Trade and Industry

Windmill

Widmills were once a common local site.

Tate & Lyle

View of the Tate & Lyle Refinery taken from as seen from the Thames. For many yeasr teh firm was teh largest employers in the area.

(Image: Newham Council Arts & Heritage)

An 1898 advertisement for Elliott & Sons, dairyman of Stratford. The wording probably alludes to the large number of German and Italians in the grocery trades at that time. The tone has a familiar contemporary resonance in regard to the use of foreign labour.

Co-op

The Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society opened at the corner of Falmouth Street and Maryland Street, Stratford Newtown in 1862.

Victoria Dock

Victoria Dock under construction in the 1850s, with very little mechanical machinery in evidence.

Cunarder

This photo is of a Cunard line ship in the docks. Its immense size dwarfs the surrounding housing. This view of houses in Saville Road includes Drew School towards the dock wall.

King George V Dock

King George V Dock was the newest of the 'Royal' group, opened in 1921 by the Port of London Authority.

High St South 56-58

Crescent Garage (Shell) High Street South, East Ham had a swing arm petrol pump to fill up at the roadside. This was directly next to the houses. I doubt if this would be allowed today because of health and safety concerns. Photo November 1966.

From Newham Heritage & Archives collection (Stratford)

HMS Albion (1)

HMS Albion, seen here dressed over-all ready for launch, was built at Thames Iron Works at Leamouth and was among the earliest to be fitted with an innovative propulsion system.

Albert Dock

Busy scene in the Royal Albert Dock in the 1920s