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  • SE3, EP 07 | Big Shoes to Fill
    Sue is in Newham’s Maryland to meet Victoria’s nephew. Photographer Raju Vaidyanathan finds a box under the stairs. And there’s a girl growing up in Accra and a boy growing up in Dominica: Steve meets Angela. What happens next?See Raju’s work here: https://beyondbanglatown.org.uk/exhibition/See Tracer’s work @tracerital on Instagram- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -SE 3 | Same Streets Different Lives.History Social Club follows in the footsteps of photographer Tex, Bandele Ajetunmobi, across the streets of East London. On our way, we meet Victoria, Connor, Tray, Raju, Gilbert, Phyllis, Charmaine, Bianca and Steve.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Want to learn more about the show? Visit www.immediate-theatre.com/heritage or email: [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram @thehistorysocialclubThe 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historysocialclub/message 
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  • SE3, EP 06 | Not Taking it to The Chemist
    Victoria’s plan is going well. Raju finds that developing photographs is not cheap. And we’re back with Charmaine who remembers early days with Wenty Newland in Whitechapel, Hackney and beyond. Bianca is on hand with more information on Hessel Street and the family business, Wentys Tropical Foods.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -SE 3 | Same Streets Different Lives.History Social Club follows in the footsteps of photographer Tex, Bandele Ajetunmobi, across the streets of East London. On our way, we meet Victoria, Connor, Tray, Raju, Gilbert, Phyllis, Charmaine, Bianca and Steve.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Want to learn more about the show? Visit www.immediate-theatre.com/heritage or email: [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram @thehistorysocialclubThe 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historysocialclub/message 
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  • SE3, EP 05 | What if It Works
    Bandele ‘Tex’ Ajetunmobi’s first ever exhibition opens. Raju Vaidyanathan is there to see it. Raju was born and bred on Brick Lane. He got his first camera in 1983. As we go back to the 1950s, Sixties, ‘70s and ‘80s, love and hate bring communities together. This is the best and worst of us.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -SE 3 | Same Streets Different LivesHistory Social Club follows in the footsteps of photographer Tex, Bandele Ajetunmobi, across the streets of East London. On our way, we meet Victoria, Connor, Tray, Raju, Gilbert, Phyllis, Charmaine, Bianca and Steve.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Want to learn more about the show? Visit www.immediate-theatre.com/heritage or email: [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram @thehistorysocialclubThe 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historysocialclub/message 
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  • SE3, EP 04 | We Came Through
    “East London photos from an East Londoner” notes Raju, as Victoria continues to make plans. Raju sees faces he recognises in Tex’s photographs. We meet Phyllis and Charmaine Tomlinson remembering days in Mount Terrace, E1. A tea factory, branch of Woolworths and dance parties were part of life before Phyllis moved to Hackney and Charmaine made it to Newham.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -SE 3 | Same Streets Different LivesHistory Social Club follows in the footsteps of photographer Tex, Bandele Ajetunmobi, across the streets of East London. On our way, we meet Victoria, Connor, Tray, Raju, Gilbert, Phyllis, Charmaine, Bianca and Steve.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Want to learn more about the show? Visit www.immediate-theatre.com/heritage or email: [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram @thehistorysocialclubThe 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historysocialclub/message 
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  • SE3, EP 03 | Where are The Pictures
    As family clear Tex’s flat, Victoria and husband Connor go looking for his life’s work. And a way to save Tex’s photographs. Gilbert moves to a hill outside Romford in Essex, after a brush with a member of the Communist Party.Tex’s work at Autographhttps://autograph.org.uk/online-galleries/bandele-tex-ajetunmobi- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -SE 3 | Same Streets Different LivesHistory Social Club follows in the footsteps of photographer Tex, Bandele Ajetunmobi, across the streets of East London. On our way, we meet Victoria, Connor, Tray, Raju, Gilbert, Phyllis, Charmaine, Bianca and Steve.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Want to learn more about the show? Visit www.immediate-theatre.com/heritage or email: [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram @thehistorysocialclubThe 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historysocialclub/message 
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History told by the people who make it. Stories told across episodes. Season 3 out now! With 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.
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