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Eastside Community Heritage

Ilford Methodist Church Basement, Ilford Lane, Ilford, IG1 2JZ, Essex, England

Eastside Community Heritage was established in 1993 as part of the Stratford City Challenge community history project. In 1997 Eastside became an independent charity, and it reopened in new premises in July 2007. Over the years Eastside has worked on numerous projects documenting the lives of 'ordinary' people from and who live in East London.

In 1999 Eastside Community Heritage established the East London People's Archive which now holds over 1000 oral histories, thousands of photographs and video material all preserved and archived for public benefit.

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Contact Details

Tel : 020 8553 4343
020 8514 3653
E-mail : office@ech.org.uk

URL : www.hidden-histories.org.uk

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General Information

Cultural collections description

Eastside Community Heritage’s oral history, film and photographic collection covers the history of one of London’s most diverse boroughs, and so almost everything in their collections is relevant to many of the cultural groups in London.

You can see a very detailed catalogue of all their holdings by going to www.hidden-histories.org.uk, clicking on “news and events” and choosing “new ECH catalogue”.

The description on this page describes holdings that highlight individual cultural groups.

Much of the material has been made into publications and videos. If you would like to see the archive itself, please make an appointment with Judith at office@ech.org.uk

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African | African: Somali | Asian | Asian: Bangladeshi | Asian: Chinese | Asian: Indian | Caribbean | Cross-cultural | Religious Group: Islam | Religious Group: Jewish | Religious Group: Sikh

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