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
On Tuesday November 25 Eastside Community Heritage will be holding a reminiscence session for forming workers of the Harold Hill industrial estate.
This is part of their Working Lives of the Thames Gateway project and which is an exciting new project to record and celebrate the experiences of the communities which made east London an industrial heartland.
Oral histories are being contributed by hundreds of former workers across east London and which will lead to an education programme in 2010 that shares these memories with the younger generations and newer communities.
On the 17th February a talk will be delivered to the Collier Row Townswomen's Guild on the role and experiences of women in the industrial workforce.
Musical legend, and proud 'Bard of Barking', Billy Bragg delivered a passionate and inspiring speech at Eastside's 2008 Working Lives of the Thames Gateway conference.
On the 10th February 2009 a presentation will be made to the Greenwich Industrial History Society.
Eastside Community Heritage's exciting Working Lives of the Thames Gateway project was launched on 20th September by the musical legend Billy Bragg and the eminent historian of London Jerry White.
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