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Eastside Community Heritage @EastsideCH

Collecting and sharing East London's social history with a focus on activism, diversity and regeneration. Established 1998.

Joined August 2011
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A lovely workshop for Women’s History Month celebrating the women workers in Stratford, creating a time capsule of women’s stories #WomensHistoryMonth
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Lovely to be at the Art Workers Guild for the launch of the amazing East London Textile Arts project, Textile Tales Revealed.
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Join Eastside Community Heritage at Chats Palace on 15/02/2025 for a film drop-in including “Margaret’s Story” about trans artistry, an exhibition to explore and more! Event completely free All ages welcome Email Bill@ech.org.uk for more details
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ECH held an amazing session this month with the Havering Association for People with Disabilities (H.A.D), which continues to do great work across Havering! This session is part of our new project exploring people’s memories of, and hopes for, the future of Harold Hill.
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Calling all ECH members Happy Holidays! 📷 Thank you to our amazing volunteers, members, and community supporters for a wonderful year. Explore our archive and celebrate our shared history: eastsidecommunityheritage.or…
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Calling all Harold Hill residents past and present! If you would like to be involved in a heritage project, telling your memories and stories of the local area and being involved in a new history of Harold Hill contact us here: Bill@ech.org.uk Text: 07856 730264
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Spotlighting our 30 years living with HIV archive for this years World Aids Day. This features peoples reflections 30 years after the HIV epidemic. The archive is available online and a summary video is available on Youtube. Search ‘easttsidecommunityheritage.o…’ to explore.
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ECH has had another wonderful visit to Newham Nurture! We enjoyed sharing memories of home, recipes, and music, and worked together to create a large communal map. Along the way, we celebrated the amazing diversity of experiences and origins within the group.
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Calling all ECH members! Vote for Eastside Community Heritage as part of the People Powered Places.
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Creative women of London: we want YOUR story! Featured in our Women’s History Month exhibition. Email joymiracle@ech.org.uk to participate 💫
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Absolutely blown away by the @CreativeNewham CP Programme! 🌟 4 weeks ago, I gave this brilliant group a brief: address a gap in the Eastside Archive - focus on stories from young Black men and find ways to engage them in heritage and make it relevant.
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They smashed it! Not only did they create an outstanding project and presentation, but they WON a GOLD STANDARD award from the judges! 🏆
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What a week in East London heritage! We’ve been: 🚤 Collecting oral histories from River Lea houseboat residents about sustainable waterway living. 👥 Training young people in oral history methods with @QMUL @DrapersAcademy to collect local stories.
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Final Event Announcement! Somali seafarers Exhibition and Film Drop in Join us at Walthamstow library anytime from 12:30 - 4:30 this Wednesday for a free film showing and exhibition drop in!
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🚤 LIFE ON THE LEA 🚤 Calling all River Lea residents! Are you a canal boat owner, angler, walker, cyclist, or nature lover who enjoys life along the river? ECH & @LoopLabs want to hear YOUR story! We’re interviewing people living in houseboats along the River Lea.
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What an amazing group of young people at @fba_official that took part in our #oralhistory training session this week. Great to see our people heritage safe in their hands! As they will go on to record some great interviews and preserve the peoples history of #Havering.
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RT @JamesAsser: Stunning event in the Royal Docks Originals festival this evening; an incredible fire installation ‘Rekindling’ outside Cit…
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Brilliant to hear the local voices boom out at #RDO25 Originals festival. A celebration of transformation and journeys, a spectacular public art experience. Loved the use of the oral histories from the people living around the #RoyalDocks
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22 Sep 2025
94 years ago today, Mahatma Gandhi and Charlie Chaplin met in Canning Town. This was a derelict site but it is now a pocket park named ‘The Gandhi Chaplin Memorial Garden’ to commemorate this moment of our local history. #newhamheritagemonth
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