East Ham, Plashet Park and Upton Park were quite different places in the 1880s. These memories are taken from a tape recorded by Mr Patterson in 1972, when he was aged 91.
When working-class people did not have as many holidays as they do today, they made the most of their days off, such as an outing on August Bank Holiday.
The First World War helped the cause of the women's suffrage movement. During the war women took on the jobs usually done men and their efforts had helped to win it.
Copy of the resolution for Freedom of the Borough of East Ham. 22nd May 1906. Conferred on Andrew Carnegie Esq L.L.D., as a recognition of the services rendered by him to the Borough. (Acceptance attached.)