| Description | This is a collective archive of digital photographs, poetry and diaries of residents and workers in Tower Hamlets. Included are photographs taken by volunteers and staff of Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives in a personal capacity.
Images includes street scenes, signs and graffiti, health workers, empty public spaces, green spaces including parks and activities at home |
| AdminHistory | This project was initiated and managed by Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives, with the aim to document the impact of the 2020 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and subsequent lockdown measures on local residents and organisations based in the borough. The project had two collecting strands:
- 'Life During Lockdown: COVID-19' collecting volunteer project. This volunteer project built up a visual record of life in the borough during lockdown by taking photographs of locations in the borough taken by local residents or organisations.
- 'Making History: documenting coronavirus in the East End' survey. This survey was deisgned to allow individuals to upload digital files of their experiences during lockdown and also answering optional questions reflecting on how life has been changed and shaped due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives and Tower Hamlets Council would like to thank everyone who has contributed their items. We welcome further additions to the collection. Contact us: localhistory@towerhamlets.gov.uk. |