Pumping
2 Goodgymers helped their local community in Waltham Forest
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Thursday 23rd March 2023
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Pumphouse has become a regular favourite for some of our Goodgymers who were very excited to see what has changed since we last attended.
The workshop had been emptied and some tables built along the walls. A task that seemed impossible a few weeks ago.
Two Goodgymers amongst some other volunteers set about sanding, painting and varnishing the furniture needed to be used in the workshop.
We can't wait to go back to this awesome spot to help out again and experience some of the hidden beauty that is located in this area.
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The Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum is a registered charity focusing on local transport and industry and is centred around a Grade II listed Victorian pumping station known as the 'Pumphouse'. The museum opened in 1997 when a group of local enthusiasts came together to restore the Grade II listed Marshall engines and form the Friends of the Pumphouse. However, the idea of operating a museum on the site was mooted as early as the 1970s shortly after the engines went out of service. The site was historically known as Low Hall Farm and an ancient manor house stood there for many centuries until it was bombed in WWII. The site was part of a much larger council depot part of which is still in existence today.
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Thu 23rd Mar 2023 at 4:51pm
nice pictures
