25.05.2023 – Stoke Newington History drop-in session no. 3

It was great meeting people on May 25th who came to Revere the Residence in Stoke Newington Church Street to get their local history questions answered by Nick Perry, Richard Young, Rachel Tobyn and I. As with the first and second sessions, we were presented with a wide range of interesting questions from the history …

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4.10.2022 – Private talk to CAMRA’s London Pubs Group

On October 4th 2022 I had the pleasure of giving a talk to members of CAMRA's London Pubs Group about Stoke Newington's lost pubs. It was an extended version of the first part of my recent talk in the Stoke Newington Literary Festival about Stoke Newington's ‘ghost’ pubs and cinemas. By the way, have you …

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01.08.2022 – Interview for Hackney Social Audio podcast

I was interviewed for Hackney Social Audio and talked about my Stoke Newington history hobby. It was good fun and a chance to reflect on the last 9 years since I started this account. You can listen to the interview here from 7:26min into the episode. The interview took place in Clissold Park by the deer pen on a glorious summer day …

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