Summer Tea held at Baptist Church Read more

Street Pastors are trained Christian volunteers from local churches who patrol city streets—typically on Friday and Saturday nights—to care for, listen to, and help people in the night-time economy. John will explain the work carried out in Havering Read more

Historian Jeff Page takes us on a light - hearted journey through some of history's most famous hoaxes, frauds and swindles, ending up in the 18th century where it all started . Read more

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Nick and his friends last year gave us the story of Music Hall and return to give us a musical trip around London Read more

Ellen Willmott lived at Great Warley in Brentwood, and was a trail blazing gardener of the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Journalist and author Sandra Lawrence has had access to the Willmott archives to piece together the full story of this remarkable woman, warts and all. Read more

Paul volunteers at the Purfleet and Military Heritage Centre and his talk tells stirring moving stories of how our animal friends play their part in times of conflict. Read more

Funeral practices around the world. Following the well received talk about the history of funeral pracrtices in the UK, a requested follow-up talk about how other cultures approach death and funerals. Read more

A chance to meet and learn about the work of the Havering Street Pastors.They are trained volunteers from local churches on patrol in town centres Friday and Saturday nights,  to care for, listen to and help people who are out on the streets. Read more

Alan returns for the third and final part of The BBNS. A veritable hostess trolley of even more comical trivia and nonsense from yesteryear. Read more