12.03.2026 – Stoke Newington History Talks 27

Thank you to everyone who came to the 27th Stoke Newington History Talks at St Matthias Halls. As always, it sold out quickly and was packed. Alexandra Taylor spoke on the 1910–1912 attempt to ban rollerskating on pavements, a dispute with the London County Council that reached Winston Churchill and even the King. Jay Derrick shared findings from documents discovered in the Mildmay Club roof. My talk explored Paradise Row, once home to abolitionists, scientists and bakers, many of them Quakers. The event raised £678 for Hackney Giving.