WFOHW has been collecting its own material since 1983 and has recordings made by others from the 1970s; there are now more than 1000 recordings. Though the Workshop is an independent voluntary group, since its inception it has had a close relationship with Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library based at Chingford Assembly Hall, next to Chingford Library.
If you have recordings – perhaps from a project you ran, or from family or friends about aspects of life in Waltham Forest – we would be happy to take them into our archive and make them available for others to share. Contact us with details of what you have.
When we began we used some of the best and worst equipment available at the time, there are more than 400 audio cassettes in the archive which are of varying quality. We now record digitally and quality has certainly improved since 1983; most recent recordings have been digital on accession to the collection.
We have transcribed a lot of our recordings by AI transcription software: on good recordings with clear speech it is very accurate; on poor recordings much less so. In particular proper names are often wrong. Transcripts produced this way have NOT been proofed or checked for spelling or accuracy. You should check the AI transcript against the original audio and WFOHW accepts no liability for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in these transcripts. Please let us know of any issues so we can correct them.
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Women Activists of East London
Harriet Plowi
06/07/2019
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Women Activists of East London
Linda Mezaks
09/07/2019
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Women Activists of East London
Linda Mezaks
09/07/2019
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Women Activists of East London
Rebecca Mason-Bond
14/09/2019
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Women Activists of East London
Rebecca Mason-Bond
14/09/2019
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Women Activists of East London
Georgia Newman
21/07/2019
790/1
Women Activists of East London
24/08/2019
791/1
Women Activists of East London
Esther Freeman
27/09/2019
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Women Activists of East London
Esther Freeman
27/09/2019
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Women Activists of East London
Linda Mezaks
13/05/2019
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Women Activists of East London
Gabrielle Morris
21/10/2019
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Women Activists of East London
Gabrielle Morris
21/10/2019
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Women Activists of East London
Gabrielle Morris
21/10/2019
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Women Activists of East London
Gabrielle Morris
21/10/2019
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Women Activists of East London
Gabrielle Morris
21/10/2019
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Women Activists of East London
23/09/2019
795/1
Co owner and founder East London Brewing Co, describes the brewery, its development, beers, staff and ethos.
Mike Custance
23/06/2021
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Sales and taproom manager at Solvay Society, describes the brewery, beers, team, niche position and development, particularly over the past year.
Joanna McGavin
25/06/2021
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recollections and observations on pubs in Waltham Forest from late 1970's to 2021
Mike Custance
22/07/2021
798/1
setting up and developing Beerblefish brewery
Mike Custance
26/07/2021
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setting up and developing Exale brewery
Mike Custance
22/07/2021
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Founder of Mother's Ruin, describes the distillary, its development, gins, staff and ethos.low and no alcohol brewing
Joanna McGavin
01/07/2021
801/1
Co owner and founder Nirvana Brewery,low and no alcohol brewing; describes the brewery, its development, beers, staff and ethos.
Joanna McGavin
13/07/2021
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Co-Owner and Founder Pillars Brewery, describes the brewery, its development, beers, staff and ethos.
Joanna McGavin
27/07/2021
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Co-owner and founder of Hackney Brewery, describes the brewery, its development, beers, staff and ethos.
Joanna McGavin
28/06/2021
This is a regularly updated database of recordings made by WFOHW since 1983, and including some other recordings made by Vestry House Museum since 1970.
If you would like to find out more about specific recordings, listen to them, or consult the paper records then contact us.
Use of our recordings is regulated by our Condition of Use; you can check these here.
