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Chronology
1989 September | Society presented Harold Wand with a watercolour sketch of Barking town-house “The Paddock” to mark his 80th birthday. |
1990 December | Rob Gehringer and Bert Lockwood appointed vice- presidents. |
1991 December | G.S. “Pip” Sanders-Hewett elected president following the death of Harold Wand. Pip was the grandson of the Society’s 2nd president. |
1993 November | Chairman Fred Ettritch took part in a BBC Radio 4 Billy Bragg programme about Barking town. |
1994 | Diamond Jubilee of Society celebrated. Bert Lockwood published “A Happy Thought: the story of Barking and District Historical Society 1934-1994. |
1994 June | Death of James Oxley, the Society’s first secretary. |
1994 December | Joan Harrison appointed a vice-president. |