Bexley Heath Local Studies Archives

Location: 

Townley Road
Bexleyheath
DA6 7HJ
United Kingdom
Description

Collection owner: 

Library/Archive

Holdings: 

Collection name: Miscellaneous Oral History Interviews; Subjects: Oral History: A range of oral history interviews covering the following subjects: memories of World War Two; people's working lives at the silk printers David Evans; the armaments manufacturers, Vickers Ltd and cable makers BICC; interviews with the photographer John Topham and the former Mayor of Bexley, James Holden about their lives and work; recordings of people's memories of Danson Park, Slade Green, Crayford , Erith, Bexleyheath and Welling. Also includes a recording of 'A Poem to Old Erith' written and performed by Pat Watson and music recorded by the Callenders Band by the BBC from the 1920s.; items: 19 Compact Cassette Collection name: Recordings of Radio Interviews and Events; Subjects: Religious Ceremony, Wildlife, Local History, Military History, Off-Air Radio Broadcast Recordings, Political Speeches: Miscellaneous collection of recordings of radio interviews and events that have taken place in the London Borough of Bexley. Includes recordings of the former Prime Minister Edward Heath; speeches made by various councillors and the celebrations of the jubilee of the former Bexley Borough in 1962.; items: 12 Compact Cassette Collection name: Music Recordings; Subjects: Classical Music; World, Folk & Traditional Music; Popular Music & Jazz: Music recordings of church choirs in Bexley; orchestras conducted by the former Prime Minister, Edward Heath MP; the 'Danson Organ'; the organ of the Regal Cinema, Welling and Kent folk music.; items: 27 Vinyl Disc Collection name: Bexleyheath Between the Wars Oral History Project; Subjects: Oral History: Oral history recordings with Bexley residents about Bexleyheath from 1919 to 1939. Includes references to the exponential suburban growth experienced in the Bexley area between the two World Wars. Includes transcripts; items: 23 Compact Cassette Collection name: Wartime Memories Oral History Project; Subjects: Oral History: Oral history recordings of Bexley residents memories of Bexley and the surrounding area during the Second World War, 1939 to 1945.; items: 29 Compact Cassette Collection name: Crayford Oral History Project; Subjects: Oral History: Oral history recordings of resident's memories of various aspects of the life and times of Crayford.; items: 38 Compact Cassette Collection name: Bexley Sikh Oral History Project; Subjects: Oral History: Recordings, transcripts and deposit agreements for the Bexley Sikh Community Oral History Project 2002-2005; items: 3 Audio CD-R Collection name: Hall Place Libraries and Museum Staff Oral History Project; Subjects: Oral History: Recordings, transcripts and deposit agreements for the Hall Place Libraries and Museum Staff Oral History Project 2005-2006; items: 9 Audio CD-R Collection name: Working Lives of the Thames Gateway; Subjects: Oral History: Working Lives of the Thames Gateway; items: 50 Digital Audio Files Collection name: Callender's Cables Works Band Gramophone Records; Subjects: Classical Music; World, Folk & Traditional Music; Popular Music & Jazz: 10 gramophone records 1938 List of songs performed 1938 Stop watch c 1945; items: 10 Shellac Disc
Contacts

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0203 045 3370

Contact name 1: 

Simon McKeon

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