On Sunday, June 5th I gave a talk as part of the Stoke Newington Literary Festival about some of Stoke Newington's lost pubs and cinemas. It was great being in front of an audience for the first time since early March 2020 in the historic Mildmay Club in Newington Green. I gave talks in the …
Continue reading 05.06.2022 – Stoke Newington Literary Festival talk
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. …
Continue reading 24.05.2022 – Stoke Newington History Pop-Up event no. 1
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 …
Continue reading 01.05.2022 – Local history adviser on ‘Jay Blades – No Place Like Home’
It's that time of the year and Here’s my 8th annual photo survey of Stoke Newington Church St. 41 businesses have changed since 2015 (37%). You can view the previous years in the Prints section here. The number of vacant sites hasn’t changed over the years. Full street history here: bit.ly/amirstokey
The 16th Stoke Newington History Talks event was online with talks that about the fascinating history of the Woodberry Down Estate by John Boughton, the story behind the publication of the Stoke Newington Lifestyle Guide in 1987 by Martin Bailey and finally, my talk was about some of the architects that designed Stoke Newington's public …
Continue reading 05.08.2021 – Stoke Newington History Talks no. 16
I was interviewed for a BBC News article about manhole covers and the people who find them a fascinating (who doesn’t?!). The cover image is my photo-survey of Stoke Newington coalhole covers and my collection also makes an appearance! Check it out.
The 15th Stoke Newington History Talks event yesterday was terrific. 197(!) tickets were sold, which is a record and the event raised £638 for the local branch of National Food Service North London. I’ve been meaning to give a talk about historical street signs in Stoke Newington for a while now, so it was great to …
Continue reading 06.04.2021 – Stoke Newington History Talks #15
https://youtu.be/BrSUNkkcLYM On a very hot day in August 2020 I provided a short history overview of Woodberry Down as part of an episode of Landscape Artist of the Year. It was fun experience, which allowed me for the first time to stroll along the south bank of West Reservoir that is otherwise closed.
I've used Flourish.Studio and data from my Church St occupancy survey 1847-2021 to create an animated 'race chart' showing the most common businesses by type in Stoke Newington Church St since 1847. You can view it in action and interact with it here. https://youtu.be/YoG4kb0o14o
The 14th Stoke Newington History Talks event on December 3rd was attended by 130+ viewers on YouTube and included talks from myself, Billy Reading and Caz Richards. It was a very different experience than the usual in-person setting I got used to in the last 4 years, but it was still a great evening nonetheless. …
Continue reading 03.12.2020 – Stoke Newington History Talks #14
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