History: A year of two, three week elections
As the UK heads to the polls, local historian and author Andrew Summers reflects on the general election of 1910.
Woolwich, the town on both sides of the Thames
Historian Andrew Summers looks at the strange anomaly of a town straddling the River Thames
Post Memories: How Barking’s local press responded to outbreak of First World War
Great Britain declared war on Germany at 11pm on Tuesday, August 4, 1914.
