Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre
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Redbridge Museum explores the many different people, places & events which are part of the history of Redbridge.
Open Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 - 17:00
🔗 visionrcl.org.uk/museum
Open Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 - 17:00
🔗 visionrcl.org.uk/museum
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OPEN NOW: Redbridge and the Second World War
An exhibition by Redbridge Museum marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
📅 Until Saturday 30 August 2026
📍 First floor, Redbridge Central Library
🎟️ Free admission
🔗 vrcl.uk/museum-ww2
An exhibition by Redbridge Museum marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
📅 Until Saturday 30 August 2026
📍 First floor, Redbridge Central Library
🎟️ Free admission
🔗 vrcl.uk/museum-ww2
Ever wonder what the Museum team gets up to behind the scenes?
As well as the usual things like research and label-writing, we get to build things like this 7249pc Lego crane, donated by Lego for our 2008 family exhibition ‘Build It!’ and constructed by our Museum Manager!
#InternationalLegoDay 🏗️
As well as the usual things like research and label-writing, we get to build things like this 7249pc Lego crane, donated by Lego for our 2008 family exhibition ‘Build It!’ and constructed by our Museum Manager!
#InternationalLegoDay 🏗️
January 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Ever wonder what the Museum team gets up to behind the scenes?
As well as the usual things like research and label-writing, we get to build things like this 7249pc Lego crane, donated by Lego for our 2008 family exhibition ‘Build It!’ and constructed by our Museum Manager!
#InternationalLegoDay 🏗️
As well as the usual things like research and label-writing, we get to build things like this 7249pc Lego crane, donated by Lego for our 2008 family exhibition ‘Build It!’ and constructed by our Museum Manager!
#InternationalLegoDay 🏗️
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1925 was a pretty key year for The Area Formerly Known as Redbridge* with the sale of both Shackman's & St Swithin's farms - and you can read about it here:
*by those of us of a certain age...
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*by those of us of a certain age...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:59 PM
1925 was a pretty key year for The Area Formerly Known as Redbridge* with the sale of both Shackman's & St Swithin's farms - and you can read about it here:
*by those of us of a certain age...
ilfordhistoricalsociety.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/...
*by those of us of a certain age...
ilfordhistoricalsociety.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/...
For #MapMonday, here’s a map of the Ilford Urban District from 1925 🗺️
Can you make out what most of the land in Ilford was being used for at this time?
Can you make out what most of the land in Ilford was being used for at this time?
January 26, 2026 at 3:31 PM
For #MapMonday, here’s a map of the Ilford Urban District from 1925 🗺️
Can you make out what most of the land in Ilford was being used for at this time?
Can you make out what most of the land in Ilford was being used for at this time?
The Ilford Swimming Baths opened on the High Road on this day in 1931. These photos from our collection show the baths under construction on 18 September 1930.
Do you remember going there to swim? 🏊
Do you remember going there to swim? 🏊
January 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The Ilford Swimming Baths opened on the High Road on this day in 1931. These photos from our collection show the baths under construction on 18 September 1930.
Do you remember going there to swim? 🏊
Do you remember going there to swim? 🏊
2nd Lt. Herbert Musgrove Beck of Ilford was killed in a flying accident on this day in 1918.
Now on display at Redbridge Museum, this wooden cross originally marked his grave in the Military Cemetery in Amiens, France.
Discover the journey of the Beck cross on our #WW1 website: vrcl.uk/4sNCeJf
Now on display at Redbridge Museum, this wooden cross originally marked his grave in the Military Cemetery in Amiens, France.
Discover the journey of the Beck cross on our #WW1 website: vrcl.uk/4sNCeJf
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 AM
2nd Lt. Herbert Musgrove Beck of Ilford was killed in a flying accident on this day in 1918.
Now on display at Redbridge Museum, this wooden cross originally marked his grave in the Military Cemetery in Amiens, France.
Discover the journey of the Beck cross on our #WW1 website: vrcl.uk/4sNCeJf
Now on display at Redbridge Museum, this wooden cross originally marked his grave in the Military Cemetery in Amiens, France.
Discover the journey of the Beck cross on our #WW1 website: vrcl.uk/4sNCeJf
We’ll take BREW Monday over Blue Monday any time of year 🫖
📸: Civil Defence workers pause for a cup of tea provided by the Women's Voluntary Service after an air raid in Ilford, about 1941
📸: Civil Defence workers pause for a cup of tea provided by the Women's Voluntary Service after an air raid in Ilford, about 1941
January 19, 2026 at 1:35 PM
We’ll take BREW Monday over Blue Monday any time of year 🫖
📸: Civil Defence workers pause for a cup of tea provided by the Women's Voluntary Service after an air raid in Ilford, about 1941
📸: Civil Defence workers pause for a cup of tea provided by the Women's Voluntary Service after an air raid in Ilford, about 1941
Woodford rapper Derek B was born on this day in 1965 🎤
Derek rose to fame in the 1980s as a hip hop artist and producer, supporting Public Enemy and Run DMC on tour, and was the first British rapper to appear on the cover of Smash Hits magazine!
Find out more about Derek B at Redbridge Museum.
Derek rose to fame in the 1980s as a hip hop artist and producer, supporting Public Enemy and Run DMC on tour, and was the first British rapper to appear on the cover of Smash Hits magazine!
Find out more about Derek B at Redbridge Museum.
January 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Woodford rapper Derek B was born on this day in 1965 🎤
Derek rose to fame in the 1980s as a hip hop artist and producer, supporting Public Enemy and Run DMC on tour, and was the first British rapper to appear on the cover of Smash Hits magazine!
Find out more about Derek B at Redbridge Museum.
Derek rose to fame in the 1980s as a hip hop artist and producer, supporting Public Enemy and Run DMC on tour, and was the first British rapper to appear on the cover of Smash Hits magazine!
Find out more about Derek B at Redbridge Museum.
It's #HeritageTreasuresDay! 🪙
We’re lucky to have a trove of them in our collection, including this 17th century gold mourning ring inscribed with the words ‘Sis Memor A Mei’ (Be remembering of me), found by a local metal detectorist in Fairlop in 2011 and now on display at Redbridge Museum.
We’re lucky to have a trove of them in our collection, including this 17th century gold mourning ring inscribed with the words ‘Sis Memor A Mei’ (Be remembering of me), found by a local metal detectorist in Fairlop in 2011 and now on display at Redbridge Museum.
January 14, 2026 at 1:30 PM
It's #HeritageTreasuresDay! 🪙
We’re lucky to have a trove of them in our collection, including this 17th century gold mourning ring inscribed with the words ‘Sis Memor A Mei’ (Be remembering of me), found by a local metal detectorist in Fairlop in 2011 and now on display at Redbridge Museum.
We’re lucky to have a trove of them in our collection, including this 17th century gold mourning ring inscribed with the words ‘Sis Memor A Mei’ (Be remembering of me), found by a local metal detectorist in Fairlop in 2011 and now on display at Redbridge Museum.
Escape maps were issued to Royal Air Force pilots in case their planes crashed while abroad. They were made from silk or artificial silk which were lighter, more flexible and durable than paper maps.
On display now in our exhibition ‘Redbridge and the Second World War’: vrcl.uk/museum-ww2
On display now in our exhibition ‘Redbridge and the Second World War’: vrcl.uk/museum-ww2
January 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Escape maps were issued to Royal Air Force pilots in case their planes crashed while abroad. They were made from silk or artificial silk which were lighter, more flexible and durable than paper maps.
On display now in our exhibition ‘Redbridge and the Second World War’: vrcl.uk/museum-ww2
On display now in our exhibition ‘Redbridge and the Second World War’: vrcl.uk/museum-ww2
It's been a very cold week for us! This diary entry by John Hanson of Woodford recorded similar weather on this day in 1820 ❄️
If Hanson's Fahrenheit thermometer read 30° below freezing, and the freezing temperature is 32°F, can you figure out how cold it would have been on a Celsius thermometer? 🌡️
If Hanson's Fahrenheit thermometer read 30° below freezing, and the freezing temperature is 32°F, can you figure out how cold it would have been on a Celsius thermometer? 🌡️
January 8, 2026 at 12:01 PM
It's been a very cold week for us! This diary entry by John Hanson of Woodford recorded similar weather on this day in 1820 ❄️
If Hanson's Fahrenheit thermometer read 30° below freezing, and the freezing temperature is 32°F, can you figure out how cold it would have been on a Celsius thermometer? 🌡️
If Hanson's Fahrenheit thermometer read 30° below freezing, and the freezing temperature is 32°F, can you figure out how cold it would have been on a Celsius thermometer? 🌡️
Beautiful Muscovy ducks at Valentines Park, Ilford, 1979 🦆
January 6, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Beautiful Muscovy ducks at Valentines Park, Ilford, 1979 🦆
Our first acquisition of the New Year – this 1980 pen and watercolour work by Essex artist Frank Alwin showing the Ilford Playhouse on Cranbrook Road, Ilford, a former Grade II listed church building.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Our first acquisition of the New Year – this 1980 pen and watercolour work by Essex artist Frank Alwin showing the Ilford Playhouse on Cranbrook Road, Ilford, a former Grade II listed church building.
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Happy New Year from Redbridge Museum! 🥳
January 1, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Happy New Year from Redbridge Museum! 🥳
One more week left to look for our Christmas objects hidden by those naughty elves!
Drop by anytime during opening hours to take part in Redbridge Museum's fun, free Christmas trail
Drop by anytime during opening hours to take part in Redbridge Museum's fun, free Christmas trail
December 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
One more week left to look for our Christmas objects hidden by those naughty elves!
Drop by anytime during opening hours to take part in Redbridge Museum's fun, free Christmas trail
Drop by anytime during opening hours to take part in Redbridge Museum's fun, free Christmas trail
Redbridge Museum is open today! Pop in for a wander through our displays if you’re in town 🚶
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📢 Redbridge Museum will have slightly different opening hours during the Christmas period. Please take note of the times on our poster so you can plan your visit accordingly! We will resume our…
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December 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Redbridge Museum is open today! Pop in for a wander through our displays if you’re in town 🚶
Merry Christmas to all from Redbridge Museum! 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Merry Christmas to all from Redbridge Museum! 🎄
#Santa takes a break on Christmas Eve with a quick concert in this cover of photographic company Ilford Limited’s ‘Between Ourselves’ staff magazine for Christmas 1960 🎅
#ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social
#ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#Santa takes a break on Christmas Eve with a quick concert in this cover of photographic company Ilford Limited’s ‘Between Ourselves’ staff magazine for Christmas 1960 🎅
#ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social
#ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social
Have you found our Christmas objects yet?
Drop by anytime during opening hours to take part in Redbridge Museum's fun, free Christmas trail!
Drop by anytime during opening hours to take part in Redbridge Museum's fun, free Christmas trail!
December 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Have you found our Christmas objects yet?
Drop by anytime during opening hours to take part in Redbridge Museum's fun, free Christmas trail!
Drop by anytime during opening hours to take part in Redbridge Museum's fun, free Christmas trail!
Wishing our Jewish friends a peaceful last night of Hanukkah 🕎
The Jewish winter festival consists of eight nights marked with the lighting of a candle on a menorah, like this one in our Jewish Redbridge display.
What are your Hanukkah traditions?
The Jewish winter festival consists of eight nights marked with the lighting of a candle on a menorah, like this one in our Jewish Redbridge display.
What are your Hanukkah traditions?
December 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Wishing our Jewish friends a peaceful last night of Hanukkah 🕎
The Jewish winter festival consists of eight nights marked with the lighting of a candle on a menorah, like this one in our Jewish Redbridge display.
What are your Hanukkah traditions?
The Jewish winter festival consists of eight nights marked with the lighting of a candle on a menorah, like this one in our Jewish Redbridge display.
What are your Hanukkah traditions?
Anyone have any interesting #FestiveTraditions?
Here’s the Valentines Swimming Club ready for a dip in the boating lake on Christmas morning, 1915! 🥶
#ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social
Here’s the Valentines Swimming Club ready for a dip in the boating lake on Christmas morning, 1915! 🥶
#ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Anyone have any interesting #FestiveTraditions?
Here’s the Valentines Swimming Club ready for a dip in the boating lake on Christmas morning, 1915! 🥶
#ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social
Here’s the Valentines Swimming Club ready for a dip in the boating lake on Christmas morning, 1915! 🥶
#ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social
Peek in through the not-so-frosty windows of our 1900 House this Christmas to imagine cosying up by the #WarmFire! ❄️
Can you spot some more Christmassy objects on display here?
#ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social
Can you spot some more Christmassy objects on display here?
#ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Peek in through the not-so-frosty windows of our 1900 House this Christmas to imagine cosying up by the #WarmFire! ❄️
Can you spot some more Christmassy objects on display here?
#ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social
Can you spot some more Christmassy objects on display here?
#ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social
Don’t miss the Redbridge Museum Christmas trail! 🎄
Peek into our freshly decorated room-sets and displays to find Christmas objects hidden around the Museum by some naughty elves 🔎
Simply drop in anytime that we’re open (see poster for hours) and pick up a trail from the front desk to take part.
Peek into our freshly decorated room-sets and displays to find Christmas objects hidden around the Museum by some naughty elves 🔎
Simply drop in anytime that we’re open (see poster for hours) and pick up a trail from the front desk to take part.
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Don’t miss the Redbridge Museum Christmas trail! 🎄
Peek into our freshly decorated room-sets and displays to find Christmas objects hidden around the Museum by some naughty elves 🔎
Simply drop in anytime that we’re open (see poster for hours) and pick up a trail from the front desk to take part.
Peek into our freshly decorated room-sets and displays to find Christmas objects hidden around the Museum by some naughty elves 🔎
Simply drop in anytime that we’re open (see poster for hours) and pick up a trail from the front desk to take part.
Local company Kelvin Hughes made navigational equipment from their factory in Hainault from 1917 until 2012, and rewarded employees and their families with big themed parties every Christmas!
This one took place in the 1960s – can you guess the theme?
#ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bluesky.social
This one took place in the 1960s – can you guess the theme?
#ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bluesky.social
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Local company Kelvin Hughes made navigational equipment from their factory in Hainault from 1917 until 2012, and rewarded employees and their families with big themed parties every Christmas!
This one took place in the 1960s – can you guess the theme?
#ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bluesky.social
This one took place in the 1960s – can you guess the theme?
#ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bluesky.social
📢 Redbridge Museum will have slightly different opening hours during the Christmas period. Please take note of the times on our poster so you can plan your visit accordingly!
We will resume our normal opening hours (Tues-Sat 11-5) from Friday 2 January.
We will resume our normal opening hours (Tues-Sat 11-5) from Friday 2 January.
December 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
📢 Redbridge Museum will have slightly different opening hours during the Christmas period. Please take note of the times on our poster so you can plan your visit accordingly!
We will resume our normal opening hours (Tues-Sat 11-5) from Friday 2 January.
We will resume our normal opening hours (Tues-Sat 11-5) from Friday 2 January.
Our new volunteer Maya has been listing our Kenneth More Theatre programmes and has found one for a production of The Wizard of Oz from Spring 1986.
Follow the yellow brick road to Redbridge Drama Centre this Christmas to see The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: visionrcl.org.uk/events/the-w...
#PantoDay
Follow the yellow brick road to Redbridge Drama Centre this Christmas to see The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: visionrcl.org.uk/events/the-w...
#PantoDay
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Our new volunteer Maya has been listing our Kenneth More Theatre programmes and has found one for a production of The Wizard of Oz from Spring 1986.
Follow the yellow brick road to Redbridge Drama Centre this Christmas to see The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: visionrcl.org.uk/events/the-w...
#PantoDay
Follow the yellow brick road to Redbridge Drama Centre this Christmas to see The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: visionrcl.org.uk/events/the-w...
#PantoDay