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History told by the people who make it.
Alongside our sister project Voices of Change, we're saving stories that will be preserved in Hackney Museum and Archive...
Taking Care of Business, Episode 04:
Meet George who left advertising in the Seventies to sell fraco at the market and run parties in Hackney. Elsewhere, another entrepreneur was also in business, before opening a Forest Gate institution in Newham. Sue is reminded of the people and places that mark everyday moments in her home city.
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Enterprise. Family. Attitude. Sue Elliott-Nicholls takes us from N16 to E6 with people who’ve made our boroughs what they are today. We celebrate a shop, a common, a cemetery and an approach to life, to find a place in the family of things.
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Have a story to share? Want to help us make the show? Visit www.immediate-theatre.com/heritage or email: [email protected].
Follow us on Instagram @thehistorysocialclub
The Hackney and Newham History Social Club, alongside our sister project Voices of Change, is saving stories that will be preserved in Hackney Museum and Archives and Newham's Borough Archives for future generations.
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S2, EP 03 | The Suitcase
Taking Care of Business, EP 03
Anju at Londis N16 remembers meeting husband Mayank for the first time. Judy’s mum Eva came to England on the brink of war and struggles to recall the events that led to her leaving home. With an exception. A song and a dance that put a spring in her step.
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Enterprise. Family. Attitude. Sue Elliott-Nicholls takes us from N16 to E6 with people who’ve made our boroughs what they are today. We celebrate a shop, a common, a cemetery and an approach to life, to find a place in the family of things
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Have a story to share? Want to help us make the show? Visit www.immediate-theatre.com/heritage or email: [email protected].
Follow us on Instagram @thehistorysocialclub
The Hackney and Newham History Social Club, alongside our sister project Voices of Change, is saving stories that will be preserved in Hackney Museum and Archives and Newham's Borough Archives for future generations.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historysocialclub/message
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S2, EP 02 | ‘Burbs Girl
Taking Care of Business, Episode 02:
If you’d come by this corner in the 1970s, the shop signs were different. Sue, who grew up in the suburbs, follows the ins and outs of a small shop in Upper Clapton, run by The Patel family. Judy adjusts to ‘cockney’ life at a newspaper depot in Homerton.
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Enterprise. Family. Attitude. Sue Elliott-Nicholls takes us from N16 to E6 with people who’ve made our boroughs what they are today. We celebrate a shop, a common, a cemetery and an approach to life, to find a place in the family of things.
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Have a story to share? Want to help us make the show? Visit www.immediate-theatre.com/heritage or email: [email protected].
Follow us on Instagram @thehistorysocialclub
The Hackney and Newham History Social Club, alongside our sister project Voices of Change, is saving stories that will be preserved in Hackney Museum and Archives and Newham's Borough Archives for future generations.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historysocialclub/message
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S2, EP 01 | A Rainy Morning in N16
Taking Care of Business, Episode 01:
There’s a jolly little Londis with a green and white striped awning. Sue Elliott-Nicholls has a sweet time with Priyesh, Mayank and Anju at their cornershop on the edge of Stoke Newington Common. While Judy goes to East Ham in search of her grandmother Martha Eckstein. A woman she never met.
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Enterprise. Family. Attitude. Sue Elliott-Nicholls takes us from N16 to E6 with people who’ve made our boroughs what they are today. We celebrate a shop, a common, a cemetery and an approach to life, to find a place in the family of things.
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Have a story to share? Want to help us make the show? Visit www.immediate-theatre.com/heritage or email: [email protected].
Follow us on Instagram @thehistorysocialclub
The Hackney and Newham History Social Club, alongside our sister project Voices of Change, is saving stories that will be preserved in Hackney Museum and Archives and Newham's Borough Archives for future generations.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historysocialclub/message
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Series 2: Trailer
Welcome to Series 2 of the Hackney and Newham History Social Club. This time, we are 'Taking Care of Business'.
History told by the people who make it.
Alongside our sister project Voices of Change, we're saving stories that will be preserved in Hackney Museum and Archives' and Newham's borough archives for future generations. Series 2 out now!