Griff Rhys Jones on the Lea

Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones started tonight on BBC1.
This is a five part series for the summer holidays.
Stand by for his River Lea episode on Sunday 16 August.

AV Roe anniversary

This month sees the centenary of the first British flight which took place in the Lee Valley.
Flight pioneer Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe, working from a railway arch on  Walthamstow Marshes managed to get off the ground on 13 July 1909.
The anniversary was kept on Sunday 12 July in front of the arch when Eric Verdon- Roe unveiled [...]