Help us fill this warehouse with toys for children this Christmas
TO illustrate the size of the task facing us in our Christmas Toy Appeal, this is the huge empty room in the warehouse we need to fill with thousands of toys.
VE Day 75: Celebration stirs memories of Beckton man reunited with family after five years in POW camp
One of the most amazing stories from VE Day in 1945 was revealed 50 years ago in a letter from an ex-serviceman.
Wife of Newham Recorder columnist dies aged 94
The wife of former Newham Recorder columnist Robert Barltrop has died at the age of 94.
Excuse me, are you taking the pissoir?
The fate of Newham’s Iron Lung – an ornate Victorian urinal used by dock workers – has long been a mystery. But now, after some detective work, its whereabouts can finally be revealed...
7/7: Former Recorder editor Colin Grainger recalls bomb attack
Twenty-four hours after winning the chance to showcase Newham to the world we all came shuddering back down to earth.
