Romford – Growth and change, a talk by Simon Donoghue

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16/10/2024 13:30 - 15:00
Havering Museum
Phone:01708 766571
Website:https://www.haveringmuseum.org.uk
Address: 19-21 High St, Romford RM1 1JU, UK

This illustrated talk of Romford will present an
overview of the town over 200 years. From its
dramatic growth in the 19 th Century with the
arrival of the railway to the modern shopping
centre of the late 1960s.

 

£5.00 (in light refreshments)

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