by Joanna | Mar 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
I have a confession to make. Before I started buying the Big Issue from the same person every week I was quite ignorant about homeless people. Shamefully I had never considered that there were many different reasons why people had ended up without a home because I had... by Joanna | Oct 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
There is one benefit to ending up (by slightly devious means*) on the Chingford Historical Society Committee in that amazing books keep being donated to the Society. I have already acquired several of them – giving the Society a donation of course. Strangely... by Joanna | Aug 5, 2019 | Uncategorised
Update: A more up-to-date version of this post was published in the Waltham Forest Echo in May 2020 and can be read on the following link. However although it was correct in the version I sent to the paper an error crept in after editing: ‘cheap workmen’... by Joanna | May 1, 2019 | Uncategorised
I have a dilemma. Last night at London Historians’ excellent History in the Pub where 8 speakers talk for 8 minutes each on a pre-determined theme I gave my talk on rat killing matches in London pubs. This may appear to be a strange subject to talk about but as... by Joanna | Mar 25, 2019 | Uncategorised
Ten years on from qualifying as a City of Westminster Guide I wouldn’t have imagined that one of my most successful walks would be in Walthamstow. I’m sure that many of my social media followers are beginning to despair that I will ever do a walk again...
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