24.10.2024 – Stoke Newington History Talks 23

Many thanks to everyone who attended the final Stoke Newington History Talks event of 2024. The evening featured brilliant talks by Wayne Fortune on the Church of England’s impact on urban development in Stoke Newington as a major landowner, and Jan Leybourne’s account of her inspiring shopfront poster project, which captured Church Street’s colourful (and evolving) shopfronts in the 90s and late 00s. I presented a talk on the history of the Red Lion pub, which was rebuilt 100 years ago. Ticket sales raised £649 for the Boiler House Community Space, bringing the total raised for various local charities through these events to £10,079.

Remembering Nick Perry

In my introduction to the event, I paid tribute to Nick Perry, who sadly passed away earlier this month. In addition to his many initiatives, endeavours, and heritage conservation efforts across Hackney, Nick always found the time to help me organise these events since 2020. He provided invaluable guidance and logistical support to record the talks, ensuring they could be captured and made available online after each event and for many years to come.