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.

FREE WORKSHOPS NOW RUNNING! 

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

• Digitise your old photos, Wednesdays 5 and 12 November
• Darkroom printing from your negatives, Saturday 15 November
• Oral history workshop, taught by oral historian Rib Davis. Saturday 22  November

To get involved, please complete this form here 

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. 

There will be a final exhibition at Four Corners Gallery in February 2026. The project is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.