Eastside Stories
Stories from our archive of over 4000 interviews with East Londoners. Visit www.hidden-histories.org.uk for more.
- Update frequency
- every 36 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 34
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2023
Caring Voices
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 Her…
00:15:19 |
Fri 15 Dec 2023
Black History Month 2023 Podcast: Sisterhood at School 360
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…
00:11:02 |
Tue 31 Oct 2023
Black History Month 2023 Podcast: Somali Women's Stories
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 Haml…
00:10:32 |
Fri 29 Sep 2023
Stories from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Opening Ceremonies
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. …
00:21:11 |
Thu 30 Jun 2022
Local History Month podcast - Moving Into Marks Gate and North Chadwell Heath
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 1960…
00:10:03 |
Fri 20 May 2022
Appliance of Science
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 …
00:06:30 |
Fri 23 Nov 2018
Episode 52: Jazz
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 19…
00:11:48 |
Thu 03 Aug 2017
Women's History Month- We're Not Finished!
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 un…
00:08:10 |
Fri 04 Mar 2016
LGBT History Month 2016 - Section 28
In this podcast we celebrate LGBT History Month and discuss the impact of Section 28.
00:09:43 |
Wed 10 Feb 2016
There’s no Business Like Show Business
In this podcast people share their stories of going to the cinema and the theatre in East London.
00:06:46 |
Mon 01 Feb 2016
New Year New You - 2016
In this podcast we discuss the relevance of sport and the beginning of a new year.
00:05:19 |
Fri 22 Jan 2016
Disability History Month 2015 - Phoenix School
This podcast is for Disability History Month 2015. It focuses on Phoenix School, which is for children aged 3 to 18 with learning disabilities.
00:04:26 |
Wed 16 Dec 2015
Bonfire Night
In this podcast we hear about memories of bonfire night, fireworks and Guy Fawkes effigies
00:06:08 |
Thu 05 Nov 2015
Black History Month 2015: HAIRitage
Discussing the politics and fashions of black hair in the UK.
00:03:52 |
Tue 20 Oct 2015
50 years of Fashion in Barking and Dagenham!
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.
00:07:18 |
Thu 27 Aug 2015
Episdoe 36: Tower Bridge Beach
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.
00:07:11 |
Wed 19 Aug 2015
Episode 35 Stories from the Revolution: Hungary 1956
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 Russ…
00:33:32 |
Mon 22 Jun 2015
Whipps Cross - Stories from the War Hospital
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, …
00:12:10 |
Mon 18 May 2015
Pride - LGBT History Month 2015
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?
00:12:57 |
Tue 17 Feb 2015
Episode 32- Ghost Stories of the Eastend
This episode of Eastside Stories explores the various reports of hauntings throughout the Eastend.
00:08:25 |
Wed 04 Feb 2015
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