Image credit: Joyce Edwards, c. 1970s

A Story of Squatters explores the people who saved their homes from demolition to create the Grand Union Housing Cooperative. The project is inspired by photographs taken by Joyce Edwards in the 1970s and 1980s.

COME TO THE PROJECT LAUNCH! Saturday 24 May 12-3.00pm at The Factory (Portacabin), 32 Waterloo Gardens, London E2 9HP

Local residents can take part in the following free workshops, walks and events:  

• Archive research at Tower Hamlets Archives, Fridays 6 & 20 June
• Pinhole camera workshops, Saturdays 7 & 21 June
• Local history walks, Saturdays 14 June & 12 July
• Oral history workshops, Saturday 5 & 12 July
• Visit to Joyce Edwards' Photography Studio, Saturdays 19 & 26 July
• Darkroom printing for pinhole photographs, June-July dates tbc
• Digitise your photos, June-July dates tbc
• Premiere Pro editing workshops, September dates tbc

To get involved, please complete this form here 

Once you have completed this form, we will be in touch with further information. You can also email any questions to: helena@fourcornersfilm.co.uk

The project is a partnership between Grand Union Housing Co-operative and Four Corners supported by Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives. Project staff are Pete Bishop at Grand Union Housing Co-operative, filmmaker Derek Smith, and Helena Goundry and Carla Mitchell at Four Corners. It runs until Spring 2026, with a final exhibition at Four Corners. The project is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.