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  • Then and Now: Old Church Road in Chingford

    Old Church Road in Chingford was still in the county of Essex in the 1950s.  Historically a rural parish, Chingford gained urban district status in 1894 and between 1938 and 1965 held municipal borough status with its administrative headquarters

  • Radio presenting is a skilled artform

    One of the insults aimed at us teachers, since the days when looking after and educating your bairns was deemed a noble profession worthy of thanks and praise, is that we are ‘jack of all trades and master of none’. This is generally followed by