Spring 2022

A short newsletter to let you know about our next meeting.  I’m hoping that by the time we get to the 12th May, the weather will be a bit warmer than it has been this week.

Our Next Meeting

We will have another get together at Valerie’s house on the 12th May at 7.30.  To be exact we shall be meeting in Valerie’s barn, and she will have some photos to show us, and can tell us something about the features of her other barn.  Her address is Newlands, Middle Street, EN9 2LH.

It will be lovely to meet up again after all this time.  The last time we managed it was in Jacky’s garden last year.  Keep your fingers crossed for fine and warm weather!

1921 Census

Several of us have been busy downloading images of the 1921 census, and transferring the information within the images to an excel table. We are now getting to the end of the research needed for our project about  Nazeing between the 1st and 2nd world wars.   Jacky has spent many hours checking the entries, and has now completed census draft 1!

Thankyou to all those who helped with this.  It’s incredible that we’ve managed to complete it in a relatively short space of time.

Jubilee Event

There will be an event to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, at the Chapel Hall on 4th June. Along with other local organisations, the History Workshop will be there.  Final details about what we’ll be exhibiting have yet to be decided.  As usual we will have copies of our books for sale.  More details nearer the time.

Local Museums

Epping Forest District Museum is always worth a visit, if only to see how they have refurbished this lovely building, which is now fully accessible.

Lowewood Museum is open on Fridays and Saturdays from 10 – 4.30.  It is now run by the Lowewood Museum Trust CIO, a charitable organisation. They have a new exhibition which runs until the 18th June, called Jubilations and Coronations.  They are holding regular activities related to the exhibition.

They also have a café on the ground floor, or do try the Jailbreak Café, next door in the old Police Station.  This is run by the Teensunite charity. The original check in desk and old cells have been imaginatively refurbished, and the detention cage is now a heated outside seating area!

We look forward to seeing any of you who live locally at Valerie’s on the 12th May.

Joy