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I was
privileged to meet Bill Winmill at his home in Chigwell Row on Wednesday
1st May 2013. Chigwell Row has lost many fine buildings, some several
centuries old, due to the building of new housing. However it still
remains very much a village. The loss of The Retreat Public House in 2000
prompted Bill to put together a collection of over 70 of his paintings and
publish it privately in April 2013. For historians and villagers this is a
wonderful book, for me as a ten year old I remember Bliss's Ice Cream
parlour, the recreation ground café
and putting green. Now
I too have a love of the village and its associated history.
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Hainault Forest
Website
Written,
Designed and with Photographs by © Brian
Ecott
Welcome to my personal web site, within which, I hope to share with you
the History and Wildlife of Hainault Forest, gathered over many years,
whilst living close by in Hainault and Clayhall, in the London Borough of
Redbridge.
The people of Redbridge should
be proud of those visionaries
who in 1903 secured Hainault Forest as an
open space, for us, forever.
We are indebted to Edward North Buxton and the
Leaders of the Local Authorities for making it possible.
NEW PAGES AND REVISIONS
NEW
Postcards from Hainault Forest
NEW
Nature Diary
March - April 2013
NEW
Lichens
REVISED
Forest Memorials
NEW
Forest Keepers of the
past
Fungus forays - list of species 2012
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CONNIE the farm dog who sadly
died on 28th April was known and loved by many current and former staff,
volunteers and visitors to the farm. She was a rescued Lurcher dog and was
at least age 13+
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INVERTEBRATE PICTURES
BEETLES inc
Ladybirds
BEES,
Wasps, Sawflies, Ants
BUTTERFLIES
DRAGONFLIES
and Damselflies
FLIES and
Hoverflies
GRASSHOPPERS and Crickets
MOTHS and Caterpillars
OTHER INSECTS
SLUGS and Snails
SPIDERS and Harvestmen
TRUE BUGS Shield & Squash and Capsid bugs
The
Essex Newsman Saturday 10th June 1933 reported that Whit Monday last,
beat all records for visitors. By bus alone 23,000 people travelled to
Hainault Forest and nearly as many tickets were given up at Grangehill
Railway Station.
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