Students from Leyton Orient Trust on Leyton's changing landscape over the past 80- years.
Oral histories: 10 (18 hours).
Resources: School workshops; Youth film.
Children and young people look at the changes in access to sport in Newham, especially post Olympic developments.
Oral histories: 10 (18 hours).
Resources: School workshops; Youth film.
Memories of pubs, clubs, cinemas, shops, galleries, parks, snooker halls, and skating rinks.
Oral histories: 13 (25 hours).
Resources: Exhibition.
A volunteer project on the footballers, officials and fans of Orient who contributed to the First World War effort.
Oral histories: 10 (18 hours).
Resources: Exhibition; Educational materials.
The development of women's football, from it's beginnings in the 1890s to the present day.
Oral histories: 4 (3 hours).
Resources: Exhibition; Educational materials.
Opened in 1898, Barking Park was the first council owned park in the borough and was a strategic area in WWII.
Oral histories: 18 (38 hours).
Resources: Walking tours; Podcasts; Videos; Reminiscence Packs.
Memory Games
Barking and Dagenham's sporting talents
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Bobby Moore and Sir Alf Ramsey left a lasting legacy in the borough. We speak to Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls.
Oral histories: 24 (40 hours).
Resources: Exhibition; Documentary film.
Olympic Memories
Olympic Boroughs Past, Present and Future
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Community members express their views on the 2012 Olympics in storytelling & reminiscence workshops.
Oral histories: 23 + Vox Pops (30 hours).
Resources: Short videos.
From industrialization to the Second World War, the history of East Ham's Central Park opened in 1898.
Oral histories: 11 (20 hours).
Resources: Educational materials.
The opening of the beach at Tower of London in 1934, providing a safe playground for local children.
Oral histories: 21 (25 hours).
Resources: Documentary film.
Local experiences of Wanstead flats, and the campaign to stop development on the Flats after the Second World War.
Oral histories: 20 (25 hours).
Resources: Exhibition; History talks; Walking tour; Podcast.
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