Coming up

Our meetings 

On the 3rd Thursday of each month, at 7pm for 7.30, at St Margaret’s House, 21 Old Ford Rd, London E2 9PL, entrance via the gate. If you are coming to one of our meetings for the first time, please contact us for more details on access to our venue. Please see the monthly coming up posts on our home page for details 

We provide the refreshments without which no EEWI meeting would be complete – tea, coffee, perhaps some cake and wine if it materialises. 

If you're interested to join, you're welcome to attend up to three meetings before joining, with a suggested donation of £5 per session. 

• 14 August: a 110th birthday celebration

• 18 September 2025: EEWI member Sally Shanley, CPR/defibrillator session

• 16 October 2025: talk – Queen Bees

• 20 November 2025: talk – theatrical costumier Laura Holland showing us how a stage costume is put together

• 18 December 2025: Christmas party

• 15 January 2026: talk – London Search and Rescue

• 19 February 2026: talk – Virginia Orr, curator and organiser of Sy Margaret's House exhibitions and photographer

• 19 March 2026: to be confirmed

• 16 April 2026: talk – David Bowen, Travels around the Edge of History

• 21 May 2026: AGM

• 18 June 2026: talk – Sarah McCartney from 4160 Tuesdays on her adventures in perfume

• 16 July 2026: talk – Nigel Smith from Memory Palaces on the history of London cinemas

Coffee mornings

On Fridays of the weeks after our meetings – please see our monthly coming-up posts for details. Our meeting times are flexible, 10.30 for the early birds or join us at 11-ish.

Walks and tours

Usually on the second Saturday of the month, starting at 11am – please see our monthly coming-up posts for details.