Hello from Essex!

[Wilko54321]

Hi, I spotted the forum when looking for information on refurbishing some cheap beat up vintage Record No. 4 planes I got on eBay. Seemed like an interesting place!

I’ve always liked DIY, tools, fixing and making things, so have a fair number of kit based hobbies like bicycles, rock climbing and fancy coffee machines. I’m a shed enthusiast, looking to get into wood working a bit more and not just make super practical but ugly things

I will likely need a bit of advice on refurb options for an old Nicholson bench and I’m looking forward to getting some new project ideas from the skilled people who post here etc.

 

[Doris]

Welcome! What part of Essex are you from?

 

[Wilko54321]

Welcome! What part of Essex are you from?

Hi, I’m in Barking! So technically just into Essex, but really part of London to be fair

 

[Bingy man]

Hi and welcome , plenty of advise here so you just need to ask as and when ..

 

[Spectric]

Hi, I’m in Barking! So technically just into Essex, but really part of London to be fair

I cannot recall Barking being in Essex, it has been the London borough of Barking and Dagenham for at least sixty years. I can remember when Romford was in Essex but now swallowed up as part of the London borough of Havering. I can also say that Ilford was once part of Essex as my Dad grew up there and I can remember seeing letters to there house in Exeter gardens with Essex on them.

But welcome to the UKW and any questions just ask.

 

[Wilko54321]

Welcome! What part of Essex are you from?

Hi, I’m in Barking! So technically just into Essex, but really part of London to be fair

I cannot recall Barking being in Essex, it has been the London borough of Barking and Dagenham for at least sixty years. I can remember when Romford was in Essex but now swallowed up as part of the London borough of Havering. I can also say that Ilford was once part of Essex as my Dad grew up there and I can remember seeing letters to there house in Exeter gardens with Essex on them.

But welcome to the UKW and any questions just ask.

I cannot recall Barking being in Essex, it has been the London borough of Barking and Dagenham for at least sixty years. I can remember when Romford was in Essex but now swallowed up as part of the London borough of Havering. I can also say that Ilford was once part of Essex as my Dad grew up there and I can remember seeing letters to there house in Exeter gardens with Essex on them.

But welcome to the UKW and any questions just ask.

Well, you are spot on! Embarrassingly I have lived there for a few years now under that misapprehension…

Turns out Barking, Romford and Ilford were part of Essex until 1965 when they got changed to be a Greater London borough. I’m not old enough to remember the change though!

Cheers for the welcome, I will make a thread on the bench refurb bits over the weekend.