Join Eastside Community Heritage on the first of our two free guided walking tours in Newham for Women's History Month on Saturday 16th March, from Forest Gate to Barking Road. We will be Rewriting the Streets, discovering local history from the perspective of ordinary women who have lived and worked in the area, using oral histories and photographs from our Hidden-Histories archive! At our final stop, Newham Bookshop (Barking Road), there will also be refreshments and the chance to explore our a taster of our digital archive in more detail!
Date: Saturday 16 March 2024.
Meet: 11.30AM, outside Forest Gate Station, London, E7 0NF.
Finish: 12.30PM, at Newham Bookshop, London, E13 9ER.
For accessing the oral histories, the use of personal devices will be encouraged, but a shared speaker will be available for those who do not wish to use their mobile phones.
If you are interested in learning more, but wish not to partake in the walk, you are welcome to book a ‘Final Stop Only’ slot, to join us at 12.30PM at Newham Bookshop for our digital archive taster (limited slots).
For more information, contact georgia@ech.org.uk.