The intensity of life in London's East End has attracted film-makers since the camera was first invented. The vast changes in East End life - from the docks and the rag trade to market traders, migrants and wartime upheavals - are revealed entirely through the images they captured on film. (R)
Broadcast on
BBC Four, 2:40AM Fri, 5 Jul 2013
Available until 8:59PM Thu, 11 Jul 201
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01k7m4h/London_on_Film_The_East_End/
I've seen Dan Cruikshank wandering about Spitalfields with a step ladder -- off to do more fixing-up. As an original blow-in, he is well-placed to make the following programme
Incomers
DURATION: 40 MINUTES
First transmitted in 1985, Incomers looks at the splendid yet decaying Georgian houses of Spitalfields in London's East End.
Dan Cruickshank and local enthusiasts ranging from artists, historians and architects, are committed to restoring these properties back to their former glory.
The programme charts the restoration process as the buildings undergo a rapid transformation and once again become desirable London dwellings.
But in doing so they have to resist the ambitions of property developers, thwart contracted demolition teams, recognise the housing needs of the local Bengali community and help relocate the local businesses that occupied workshops within some of the prized houses.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00t3f42/Ours_to_Keep_Incomers/
East End Backpassages: Speed HistoryCockney Heritage FestivalTuesday, 23 July 2013 at 19:00 (BST)London, United Kingdom |  |
Event Details
Tuesday 23 July 7-8pm
East End Backpassages: Speed History
If you missed the opportunity to catch this ever-popular event on the festival launch night, here is another chance to join author Alan Gilbey for ‘East End Backpassages: Speed History’. In a reference library of secret stories an eclectic mix of local authors, performers and storytellers await to tell you "tales less told" – and they’re all five minutes long!
Free
When & Where
Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives
277 Bancroft Road E1 4DQ London
United Kingdom
Tuesday, 23 July 2013 at 19:00 (BST)
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Organiser
Cockney Heritage Festival
The Cockney Heritage Festival celebrates Cockney History and Culture and is organised by Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives and The Cockney Heritage Trust.
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