How London learnt how to handle its waste moulded the city we live in today. Thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, our Moving Away Your Dust project follows this story from 1825 to the present day. 1825 marked the opening of the Grosvenor Canal, which handled Westminster’s waste until 1995. Using the archive collections of Westminster Archives and Kensington and Chelsea Local Studies, we highlighted how waste blighted the lives of those that lived here in the 19th century, but also led to changes that greatly benefited London and its people.
We worked with local school, Burdett Coutts, to create an oral history of those who work on the dust today as well as a documentary on the role of the River Thames in London's waste management.
This project was set up and run by City of Westminster Archives and Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Archives working alongside digital-works, Beautness Animation, Zoom Rockman, Vincent Burke and MoD Theatre Company.
We are grateful to the National Lottery Heritage Fund for their financial support.
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