Reposted by WestminsterWalksChingford Historical Society @chingfordhist.bsky.social · 21hBook to watch online here. Just £3 for non-members. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/acorn-film... 001
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Wood Street #Walthamstow is full of surprises. Join me this Saturday 3 October to traverse the area known at one time as 'On the Forest' to separate themselves from the slums at the other end. The photos give clues as to other sites with secrets to tell. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-to... 110
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Just a few spaces left for my 2pm town hall tour today. #Walthamstow. More dates added on 3rd Sundays. This month’s date is different to avoid Open House. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/waltham-fo... 000
Reposted by WestminsterWalksfootprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Join us this Bank Holiday weekend to discover the scandals of St James's, the secrets of Walthamstow art & industry in the East End and a tour of #Greenwich footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social @capitalwalks.bsky.social 045
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Did a quick recce for a #Chingford walk I’m doing on Sunday and although I’ve passed this spot multiple times I’ve never stopped to admire St Peter & St Paul Church from this angle! 030
Reposted by WestminsterWalks👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 31/07/2026Okay that’s funny 619719
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I don’t often go via #Woodford Station so that’s my excuse for not noticing this mosaic and sign before. I did know about the Pankhurst local connection but it should be more widely broadcast. 001
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 25/07/2026If you missed my recent “Secrets of Wood Street” #Walthamstow walks join me on either Thurs 13th or Sat 22nd August to discover the area once known as “On the Forest”, also the site of early film studios, a “hidden” church etc with @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/waltham-f... 144
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Last two performances today of The Merry Wives of Windsor with #TheGreekTheatrePlayers in #Walthamstow. It was a fantastic evening. I have been attending for years and am so lucky to live nearby. Don’t forget to take a cushion! www.greektheatreplayers.co.ukgreektheatreplayers.co.ukOutdoor Theatre | GreekTheatrePlayers | LondonOutdoor Shakespeare in Walthamstow London. Entertainment, Arts, Culture. London borough of Culture 2019. http://www.greektheatreplayers.co.uk 010
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026AI fail!! We might share a name but I am definitely not an expert psychiatrist! 010
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Join me at 11am-1pm tomorrow in #Walthamstow to discover some of the area’s fascinating history. We will of course include the original village of Church End, the famous market and the former Granada but did you know diary writer Pepys was a regular visitor? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-to...eventbrite.co.ukWalking Tour - From Monoux and Morris to Beer and Bacon JamExplore the ups and downs of Walthamstow's history on this guided walk with Joanna Moncrieff 010
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I’m really looking forward to my annual visit to see the Greek Theatre Players in #Walthamstow next week. From 22nd-25th July 2026 they will be performing The Merry Wives of Windsor. Entrance is at the bend on Woodbury Rd E17 9SB. Tickets are on the door only. www.greektheatreplayers.co.uk 011
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Still a few spaces for next Sunday’s tours of #WalthamForest Town Hall Join me to explore this fascinating building www.eventbrite.com/o/8725855292... 000
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Argh dropped 60+ Oyster in grounds of St #Marylebone Church at start of walk. In Rail200 card holder. Annoyingly when I noticed later someone on my walk remembered seeing it on the ground! Why didn’t they say something! Hoping someone googles me! Although I’m not the only JM! 000
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 19/06/2026This is a bit niche but has anyone else come across depictions of £ s d on ceilings of civic buildings like this in #Walthamstow? The foyer originally had a counter for rate payments etc. I’m doing tours this Sunday if you would like to see this in person! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/waltham-fo... 042
Reposted by WestminsterWalksLondon Remembers @londonremembers.com · 19/06/2026The great locomotive engineer Nigel Gresley was born 150 years ago today.londonremembers.comSir Nigel Gresley - Hadley Wood{Main plaque, around pictures of Gresley and Flying Scotsman and Mallard locomotives:} Sir Nigel Gresley 1876 - 1941. Sir Nigel Gresley lived in Hadley Wood in 1923 - 29 and used this station daily. H... 111
Reposted by WestminsterWalksChingford Historical Society @chingfordhist.bsky.social · 16/06/2026This Thurs 18 June at 7.30pm join us to hear Allen Packwood, Director of @chuarchives.bsky.social talk about Winston Churchill & his connections with Essex & Chingford. In person & online. Image: “Woodford Churchill” by @diamondgeezer.bsky.social CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winston-ch...eventbrite.co.ukWinston Churchill and Essex including his connections to ChingfordWith Allen Packwood, Director of Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge 021
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 12/06/2026An unusual font at @stpeterintheforest.bsky.social #Walthamstow substack.com/@joannawestm...substack.comJoanna Moncrieff (@joannawestminsterwalks)On Tuesday whilst visiting St Peter-in-the-Forest in Walthamstow I came across this unusual font made out of a Wild Service Tree. I think the wording is: “In grateful memory of 3 faithful servants of ... 021
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I had a fantastic day at the #AntiquesRoadshow at #ValentinesMansion yesterday. It was so well organised and we were so very lucky with the weather. Found out my Georgian looking rummer glass is from the 1970s (at least I can use it now - a perfect glass for a large g&t)! 020
Reposted by WestminsterWalksIndependent Historians Network (UK) @indyhistnetwork.bsky.social · 11/05/2026We're holding a meet up in London on 1st July. It doesn't matter if you're an author, broadcaster, tour guide or general hustler, you're more than welcome as long as you work in history and aren't part of academia (sorry lovely academics!) DM us for location as places are limited! 74927
Reposted by WestminsterWalksLiz Anderson @lizanderson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026This is glorious. (From the British Museum, Midsummer 1939.) 21339108
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I saw this last night. @thejinkx.bsky.social was absolutely amazing! The standing ovation at the end said it all. 040
Reposted by WestminsterWalksWestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Next Sunday 17th May at 12pm or 2pm join me on one of my monthly tours of #WalthamForest Town Hall in #Walthamstow. My research continues so no tour is ever the same! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/waltham-fo...eventbrite.co.ukWaltham Forest Town Hall Guided TourGuided tour around the interior and exterior of Waltham Forest Town Hall with qualified guide Joanna Moncrieff 042
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Next Sunday 17th May at 12pm or 2pm join me on one of my monthly tours of #WalthamForest Town Hall in #Walthamstow. My research continues so no tour is ever the same! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/waltham-fo...eventbrite.co.ukWaltham Forest Town Hall Guided TourGuided tour around the interior and exterior of Waltham Forest Town Hall with qualified guide Joanna Moncrieff 042
Reposted by WestminsterWalksChingford Historical Society @chingfordhist.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Join us at our next meeting on Thursday 21st May at 7.30pm for ‘Breaking Bread, bakeries in #WalthamForest with Lucy Harrison and Alan Crown. As usual this will be both in person in N #Chingford and online via Zoom. Just £3 for non-members www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/breaking-b...eventbrite.co.ukBreaking Bread, Bakeries in Waltham ForestTalk by Lucy Harrison with Alan Crown 112
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I’ve gone down a bit of a rabbit hole with these two #bollards! My initial thoughts were that MBS was a parish but I now realise they refer to the former Metropolitan Borough of Stepney. The newer one is outside the old Jewish soup kitchen and the other in Lolesworth Close. Both E1. 100
Reposted by WestminsterWalksfootprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 03/05/2026In 1897 a medical officer said Chingford was ‘cut off to a great extent from the rest of the world’. It's obviously not cut off now but it has a very different history to its neighbour Walthamstow. @westminsterwalks.bsky.social explores #Chingford on Monday. Book at footprintsoflondon.com 062
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 30/04/2026What are your plans this #BankHoliday Monday? Why not join me on a walk around N #Chingford. Hear about a cast of characters that includes Queen Victoria, Lawrence of Arabia & Ivor Novello. The walk includes traversing former field boundaries via public footpaths www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-to...eventbrite.co.ukWalking Tour - From Pimp Hall to Ale House Field (Chingford)A bank holiday walk exploring Chingford's history from forest village to London suburb with an unexpected cast of characters along the way. 111
Reposted by WestminsterWalksChingford Historical Society @chingfordhist.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Next Thurs 16 April @ 7.30pm we’re looking fwd to hearing Claire Weiss & Geoff Nicholls talk about their book (w Peter Ashan) “Slave-Trade Abolition & Leytonstone House: the Sansoms, the Buxtons and Black History”. Book to watch online. Venue details on link too www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/slave-trad... 043
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Not a relative but I’ve just found this bizarre story in War Cry newly digitised by the #BritishNewspaperArchive. Can you help @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social ? 110
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I know it’s been gone a few months but I’m still feeling sad that the Beryl Swain mural in Wood St, #Walthamstow has been painted over. 020
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Am in Embankment Gardens wondering about the significance of this bench inscription “Donated on behalf of The People of Gibraltar” and have found this website “Open Benches”! I might have to add it. openbenches.org/location/Uni... 130
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 14/03/2026£ s and d on the foyer ceiling in #WalthamForest Town Hall in #Walthamstow Find out more about this and the building’s other fascinating history on one of my monthly tours. 2 spaces left for 12pm tomorrow. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/waltham-fo... 030
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Just spotted this old 38 bus in #Chingford! Looks like it’s on its way to this heritage bus day www.londonbusmuseum.com/route-38-her... 020
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Don’t know if it’s just had a spruce up but Clapton Station on the #WeaverLine is looking very green. Waiting room door too. Compare it to dull beige at Hackney Downs. 120
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 09/02/2026My popular “From Monoux and Morris to Beer and Bacon Jam” walk returns on both Sunday 22nd February and Sunday 29th March. Discover some of the fascinating history of #Walthamstow on a route taking in the highlights. Limited places. Booking in advance only. www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/waltham-f... 010
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Unexpectedly available - two tickets for my tour of #WalthamForest Town Hall #Walthamstow this Sunday 15th February at 2pm. After this date the next spaces available will be on 19th April. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/waltham-fo...eventbrite.co.ukWaltham Forest Town Hall Guided TourGuided tour around the interior and exterior of Waltham Forest Town Hall with qualified guide Joanna Moncrieff 031
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 22/01/2026More dates announced! Booking is now open for my tours of #WalthamForest Town Hall up to and including September 2026. February and March are already sold out! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/waltham-fo... 010
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Researching for a Christmas walk in Spitalfields led me to discover that in the early 1900s via a @mirror.co.uk charity appeal a men’s hostel in Quaker St was known as The Palace of Pudding. Thanks to @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social and #BritishNewspaperArchive westminsterwalks.london/the-palace-o...westminsterwalks.londonThe Palace of Pudding - Westminster WalksIn Quaker Street off Brick Lane in the early 1900s there was once a building known as the Palace of the Pudding. 082
Reposted by WestminsterWalksIslington Guided Walks @islingtonwalks.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Look at these views! Join us this Saturday 13 December at 2pm on a tour of St Mary’s Church & Tower Upper St. We will share its 1,000 year history + you will see the best views of London from the top! Details: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/st-mary-is... #stmaryislington #Islington #islingtonhistory 021
Reposted by WestminsterWalksJames Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 08/12/2025This chap @paulwhitewick.bsky.social went looking for secret passages in Andover. Experienced tunnel-watchers will be able to guess whether he found any. Good to see he quoted myself. Hilarious to read a commentator diss me because I work for the government. Which I don't. youtu.be/u7zvi5NDJSc?...youtu.beI Tried to Debunk the SECRET TUNNELS Under My Town… and Failed?YouTube video by Paul Whitewick 3244
Reposted by WestminsterWalksAnita Chaudhuri @anitachaudhuri.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Friday news. I have launched a wee charity gift shop in aid of sight-loss charity RNIB. All designs feature my abstract photos. Times are tough right now so no pressure to buy, obviously. But I would love it if you could share. I’m doing this to raise awareness too. tinyurl.com/3wu5t9wy 067
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Thanks to @dustystacks.bsky.social for finding this image of an umbrella/stick stand following my earlier query. I feel the need to seek out further examples now! 040
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 07/12/2025A bit niche I fear but does anyone know the purpose of these rubber and metal things on end of pews in a former Methodist Church in North #Chingford? The church is less than 100 years old. 446
Reposted by WestminsterWalksfootprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Christmas is constantly changing - before its Victorian reinvention, the Georgians turned it from a private affair to a more public celebration with a nostalgic interest in Old England. This week footprintsoflondon.com explores Christmas with @westminsterwalks.bsky.social & @robssmith.bsky.social 063
Reposted by WestminsterWalksWestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Explore the best of the West End’s #ChristmasLights and shop windows on one of my popular Foodie themed Christmas Lights walks. Walking dates on Tue 2nd, Thu 4th & Mon 15th all at 7pm and virtually on Monday 29th at 6 www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/foodie-th... 012
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 01/12/2025These photos were taken tonight in Lancashire Court #Mayfair but look similar to those I took during the pandemic. The Xmas lights were on then too. 040
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Explore the best of the West End’s #ChristmasLights and shop windows on one of my popular Foodie themed Christmas Lights walks. Walking dates on Tue 2nd, Thu 4th & Mon 15th all at 7pm and virtually on Monday 29th at 6 www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/foodie-th... 012