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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24.05.2022 – Stoke Newington History Pop-Up event no. 1

https://youtu.be/0z7zN4T2KT4 On May 24th I ran the first (and hopefully not the last one) Stoke Newington History Pop-Up event with Nick Perry, Richard Young and Rachel Tobyn where people were invited to come and visit us at Revere the Residence shop in 150 Stoke Newington Church Street and ask us for free local history questions. …

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01.05.2022 – Local history adviser on ‘Jay Blades – No Place Like Home’

Way back in December 2020 I was contacted by a TV producer who was developing an idea for a history programme based around someone who grew up in Stoke Newington in the 1970s & 80s learning about the history of the area. By April 2021 that someone turned out to be TV presenter Jay Blades …

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