage Centre anytime from 12-4pm every Tuesday this summer holiday to take part in games and craft activities with Redbridge Museum! Tickets cost £2.00, no need to book in advance. Suitable for ages 6+ 🔗: visionrcl.org.uk/events/rm-te...

Poster for Redbridge Museum's Terrific Tuesdays from 21 July to 25 August 2026

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Big fans (sorry) of the interesting and varied designs of these fans in the Museum collection 🌬️ Remember to keep cool indoors and out today!

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

📸: The Fairlop Boat (on wheels) at Barkingside, Ilford, 1900, probably taken on the first Friday of July for the Fairlop Fair! Find out more about the Fair here: bsky.app/profile/redb...

Black and white photo of a group of people in late Victorian/Edwardian dress standing in or in front of a boat attached to a set of wheels and pulled by horses

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

A museum that rivals ours! Thanks and well done to Glade Primary School who invited our Education Officer to see a fantastic showcase of artwork, creative writing and models created by pupils following their visits to Redbridge Museum this year. We loved seeing your creativity brought to life!

Photo of a selection of photographic prints showing a school building, playground and sports field laid out on a table

Photo of three displays of 'Past', 'Present' and 'Future' with Polaroid prints, drawings and comments written on speech bubble cut-outs

Photo of an artwork of a mammoth made of brown fur

Photo of a classroom wall display with posters made by pupils on topics related to the 1950s

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