Welcome to the Newham Story

The Newham Story website tells the story of Newham and its people.

You can share your memories, family stories, photos, videos, and knowledge of Newham - as it is today and as it was in the past.

Look round this site to see what other people have added. Why not add your own story and photo to this site? Just register a username and password, and off you go!

The Newham Story is in two parts. The first is the Newham Story website; there are also the Newham Story forums. You will need to register for both parts and you can use the same username and password on both the website and the forums. The forums are at: http://newhamstory.com/forums

This site is run by the London Borough of Newham's Heritage & Archives service whose aims are to preserve, promote and interpret the rich diversity of the heritage of Newham, and make it accessible to all.

Ade Adepitan
Ade Adepitan
Brighton Family
Brighton Family
Charlie Chaplin & Mr Gandhi in Canning Town
Charlie Chaplin & Mr Gandhi in Canning Town
Dockers Statue
Dockers Statue
Eliza Vinicombe
Eliza Vinicombe
HockeyTeam 1984
HockeyTeam 1984
John & Flo Johnson
John & Flo Johnson
Mr & Mrs Hoolas
Mr & Mrs Hoolas
Mrs Pitt & Children
Mrs Pitt & Children
Trebor Factory Workers
Trebor Factory Workers

Featured quick links

Upton Lane School,West Ham

This is a picture taken during 1920's-1930'sAs you can see  the boys have their aprons on carrying out some sort of technical  drawing.My Dad Ronald Edwin Gedge attended this school up until 1940, about age of 11 and this image is from the family collection. 

Upton Lane School,West Ham

Newtown Point

This is a photo of one of the Tower Blocks, Stratford and Newtown Points being blown up in Stratford in 1981, built in 1964 condemned in 1978, the tower block once housed 80 families until they were moved out when structural faults were found.   Photo By Poppy Show

 Newtown Point

West Ham Abbey, Channelsea River 2

Channelsea river, Stratford E15.   This is a photo of the Channelsea River taken on the 24 May 2012, the trees and bushes of this small river are like an oasis in Stratfords concrete jungle, this veiw was taken looking south from Stratford Station , the rivers journey in the 1130s AD took it across Stratford High St and down to WEST HAM  ABBEY also known as St MARY's ABBEY, Stratford Langthorne. The river turned the mills for the Abbey, the river then carried on and rejoined the river Lea and went down to the Thames.

Upton Park Salvation Army Sunday School circa 1919

A photo of Upton Park Salvation Army Sunday Scholl taken around 1919

Upton Park Salvation Army Sunday School circa 1919

West Ham Abbey, Channelsea River 1

 Channelsea River, Stratford E15. This is a photo of the Channelsea River taken May 2012,The river is hidden behind buildings on Stratford High St, this was a tidal river that once powered a mill called " Wiggen Mill " for the  monks at West Ham Abbey  1130s AD,  The river is now a small trickle, but is  Giving life to some trees and foliage and still managing to  survive the mass building programme of Stratford in 2012.          uploaded by Poppy Show           

West Ham Abbey, Channelsea River 1

Speedway Racing at Hackney.


 
Altough classed as Hackney Speedway, Waterden road was actally E.15. The sport of Speedway racing (originally called Dirt Track Racing, when it arrived in England from Australia in 1928) came to Hackney in 1935. It opened in April of that year at the Hackney Wick Stadium, by Fred Whitehead, who was the Managing Director of Hackney Wick Stadium Limited.
The stadium address was Wick Lane E.9
 
The track was 340 yards long, had 18" depth of clinker, with a cinder surface.
The track was built inside the Greyhound racing track, another very popular sport in this part of east London, with greyhound racing also held at Walthamstow and West Ham.
 
The previous year the team had raced at Walthamstow and had the nickname `The Wolves`.

Church Street,E15

This photo was taken in the 1950's It is of my Aunts sweet shop in Church st ,West Ham, E15. If you look in the reflection of the window you can see the graveyard of West Ham church.  Uploaded by poppy show 

Church Street,E15

Edwin Dowsing Gedge-West /ham Borough Council C1912-1914

This is a photo of West Ham Borough Council taken around 1910-1914. It shows my Great Grand Father Edwin Dowsing Gedge at an office group shot. He is recorded as being employed as an Inspector of Public Nusance.The image was supplied to me by my Great Aunt Miss Margaret Gedge and her brother Mr Alan Gedge.Edwin is located middle row 3rd from the right.

Edwin Dowsing Gedge-West /ham Borough Council C1912-1914
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