The Oast was purchased in 1970 for use as a Community Centre by RWCA (Rainham and Wigmore Community Association) and work took much of the 1970s to prepare it to a suitable state to open. It's celebrating 40 years as a Community Centre and hosting a Beer Festival to both raise funds and celebraet the date.
These photos are from the early 1980s showing the progress in the conversion and the sketches of the planned designs
