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- Bidding to make a splash for vital Christmas appeal
- ‘Our Linda’ Lewis is honoured with a plaque to mark her journey from ‘Custom House to California’
- Wartime picture of Silvertown church
- Help Drew Primary School make music … and memories
- First hand account of Black Saturday and beyond – and memories of wartime North Woolwich and Silvertown
- Kevin Jenkins OBE Newham Christmas Toy Appeal 2023: Our Roll of Honour
- The joy YOU gave! Sleighed by your kindness as appeal reaches target
- Kindhearted bikers rev up for Toy Appeal
- Hammers stars launch the Kevin Jenkins OBE Newham Christmas Toy Appeal
- Aiming to make a splash for vital Christmas Campaign
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Bidding to make a splash for vital Christmas appeal
I AM again raising funds for a special appeal that has been part of my life in for 48 years…a campaign that is right at the heart of life in Newham, East London. I first […]
‘Our Linda’ Lewis is honoured with a plaque to mark her journey from ‘Custom House to California’
THE teeming rain didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits as Newham’s very own songbird, soul singer and songwriter Linda Lewis was honoured in a special ceremony and celebration today. It was a fitting honour for the woman […]
Wartime picture of Silvertown church
REFLECTIONS of the past 8,895. A view of St Mark’s Church, Silvertown, taken in a Sunday during the Second World War. The church is now, of course, Brick Lane Music Hall. Picture: Imperial War Museum, […]
Help Drew Primary School make music … and memories
DREW School in Silvertown are working on an exciting new project – and are creating a music video…and they want help from local people who live or who have lived in the area. Drew headteacher […]
First hand account of Black Saturday and beyond – and memories of wartime North Woolwich and Silvertown
VIVID memories of Black Saturday, wartime life and beyond in North Woolwich and Silvertown were unearthed by me this week. The eyewitness account also reveals how most people in the rest of East London thought […]
Kevin Jenkins OBE Newham Christmas Toy Appeal 2023: Our Roll of Honour
DONATIONS came from far and wide for the Kevin Jenkins OBE Newham Christmas Toy Appeal 2023. The campaign launched in November for the 46th year in conjunction with the Newham Recorder. It was one of […]
The joy YOU gave! Sleighed by your kindness as appeal reaches target
WE’VE done it. And we were well and truly sleighed by your kindness. Toys, gifts and donations have been arriving at the Kevin Jenkins OBE Newham Christmas Toy Appeal 2023 headquarters and toy wrapping and […]
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