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Community researcher Lynda Dowling shares memories of Canning Town Old Library.
A local woman shares her happy memories of Canning Town Old Library via an email correspondence with community researcher Lynda Dowling.
A Newham Heritage report by Sean Alayo, looking at regeneration in Canning Town and Rathbone Market.
Oral history interview with Samuel Benson.
Oral history interview with Franklin Amadi.
Oral history interview with Geraldine Webb and Theresa McGinn.
Oral history interview with Richard Fe Cados.
In summer 2025, I answered a call from Newham Heritage to join a team of community researchers on an oral history project focused on the Old Library at 103 Barking...
In 1989, the Canning Town Public Hall was ruled structurally unsafe and for the first time in over a century as a community hub, the building lay disused and empty....
Who were the communities of Community Links? In the life of the Canning Town Public Hall, times have changed, and the world has changed with it. This development is reflected...
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