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- Campaigning for the community for 50 years – happy birthday Newham Recorder
- Memories of East Ham Co-op – over 60 years of magic for young and old
- The games we played – every night and every day
- Jewel in Newham’s crown is helping charity to make a difference and change lives of young
- 50 years ago – how Ronan Point tragedy shaped lives of future generations
- Ambition Aspire Achieve: A film about our work
- The Palace: East Ham Theatre with a special place in my heart
- How pubs gave communities their soul – and a barrel of laughs and memories
- Thief causes heartbreak for charity working with disabled young people
- Memories are made of this – Moody’s ‘Rathbone’ herbal potions and amazing sarsparilla
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Campaigning for the community for 50 years – happy birthday Newham Recorder
Happy birthday to the Newham Recorder, which celebrates the milestone of 50 years of existence today. I was asked to write a piece marking the anniversary today for a special supplement in the paper. And […]
Memories of East Ham Co-op – over 60 years of magic for young and old
It was a store that had a magical excitement back in the day – for both adults and children. The Co-op in East Ham evokes memories of all that was best in shopping. It was […]
The games we played – every night and every day
They are the games that have stood the test of time. Each generation had its own favourites and passed down the laughs and memories to the next in the Royal Docks Community. My earliest memory […]
Jewel in Newham’s crown is helping charity to make a difference and change lives of young
Tears of joy, laughter and a feel-good factor second to none. Those are the emotions you have when you leave shows at Brick Lane Music Hall in Silvertown. But there’s another very important reason this […]
50 years ago – how Ronan Point tragedy shaped lives of future generations
Fifty years on that sight still lives in the memory. There were no morning TV shows, nothing on the radio. The first we knew that a tower block had collapsed was when we arrived at […]
Ambition Aspire Achieve: A film about our work
Making a difference…changing lives. A film by Marieta and Gareth Evans about charity Ambition, Aspire, Achieve
The Palace: East Ham Theatre with a special place in my heart
The Palace was the last surviving theatre in East Ham, enduring The Blitz and lasting half a century after its creation. The theatre – and what was built on its site after it closed – […]
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