Green St Memories: Heritage Night Finale

WIILMA is proud to present an exciting lineup of events for Newham Heritage Month 2025, bringing the vibrancy of Green Street in the 1990s back to life. Under the theme “Newham at 60: A Borough Like No Other,” this special programme blends music, art, memories and heritage to honour the community spirit and cultural richness that defined Green Street and the identity of Newham at the turn of the millennium.

Before the streaming era, Green Street was a hub – a Mela of bustling stores selling Bollywood movies on VHS tapes, music cassettes, and vibrant community life. This anniversary celebrates nostalgia and turns the spotlight on that golden era, bringing together oral histories, art & singing workshops, performances, and film songs to capture the energy of the time when it was the major destination for Bollywood audio, VHS cassettes, film magazines, posters and postcards before the advent of downloads and digitisation.

Heritage Night Finale 

A joyful evening:

Come cheer on your community – Live community music performances, some Bollywood Heritage Karaoke and a dance, the songs showcased will be the songs learned with effort and joy in our heritage music workshops.

A community presentation – sharing the voices and memories of residents and visitors of Green Street’s audio & video cassette shops.

A community Q&A/discussion

Some refreshments and snacks will be available.

Preserving the Past for the Future

Stories, interviews, and creative outcomes will be preserved in partnership with Newham Heritage Month, Newham Libraries and London Borough of Newham building a lasting archive for future generations.

Do you have photos, videos or memories of Green Street audio and video cassette shops, you’d like to share with WIILMA email us info@wiilma.org

Get Involved!

Open to all ages (18+), backgrounds, and experience levels — whether you’re here to sing, draw, share a memory, or simply listen. We’re also inviting volunteers, local sponsors, and partners to be part of this joyful and meaningful project.

We also have various volunteering opportunities, from events to sound and lighting visit www.wiilma.org/volunteer to apply.