Stories:
Listen to these fascinating accounts from the fans and employees of the Club, who tell us about their own personal memories of West Ham United.
Resources
Photographs
Photographs and images collected for the Stadium of Stories project:
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Transcripts
Transcripts of interviews to be used alongside the oral accounts as a resource for students to work from. These may even inspire students to carry out their own interviews about historical features in their local area or conduct research on a theme that they are passionate about.
Click on the thumbnails to view the files.
Student Examples – Video
Stadium of Stories introduces young people and the community to heritage skills whilst capturing more than 100 years of West Ham United F.C. history.
Here’s some examples of work from the students that took part in our activities.
Little Ilford School, Newham Oral History Workshop
St Bonaventure’s Oral History Workshops
Worksheets
Here are some of the educational activities that we use to engage with local schools:
Exhibition Display Boards
PDF versions of the Touring Exhibition display boards
From the research undertaken for the Stadium of Stories project, a portable exhibition was created, consisting of 10 pull up banners that represent the different decades in the Club’s history. They banners have been and will continue to be displayed in Libraries and schools. These can be used as starting points for other projects.
- Thames Iron Works
- West Ham United F.C.
- The Boleyn Ground
- 60s The Glory Years
- 70s Changing Times
- The 1980s
- New Directions
- Bobby Moore
- Match Days
- The Move