education
A New School and a New Borough
An Essex writer recalls a child’s-eye view of primary school in the 1950s and 60s in his online publication: from…
Read MoreHavering Timeline
The Havering Museum is starting to compile a Havering Timeline listing events, buildings and famous (or infamous) residents of our…
Read MoreHavering Quiz – 6th April
We thought we’d experiment with a quiz about Havering to keep your grey cells from going stale during this isolation…
Read MoreFree School Visits – Pupils Just Want To Have Fun!
Moore Kingston Smith, Romford Accountants, have teamed up with Havering Museum to offer free school visits to the Museum. Karen…
Read MoreTitanic Creative Writing Competition Winners
Congratulations to our three winners of the Titanic Creative Writing Competition, run in conjunction with the Museum’s Titanic Honour and…
Read MoreRIP-ROARING FUN FOR THE KIDS
Dinosaurs on the rampage will be stalking Havering Museum in the High Street, Romford, on Thursday 15th February, from 11.00am-3.00pm.…
Read MoreAMAZING LIFE AND WORK OF HUMPHRY REPTON
Causing a great deal of interest at Havering Museum at the moment is a mini-exhibition marking the life and work…
Read MoreThe Perfect Centenary
If you’ve seen the Historic Havering article in this month’s Living in Havering magazine, it might interest you to know that…
Read MoreDid You Know?….Romford Stove
The “Romford stove” which is mentioned in some 19th Century literature refers to a Rumford stove or fireplace as championed by Sir Benjamin…
Read MoreLocal history books
We’ve just received some new copies of the popular 1915 Ordnance Survey maps of Romford, Upminster and Hornchurch. There are copies…
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