Talks
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Revolutionary Restauranteurs and Political Crimes by Peter Barber
Union Church Hall Corner of Ferme Park Road/Weston Park, London, United KingdomA late Victorian tale In September 1890 a group of Swiss-born North London restaurateurs (including one with a restaurant in Finsbury Park) organised a revolution in their homeland. The events ...
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Hornsey Library – An Unsung Municipal Gem
Hornsey Library Haringey Park, London, United KingdomA talk at the Crouch End Festival by Ray Rogers. An illustrated talk telling the story of how the beautiful and important Hornsey Library building was designed and built exactly ...
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Haringey or Harringay: Who Decides? Five Centuries of Uncertainty
Hornsey Library Haringey Park, London, United KingdomA talk at the Crouch End Festival by Hugh Flouch. An illustrated talk exploring the long and murky history of why the Haringey / Harringay / Hornsey name has had ...
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Curious Muswell Hill – a Talk by Andrew Whitehead
The Birchwood Centre 171 Fortis Green Road, London, United KingdomAn illustrated talk exploring local stories about Muswell Hill given by historian and journalist Andrew Whitehead, based on his book of the same name. This talk is a joint event ...
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The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 and Hornsey
Union Church Hall Corner of Ferme Park Road/Weston Park, London, United KingdomThe Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 is remembered as the first mass rising in English history and one of the largest popular rebellions in medieval Europe. But few are aware of ...