Stoke Newington History Talks

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REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: Stoke Newington History Talks #4: Dissent, Jewish past and photos from the 1930s, 14.08 8pm eventbrite.com/e/stoke-newing… https://t.co/XMh3HE8yIC

The 4th FREE Stoke Newington History Talks event has been rescheduled to 4.9.17 8pm and tickets are now available: eventbrite.com/e/stoke-newing… https://t.co/9SAXLPgELG

At 18 people, the waitlist for the 5th Stoke Newington History Talks event on the 30th is almost the same number of people who attended the 1st event on the 28th of Nov last year! 100 tickets snatched in 4 days.

Just tested the newly installed projector in @stmatthiashalls ahead of Thursday’s Stoke Newington History Talks event and it’s brilliant! 100 tickets sold out in 4 days. Can’t wait to present 40 old photos of Stoke Newington from @ArchivesHackney on the very big screen.

Everything is ready for the 5th Stoke Newington History Talks event. Starting at 8pm.

Thank you to everyone who came to the 5th Stoke Newington History Talks event tonight and guest speakers @highamnews and Monica Blake for fascinating talks. The next event will be end of February in the @WestReservoir.

Stoke Newington History Talks: 5 events in 12 months, 10 brilliant guest speakers. Learned a lot from each talk Thank you Sam @ghostsigns Lee @VictorianLondon Nick @realnickperry Sean @walk_hackney Alan Ken John @AbneyParkN16 Rachel @golondontours Nick @highamnews Monica

Very happy to announce that the next Stoke Newington History Talks event will be held in late February in the beautiful @WestReservoir Centre, originally a New River filtration plant, built in 1936, Grade II listed. Join the events mailing list here twitter.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=f8… https…

Reassuring message from @WestReservoir who are hosting this evening’s Stoke Newington History Talks event: "We’re all set for tonight. Underfloor heating on constant. Just need the brave people of Stokey to venture out!”

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these speakers from the swift completion of their appointed Stoke Newington History Talks.”

Tonight’s Stoke Newington History Talks event is also a mini local history market with @AbneyParkN16 @HackneySociety @ArchivesHackney and @clissoldpeople in attendance

Thank you to everyone who braved the snow and came to the Stoke Newington History Talks event this evening at the beautiful @WestReservoir. Very few empty seats! Fascinating talks by Peter Daniels and Janet Foster. The next event will be in 3 months.

I’m delighted to announce that Ian Castle @IanCastleRaids will be one of the two guest speakers at the 7th Stoke Newington History Talks event in early June in @stmatthiashalls. Ian will describe the dramatic details of the German Zeppelin raid on Stoke Newington in 1915.

I’m pleased to announce that Kay Trainor will be one of the guest speakers at the 7th Stoke Newington History Talks event in early June in @stmatthiashalls. Kay co-founded the 3-week Stoke Newington Midsummer Festival in the 90s and will talk about it’s fascinating story.

Stoke Newington Midsummer Festival souvenir mug! Courtesy of Kay Trainor, the festival’s co-founder who will present in the next Stoke Newington History Talks event a handful of the hundreds of photos she has of the 3-week arts festival, held annually between 1993-2001.

All ready for the 7th Stoke Newington History Talks event. 3 talks about to start in one hour!

And so another Stoke Newington History Talks comes to an end. Absolutely brilliant talks by Kay Trainor (The Stoke Newington Festival 1993-2002) and @IanCastleRaids (the 1915 Zeppelin raid on Stoke Newington). Thank you to the great team at @stmatthiashalls for making it happen

Here’s a 2:20min snippet from @IanCastleRaids captivating talk yesterday about the first Zeppelin air raid to hit London, which began in Stoke Newington 31.5.1915. Presented as part of the 7th Stoke Newington History Talks event in @stmatthiashalls

Here’s a 2:20min snippet from @IanCastleRaids captivating talk yesterday about the first Zeppelin air raid to hit London, which began in Stoke Newington 31.5.1915. Presented as part of the 7th Stoke Newington History Talks event in @stmatthiashalls

Here’s a 2:20min snippet from @IanCastleRaids captivating talk yesterday about the first Zeppelin air raid to hit London, which began in Stoke Newington 31.5.1915. Presented as part of the 7th Stoke Newington History Talks event in @stmatthiashalls

Here’s a 2:20min snippet from @IanCastleRaids captivating talk yesterday about the first Zeppelin air raid to hit London, which began in Stoke Newington 31.5.1915. Presented as part of the 7th Stoke Newington History Talks event in @stmatthiashalls

Here’s a 2:20min snippet from Kay Trainor fascinating talk yesterday about the Stoke Newington Festival she co-organised during the 1990s. Presented as part of the 7th Stoke Newington History Talks event in @stmatthiashalls

Here’s a 2:20min snippet from Kay Trainor fascinating talk yesterday about the Stoke Newington Festival she co-organised during the 1990s. Presented as part of the 7th Stoke Newington History Talks event in @stmatthiashalls

Here’s a 2:20min snippet from Kay Trainor fascinating talk yesterday about the Stoke Newington Festival she co-organised during the 1990s. Presented as part of the 7th Stoke Newington History Talks event in @stmatthiashalls

Zeppelin raids and coalhole covers: a WW1 postcard courtesy of @IanCastleRaids that brings together two of the three topics of the last Stoke Newington History Talks event.

[Video 9:35min] Reflections on the Stoke Newington Festival 1993-2002 by Kay Trainor. Presented at the 7th Stoke Newington History Talks event on June 6th at @stmatthiashalls

As part of my talk about SN boundaries, people who attended tonight’s Stoke Newington History Talks event were asked when they came in to outline where they considered Stoke Newington to be. Fascinating to see the range of results. Here are just 9 of the close to 100 replies.

The last Stoke Newington History Talks event raised £440 for Hackney Night Shelter @HackneyWNS. All proceeds from the upcoming event (to be advertised REALLY soon) will go to the Hackney Migrant Centre charity @HackneyMigrants.

Very much looking forward to Craig McLean's (telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/cp-ct/craig-mcl…) talk 'Stoke n' Roll' tomorrow night as part of the 9th Stoke Newington History Talks event. The cover of his presentation can give you an idea of some of the things Craig will be talking about :) https://t.co/…

* SAVE THE DATE! * The 10th Stoke Newington History Talks event featuring 3 talks will take place on May 20th in @stmatthiashalls. Join the event's mailing list to be notified when tickets go on sale later this month: twitter.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=… https://t.co/edFSuTctQ6

The 3 presentations from Monday's Stoke Newington History Talks event are now available online here: stokenewingtonhistory.com/2019/05/23/20-0…. You can access almost all the 30 talks from the last 10 events here: stokenewingtonhistory.com/stoke-newington…. Video snippets and audio slideshows available for some. htt…

The 11th Stoke Newington History Talks event is happening next Tuesday. Can’t wait! 132 tickets sold in 36 hours(!) and there are 35 people on the waitlist currently. @stmatthiashalls any plans to build an extension to the ground floor hall any time soon??? :)

A snippet from @highamnews riveting talk this evening as part of the 11th Stoke Newington History Talks event. Nick described WW2 war damage in Stoke Newington and the rebuild that followed. More clips to follow...

A 2nd snippet from @highamnews riveting talk this evening as part of the 11th Stoke Newington History Talks event. Nick described WW2 war damage in Stoke Newington and the rebuild that followed.

A 3rd snippet from @highamnews riveting talk this evening as part of the 11th Stoke Newington History Talks event. Nick described WW2 war damage in Stoke Newington and the rebuild that followed.

A 4th and final snippet from @highamnews riveting talk this evening as part of the 11th Stoke Newington History Talks event. Nick described WW2 war damage in Stoke Newington and the rebuild that followed.

Here are the 92(!) slides of my talk 'Stoke Newington's seven long-lost cinemas', which I presented at last night's Stoke Newington History Talks event. slideshare.net/HistoryofStoke… Join the mailing list to know when tickets for the next event go on sale twitter.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=… https…

[9:35min video] Reflections on the Stoke Newington Festival 1993-2002 by Kay Trainor. Presented at the 7th Stoke Newington History Talks event on June 6th, 2018.

[22:50min video] Stoke N’ Roll: Stoke Newington musical heritage by Craig McLean. Presented at the 9th Stoke Newington History Talks event on Feb 25h, 2019

@FiFieber Here she is talking about the festival at the 8th Stoke Newington History Talks event in 2018 (10min video snippet)

My quarterly event ‘Stoke Newington History Talks’, which began in Nov 2016 resulted so far in 39(!) fascinating talks by many guest speakers over 13 events. Most of the presentation slides and some video snippets are available here stokenewingtonhistory.com/stoke-newingto… https://t.co/dXM73E1p4T

Here’s a fascinating 20min filmed tour of Stoke Newington’s derelict Cold War bunker, which is still behind the Town Hall. Presented by Andy Wells from the council’s Civil Protection Service at the 13th Stoke Newington History Talks event on March 2nd. https://t.co/o6vX5RHlnf

Old aerial photos of Stoke Newington - The topic of my talk as part of the upcoming Stoke Newington History Talks online event on Dec 3rd 7pm. 140 tickets have already sold. Proceeds from ticket sales go to @HackneyFoodbank. See you there! snht14.eventbrite.com https://t.co/UE…

All ready for my online talk next week "Come Fly With Me - Exploring old aerial photos of Stoke Newington” as part of the 14th Stoke Newington History Talks event, Dec 3rd 7pm. Also talks by @InspectorBilly and @CazR1chards! Book tickets: snht14.eventbrite.com https://t.co/5wt…

Reading the list of the 39 talks that were presented during the last 13 Stoke Newington History Talks events brings back very fond memories and amazes me when I think about how much great content about SN's history was presented. The slides are all here stokenewingtonhistory.com/stoke-newingto… h…

Teaser trailer - Stoke Newington History Talks. See you tomorrow! snht14.eventbrite.com (@inspectorbilles @CazR1chards @realnickperry) https://t.co/gTit1eO1r4

Thank you to everyone who attended tonight’s Stoke Newington History Talks event online! 130 people tuned in, which was great to see. Huge thanks to @InspectorBilly and @CazR1chards, this evening’s guest speakers and to @realnickperry the tech wizard who made it all happen!

Here’s the recording of last week’s Stoke Newington History Talks event featuring three 20min talks + Q&A with the speakers (1hr 45min). Enjoy! Ticket sales raised £573 for @HackneyFoodbank. (Thank you @realnickperry @InspectorBilly and @CazR1chards) https://t.co/6JAZMm0hql

The story of the filming in Stoke Newington of Amy Winehouse’s 2007 video for Back to Black. Told by the director Phil Griffin to Craig McLean for Craig’s fascinating talk last year as part of one of my Stoke Newington History Talks events. Craig’s talk: https://t.co/Lbs6efiIx5

Four slides from my upcoming talk next week titled 'A Visual History of Stoke Newington Street Signs’ as part of the 15th Stoke Newington History Talk event. It’s one of three talks that evening. Aptil 6th 7pm on YouTube. Book tickets here: snht15.eventbrite.com https://t.co/u…

Here’s my talk from this week’s Stoke Newington History Talks event: A Visual History of Stoke Newington Street Signs. Enjoy! 20min version: 40min extended version: Event mailing list mailchi.mp/09800fe1b2a5/s… https://t.co/bobVOV8Ab4

The last Stoke Newington History Talks event raised £638 for the local branch of National Food Service North London (stokenewingtonhistory.com/2021/04/09/06-…). The last 8 events raised £4,746 for local charities. 197 tickets were sold to the last event. Thanks to everyone who booked one or more.…

@heyjackjackjack I gave a talk about old aerial photos of Stoke Newington at the end of last year as part of the 14th Stoke Newington History Talks event, which you may find interesting

Finally managed to get my hands on this rare book: Woodberry Down Memories: The History of an LCC Housing Estate. Looking forward to @MunicipalDreams’ talk about the pioneering WD Estate as part of the upcoming Stoke Newington History Talks event Aug 5th snht16.eventbrite.com…

“The lifestyle in Stoke Newington is terribly alternative…everybody is growing their own denim… ‘I actually knit my own yogurt!'" Alexei Sayle will make a guest appearance (sort of) on Thu as part of the Stoke Newington History Talks event Tickets: snht16.eventbrite.com https:…

RECORDING AVAILABLE: 'Woodberry Down: the Stoke Newington Estate envisaged as a model for Britain's post-war welfare state’ by John Boughton @MunicipalDreams Presented yesterday at 16th Stoke Newington History Talks event.

A fascinating 20min filmed tour of Stoke Newington’s derelict Cold War bunker, which is still behind the Town Hall. Presented by Andy Wells from the council’s Civil Protection Service at the 13th Stoke Newington History Talks event last year.

Here’s a fascinating 20min tour of Stoke Newington’s derelict Cold War bunker, which is still behind the Town Hall. Presented by Andy Wells from the council’s Civil Protection Service at the 13th Stoke Newington History Talks event on 2/3/20 https://t.co/nOlal3bEZY