Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This Black History Month, watch our short film ‘Memories of Windrush’ about the experiences of Redbridge’s Windrush generation, screening all day throughout October at Redbridge Central Library. 000
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We recorded oral histories with local people and groups as part of our 'Your Covid Story' collecting project incl. interviews with a mutual aid group, food bank, crafting group and more. Happy to chat if you'd like to hear more about it! 220
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Read @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! 000
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It'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 👇 011
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Today 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 074
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For World Heart Day, a lesson on the heart for nurses at King George Hospital in Newbury Park, about 1960 🫀 011
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A 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! 021
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Who 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 011
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This 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 🍂 000
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Today 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? 020
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This 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 000
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🔗 Find out more on Art UK: artuk.org/discover/art...artuk.orghttps://artuk.org/discover/artworks/country-lane-135200/search/2026--keyword:redbridge-museum--referrer:global-search/page/2/view_as/grid 000
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026For 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. 140
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The 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. 011
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 07/09/2026🔗 Find out more about the impact of wartime bombing on the local area in our short film 'Redbridge and the Second World War': www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC6z...youtube.comRedbridge and the Second World WarUsing the collections of Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre, this film explores the Second World War in Ilford, Wanstead and Woodford in what is now the London Borough of Redbridge. Contents: 00:00… 011
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 07/09/2026On 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. 222
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026We 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! 020
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Back 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 111
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 31/08/2026How 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! 021
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Find out more about Joyce and the Windrush generation in our short film ‘Memories of Windrush’: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYC1...youtube.comMemories of WindrushUsing interviews conducted by Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre from 2002 to 2018, this film explores the memories and experiences of the Windrush generation who settled in the London Borough of… 000
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 29/08/2026These 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! 111
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Happy 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 011
Reposted by Redbridge Museum & Heritage CentreRedbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Come 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 011
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Come 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 011
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 20/08/2026BOBBING 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 000
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Crisp ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in the chipper… how are you having yours on National Potato Day? 🥔 010
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Not 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 012
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Best of luck to everyone receiving their A-Level results today! Hoping for high spirits, like these students at Caterham High School in 1961 🎉 000
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Hi there, we hold plans for properties built in the London Borough of Redbridge up until 1965 and may hold further material about your house or street. Please get in touch over email with your address and what you'd like to see or find out: Info.Heritage@visionrcl.org.uk 110
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Did 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 010
Reposted by Redbridge Museum & Heritage CentreRedbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026CRAFTY 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 111
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Thank you! We hold the company archive for Ilford Limited along with a collection of films, plates, papers, cameras and other material associated with the company. These family events are a great opportunity to introduce children to the world of photography and film through play and craft! 110
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026CRAFTY 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 111
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Happy 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! 000
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 04/08/2026You can’t quite see them here but the church was fitted out with child-sized pews for the Barnardo’s girls! Visit Redbridge Museum to find out more about the history of Barnardo’s in the local area: visionrcl.org.uk/museumvisionrcl.org.ukRedbridge Museum | Vision RCLRedbridge Museum & Heritage Centre is the local museum and archive service for the London Borough of Redbridge. 012
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Our #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 184
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Exciting! 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 010
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 03/08/2026What 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 010
Reposted by Redbridge Museum & Heritage CentreRedbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 29/07/2026WONDERFUL 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 001
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Happy 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. 011
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 30/07/2026ENDING 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 021
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 29/07/2026WONDERFUL 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 001
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Thanks 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 000
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 27/07/2026A 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 001
Reposted by Redbridge Museum & Heritage CentreRedbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Next 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 001
Reposted by Redbridge Museum & Heritage CentreLondon Geodiversity Partnership @londongeodiversity.bsky.social · 22/07/2026We 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.sociallondongeopartnership.org.uk 031
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Next 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 001
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Don’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...visionrcl.org.ukOn the Ball! | Vision RCLMake and play your own blow football game based on vintage games from the Redbridge Museum collection! 010
