Eastside Stories

This podcast was created for our project Caring Stories, made possible by Newham's Mental Health and Wellbeing Community Grant. The podcast was made during six workshops run by Eastside Community Heritage with a group of carers based in Newham to share their stories and make their voices heard for the caring community. The sound clips used in the podcast are taken from interviews with a group of carers during community oral history and podcasting workshops, where participants recorded each other. These are their stories. You can access a transcript of the podcast here: https://eastsidech-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/freya_ech_org_uk/EYFr1saEhgVKoEnOtuh04kEBXDgFVHrx5leY4j06ixal-Q?e=yl1tA4

In this podcast , we will be hearing from two black women who works at School 360 in Stratford. Andrea Silvain, Co-headteacher, and Charmaine Blake, Senior Administrator, will be telling us about how themselves and other black women have personified sisterhood by supporting one another through their careers and personal lives. 

This podcast shares sound clips from our project Home from Home: Somali Women's Stories, which were recorded as oral histories by young women from members of Somali Senior Citizens Club in Tower Hamlets. In the podcast, our volunteer Patrick pieces together oral histories from different women who all moved to London from Somali in the 1960s and 70s. 

This podcast uses oral histories from our Tubular Bells and Copper Flowers project, that focuses on the experiences of local Londoners involved in the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic opening ceremonies. The sound clips in this podcast have been chosen and edited by Newham residents in a podcast workshop run by Eastside Community Heritage at London Stadium Learning, for Newham Heritage Month. 

In this podcast for Local History Month, we hear from residents and former residents of Marks Gate and North Chadwell Heath about their experiences of the developing areas in the 1950s and early 1960s. The oral histories featured in this podcast were recorded for our project, Remembering Marks Gate and North Chadwell Heath.

This year marks 100 years since women over the age of 30 received the vote – an important occasion Eastside wishes to celebrate. Made possible by money raised by National Lottery players, Appliance of Science tells the story of women in East London and how advancements in domestic technology has impacted on the role of women in society.

This episode features a wide range of oral histories — collected between 1999 and 2017 — giving a picture of how the cultural significance of jazz changed, from the Charleston Era of the 1920s and 1930s, to the counterculture of the 1960s.

We're Not Finished! is Eastside's project for Women'sd HIstory Month 2016. It looks at womens activism in the East End with a particular focus on gender inequality. This podcast looks at the roles unions have played in these campaigns.

In this podcast we celebrate LGBT History Month and discuss the impact of Section 28.

In this podcast people share their stories of going to the cinema and the theatre in East London.

In this podcast we discuss the relevance of sport and the beginning of a new year.

This podcast is for Disability History Month 2015. It focuses on Phoenix School, which is for children aged 3 to 18 with learning disabilities.

In this podcast we hear about memories of bonfire night, fireworks and Guy Fawkes effigies

Discussing the politics and fashions of black hair in the UK.

Listen to the memories of fashion in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham over the past 50 years. We spoke to residents of the borough about what they wore and where they wore it.

This podcast explores people's memories of a beach on the Tower Bridge foreshore made specially for the residents of the East End of London.

After the Second World War Russia took military control of Hungary from Germany and enforced a strict communist regime. In 1956 Hungarian students staged a peaceful demonstration calling for the Russian military to leave and freedom of elections. The demonstrations turned violent and after a week of what looked like success for the revolutionaries the Russian military came back in force and violently put down the revolution sending thousands of freedom fighters fleeing west. Our project has recorded the stories of some of these refugees and their families and in this podcast you can hear just a few of these incredibly stories.

Whipps Cross University Hospital in the London Borough of Waltham Forest has an illustrious past spanning the whole of the 20th century: from it's earliest origins as the West Ham Infirmary in 1903, to the birth of such well known figures such as Jonathon Ross, David Beckham and Richard Ayoade. At no period, however, was the hospital more urgently needed than it was during the First World War, 1914-1918, and to commemorate the centenary of the First World War, we took a closer look at the history behind the hospital.

To celebrate LGBT history month, we decided to share some of our best stories about PRIDE London - the city's annual LGBT festival. How did Pride begin, and how different is it in 2015?

This episode of Eastside Stories explores the various reports of hauntings throughout the Eastend.

As part of Disability History Month, Eastside Community Heritage took to the streets of East London with an exhibition about post war employment for those with disabilities. In the podcast we hear stories from those who worked at Remploy and Newco, and ask what sort of employment those who are disabled today can hope to find. Thanks to all those who spoke to us openly and honestly about their personal experiences with disability.

Here, Eastside Community Heritage explore the archives about Jewish festivals in honour of Jewish New Year.

This Podcast takes a look at some of the stories behind Eastside's up coming Great War exhibition. It looks at the effects of the warfare on some of the soldiers and their families.

This episode focuses on the culture of Queens Market, a vibrant part of the Upton Park community where thousands of people come to shop and mingle every day since 1904. In this podcast, we feature four voices from the Queens Market community, discussing the role of the market in the community as a whole.

The area of Bethnal Green, has an interesting history and this week we are brining you stories from residence who live there.

Women in Sports

In honour of Women's History Month, we explore stories of East End women in the labour force.

Welcome to the Eastside Community Heritage podcast, bringing you stories from our archive of over 2000 oral histories and thousands of photographs. School, whether primary school or senior school, is more than just a place for many of us- it is a marker of time we use to measure our early lives, a space we had to learn and grow, a reminder of how our identity developed before we were really people. This is why commonplace moments, however fleeting, stay with us well into adulthood. This week, we hear from school kids, past and present, and their experiences in the state education system. We hear from children of the 50s, ‘60s, ‘80s, and 00’s about their experiences of school and answer the question, what does ‘Getting an education mean’?

At this time of the year, Eastside Community Heritage are thinking about the festive season- we hear all about Angel Lane market and dancing at the Ilford Palais...

Barking Park Peoples Stories and Memories Of The Park and Swimming Pool

This week Eastside Community Heritage delves into the world of Essex culture, past and present. We explore what it means to be an Essex boy or girl- with help from the residents...

This month Eastside Community Heritage is celebrating Black History Month and shares with you the stories of Black Caribbean nurses in the National Health Service from the 1960s onwards

As we have an ongoing project at the St.Clements Hospital we would like to share some stories and memories from former employees and people who have a connection with the hospital

This time of year is one of reflection for the Jewish community, and with this in mind, we listen to stories of Jewish life in the East End.

The Olympics of 2012 are reflected on by East Londoners who participated; coaches, athletes, families, and announcers. To find out more about Eastside Community Heritage, visit www.hidden-histories.org.uk

Cockney tales celebrating Cockney heritage coinciding with the 'Cockney Heritage Festival' in Tower Hamlets.

A peek at Central Park in the 1940s and 1950s, featuring four interviews from Eastside Community Heritage's archive. To learn more, visit www.hidden-histories.org.uk

For Refugee Week 2013, we share four short clips on the experiences of living in Britain from members of the Luo Community.

Five short interviews focused on a theme of love and relationships. To learn more about Eastside Community Heritage's work, visit www.hidden-histories.org.uk

An exploration of what work was like at Tate & Lyle's, a sugar refinery in Silvertown. For more information about Eastside Community Heritage, visit www.hidden-histories.org.uk

Thousands of refugees fled Uganda to come to the UK in the 1970s, all seeking a secure new home and jobs. Unfortunately, those forcibly removed from their homes in eastern Africa also found life difficult in Britain. This podcast installment discusses the cultural importance of work in the Ugandan Asian community, and two dramatically different experiences of refugees: one in London, the other in Amsterdam. For more information on this project and others like it, visit www.hidden-histories.org.uk

Three women describe their experiences of the blitz as children: Mary Ogden Pam Beech Jean Bruce www.facebook.com/eastsideCH www.hidden-histories.org.uk/wordpress www.twitter.com/eastsideCH

On the 30th April 1978, 100,000 people gathered in East London's Victoria Park for the 'Carnival Against The Nazis' - a protest opposing the National Front. On the 35th anniversary of this event, we share the stories of 3 people who were involved with Rock Against Racism - the activist organisation which staged the carnival. www.hidden-histories.org.uk www.facebook.com/eastsideCH

2013 is the 150th anniversary of the opening of the London Underground. To celebrate, here are three stories that remember transport in East London.

Three oral history excerpts from women who've fought against racism: 1. Carol Grimes on playing the first Rock Against Racism gig in 1976. 2. Jenny Bourne on the Battle of Lewisham in 1977. 3. Ulrike Schmidt on blockading the BNP festival in 2009.

To celebrate International Women's Day Eastside delves into its archives to explore the role women from East London played in manufacturing industries in the early 20th Century.

Hidden histories from our archive of over 1700 interviews with ordinary and extraordinary East Londoners. In this episode we have two traditional Somali stories and an interview from an East London school.