Gants Hill
Gants Hill, a suburb of the London Borough of Redbridge, Essex, has long been a thriving community and shopping area, all centred around the famous and, at times, difficult to negotiate roundabout. Home to the iconic Moscow Metro-inspired underground station, Gants Hill is thirty-five minutes east of Oxford Circus on the Central Line. There are schools, offices, colleges, businesses, entertainment venues, religious centres, a library, and the beautiful Valentines Park, which stretches from Gants Hill to Ilford town centre.
Let expert local historians Vincent Goodman and Jef Page take you on a journey with over 180 carefully selected photographs and images of Gants Hill, illustrating how it has developed over the years. The book is the first collection of its kind to be published specifically on Gants Hill and includes a comprehensive history of the area.
Vincent Goodman is a graphic designer who has owned Speedprint in Gants Hill since 1983. He has previously self-published a children's book and has collected photos of Gants Hill for over 35 years. He founded the Gants Hill Facebook Group in August 2020, which now has over 6,200 members.
Jef Page worked in the National Gallery, London for 25 years and before that for the British Library inside the British Museum. He has a BA Hons from the Open University and an MA Diploma on Museum and Gallery Management from the City University, Barbican, London. He is an experienced freelance lecturer and writer on a variety of historical topics, from art to local history. He is President of Ilford Historical Society, an area that covers Ilford and Gants Hill, and has given many lectures on these topics.