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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Factory inspector, bakers shops
20/11/1985
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151
sweetshops, Walthamstow
07/06/1905
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152
31/05/1905
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Shop in Clapton
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154
Brandon Road, Stocksfield Road, Walthamstow
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photos and other documentation from the film
01/07/1986
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Baking and family bakery business
01/07/1986
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157
Ancient House; work and family history Walthamstow
06/07/1987
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158
Stocksfield Rd, family and work history Walthamstow, Wood Street, worked at Halex; WW1 War damage in Cuthbert Road, peace party in 1918
Robert Wilkinson
05/03/1987
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Work and family history, confectioners, sweets, Lesney
23/07/1987
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160
children's memories of area, Wood Street, Stocksfield Road
Thelma Wolfe
12/02/1987
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161
wood street Stocksfield road memories, father coal merchant
Marian Vaughan
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163
Wood Street, Stocksfield Road, Walthamstow; Memories of cinemas & film studio; WW1 Saw Zeppelin shot down at Potters Bar, victory celebrations - greasy pole with leg of lamb at the top (A202)
Bryony Batchelor
01/09/1985
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164
bakery WW1 Father trained with a German baker, then opened a shop in Lea Bridge Road. Mob smashed a German bakers in Capworth Street (p8 transcribed)
Thelma Wolfe
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Stocksfield Road, Wood Street, Walthamstow
16/03/1987
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166
sweet making 1987 interview and photo; WW2 - sugar shortages
Robert Wilkinson
Sept 1987
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167
1986 Talking Map
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168
sweet making, Clarnico, Hackney Wick
04/08/1987
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169
Walthamstow palace, cinema, entertainment
Simon Lace
14/10/1988
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170
1959 recording by Mr M R Dudley,sounds and interviews featuring salesmen on stalls. Recording and commentary; photo from 1976 of Harry Brown? ?longest established stall holder on High Street
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171
Sweetmaking, High Street, market, Walthamstow. Three generations of sweetmaking (sugar boiling) and selling, 1930s – 1980s.
Bryony Batchelor
05/08/1987
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Sweetmaking; three generations of sweet-making and selling, Strutt family
25/09/1987
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Walthamstow Palace, cinema, entertainment, WW2 memories
17/11/1988
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Baking, bread, Walthamstow
Robert Wilkinson
08/08/1986
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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.
