Eastside Community Heritage is an independent charity founded in East London in 1993
We believe that history empowers people and we seek to promote civic pride, greater harmony between people and to provide independent historical research
Our New Address and Contact Details;
Ilford Methodist Church,
Ilford Lane,
Ilford,
IG1 2JZ
Phone: 020 8553 4343
eMail: office@ech.org.uk
We are also recruiting for an exhibition and publication curator closing date 23rd April. For more information and Job Description please see http://www.hidden-histories.org.uk/sites/default/files/Exhibition and publication Curator.doc.
We are seeking an experienced consultant to evaluate a large, three year oral history project - The Working Lives of the Thames Gateway. The project is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Download the brief here.
Contract: April 2010 – April 2011.
Closing date for submission of tenders: Friday 26 March 2010 at midday.
Eastside is an equal opportunities employer.
Event:
Reminiscence session for Sterling Works employees
Venue:
Wantz Library, Rainham Road North, RM10 7DX
A reminiscence session will be held for former employees of the Sterling Works factory in Rainham Road. The factory produced the famous Sterling Telephone in the early 1900s, in WW2 it was turned into an armaments factory and produced the Sterling sub-machine gun, used by the British Army. The factory finally closed down in 1985. In its heyday during the war 1,600 people, both men and women, worked at Sterling.
Do you remember the Wapping Dispute?
We are collecting and recording memories of the 1986 – 87 strike against the sacking of over 5,000 print workers by News International. The strike was pivotal for both the printing industry and the British union movement. Were you a print worker, a News International employee, a trade unionist, a demonstrator or a resident of Wapping?
Do you remember the days of Fortress Wapping if so contact email office@ech.org.uk or will@ech.org.uk
A search is on for former employees of the South Metropolitan Gas Company to help uncover the hidden stories of the people who made the company what it was. Eastside Community Heritage is looking for people who worked at the Company to share their memories at a reunion to take place at Greenwich Heritage Centre on Friday 8th January 2010.
Where: Greenwich Heritage Centre, Artillery Square, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, SE18 4DX
When: 10.30 am, Friday 8th January 2010
Who to contact: Judith Garfield, (office@ech.org.uk, 0208 553 4343) or Claire Days (claire@ech.org.uk, 0208 553 4343)
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