How the Railway Came to Leytonstone Alan Simpson Price: £ 4.00 including UK postage
and packing; ISBN: 0-9553729-0-9 Our Society's first publication, How the Railway
Came to Leytonstone, was written and researched by member Alan Simpson to a high
standard. It is in magazine size format. The full colour cover incorporates a tinted
postcard of the station about 1905 as businessmen stream in. It includes a version
of the classic Underground map designed by Harry Beck (who was born in Leyton) showing
the extension in 1947 of the Central Line over the former Great Eastern tracks through
Leyton and Leytonstone to Epping. The cover also has a map of 1935 showing the railway
lines and open spaces of our area. Inside are 3 detailed historic maps of the area,
the first timetable for the railway line and 8 historic photographs.Alan's text explains
how the Eastern Counties Railway reached Leytonstone in 1856, setting the railway
in the context of earlier communications in the area, giving an idea of what the
local settlements were like, and explaining how the route through Leytonstone came
to be chosen. It also touches on the subsequent residential development of Leytonstone
before the arrival of the Tottenham & Forest Gate Railway line in 1894. A final section
brings the story briefly up to date, so that the modern-day traveller on the Central
Line may understand something of the story behind his or her daily commute.
The Early Years of the Leyton Schools' Football Association Colm Kerrigan Price:
£3.00 plus 75p UK postage and packing; ISBN: 0-9553729-1-7 Colm Kerrigan is the
author of our Society's second publication, The Early Years of the Leyton Schools'
Football Association. Over a hundred years later it continues as the Waltham Forest
Schools' Football and Cricket Association, for whom David Beckham played in 1989-90.
Colm's short history places the Association in context, the swift establishment of
a network of schools in what was effectively a large new town. The booklet has 6
photos, 5 of them taken by Alfred Wire, the headmaster of Harrow Green boys' school,
who was a pioneer in photography—and an enthusiast for the history of Leyton and
Leytonstone.
One Crowded Hour, Jack Cornwell The Boy V. C. David Chapman Price: £3.00p plus
75p UK postage and packing; With brief details of three other local Victoria Cross
holders
Leyton Town Hall David Boote Price: £3.00 plus 75p UK postage and packing; a celebration
of Leyton Town Hall.
Homes for Heroes or Space to Breathe? The Struggle for Wanstead Flats 1946-47 Mark
Gorman Price: £3.00 plus 75p UK postage and packing; 23 pages of text, map, cartoon
and photo. (Can be downloaded - 455kb file)
Leytonstone & Its History (CD-ROM) W G Hammock Price: £3.00 plus 75p UK postage
and packing; CD-ROM with illustrations & text
An Account of the House and Estate known as Forest House and for a time as Goring
House in Leyton and Walthamstow, Essex Frederick Temple Price: £3.00 plus 75p
UK postage and packing; First published 1957. Number 4 in the Great Houses of Leyton
and Leytonstone series. Ringbound, 42 pages of text including sketchmap and photos
The local history society for the Leyton & Leytonstone area of East London
