Stoke Newington History Talks event
I run a quarterly event, Stoke Newington History Talks, where I’m joined by two different speakers each time. I’m glad to say the number of people attending has been growing steadily since the first event in November 2016. To date there have been 34 guest speakers and 54 talks. A few guest speakers gave two talks and at each event I give a talk as well. The event’s mailing list has 1,400+ subscribers and tickets sell out within a day, so don’t wait too long to book a ticket!
Upcoming talks & events
- 13.07.2023 – Stoke Newington History Talks no. 19 (Tickets will go on sale a month before the event. Join the events mailing list to be notified.)
Invite me to speak at your event
I’m always happy to speak at events such as user group meetings, research groups, festivals etc. so do get in touch if you would like to talk about a potential speaking engagement.
Presentation Slides and Recordings
- The Segregated Pub – A History of Class and Gender-based Drinking (Slides, Recording)
- Bidding on the Past: Unearthing Stoke Newington’s history through eBay finds (Slides, Recording)
- The History of Stoke Newington Street Names (Slides, Recording)
- Stoke Newington’s Lost Pubs and Ghost Cinemas – A Visual Journey (Slides, Recording)
- Alexander Guttridge’s photos of Stoke Newington in the 1930’s (Slides, Recording)
- How Clissold Park was saved by the public, for the public (Slides, Recording)
- The architects who built Stoke Newington (Recording)
- Come Fly With Me – Exploring old aerial photos of Stoke Newington (Slides, Recording)
- Stoke Newington’s seven long-lost cinemas (Slides)
- A Visual History of Stoke Newington Church Street (Slides)
- Look up, Look down: Spotting local history everywhere (Slides)
- Photos from the Hackney Archives (Slides)
- The evolution of Stoke Newington Church Street 1847-2017 (Slides)
- Stoke Newington pubs – Converted. Demolished. Rebuilt. (Slides)
- Stoke Newington’s lost pubs (Slides)
- 130 years of Clissold Park (Slides)
- Stoke Newington churches (Slides)
- Before the building boom: Exploring the 1846 map (Slides)
- On Maps and in Minds: The Boundaries of Stoke Newington (Slides)
Past talks & events
2023
- 03.06.2023 – Stoke Newington Literary Festival
- 25.05.2023 – Stoke Newington History drop-in event no. 3
- 15.03.2023 – Nerd Nite Talk: The Segregated Pub
2022
- 12.12.2022 – Stoke Newington History Talks #17
- 22.11.2022 – Stoke Newington History drop-in event no. 2
- 14.11.2022 – A private talk to members of CAMRA London Pubs Group about Stoke Newington’s lost pubs
- 05.06.2022 – Stoke Newington Literary Festival talk
- 24.05.2022 – Stoke Newington History drop-in event no. 1
2021
2020
- 02.12.2020 – Stoke Newington History Talks #14
- 20.10.2020 – A Glimpse into Hackney Archives’ photos of Stoke Newington
- 02.03.2020 – Stoke Newington History Talks #13: Then & Now animations, Photos from the 80s and Civil Defence
2019
- 03.12.2019 – Stoke Newington History Talks #12: 130 years of Clissold Park, Local Builders and Layers of London project
- 16.10.2019 – Nerd Nite talk: The Beauty of Victorian Coal-Hole Covers
- 22.09.2019 – Clissold House Open House event
- 10.09.2019 – Stoke Newington History Talks #11: Cinemas, Post-WW2 rebuild and Victorian gardeners
- 09.06.2019 – Stoke Newington Literary Festival
- 20.05.2019 – Stoke Newington History Talks #10: Local history treasure troves, Hackney Brook and the Willows estate
- 25.02.2019 – Stoke Newington History Talks #9: Musical heritage, unseen photos and Church Street
2018
- 14.11.2018 – Stoke Newington History Talks #8: Boundaries, Dissent and Charles Booth’s poverty map
- 06.06.2018 – Stoke Newington History Talks #7: Zeppelin raid, Stoke Newington Festival and spotting old relics
- 03.06.2018 : The Guttridge Photos, Stoke Newington Literary Festival
- 28.2.2018 – Stoke Newington History Talks #6: 1846 map, Girls’ education and Victorian photographers
- 17.01.2018 – London Nerd Nite: The Evolution of Stoke Newington Church Street
2017
- 30.11.2017 – Stoke Newington History Talks #5: New River, Save the Reservoirs Campaign and photos from the Hackney Archives
- 28.09.2017 – Local churches – An event organised by the Green Lanes N16 Traders & Residents Association
- 04.09.2017 – Stoke Newington History Talks #4: Abney Park, Jewish past and photos from the 1930’s
- 01.08.2017 – Stoke Newington History pub quiz at The Leconfield, 79 Green Lanes
- 22.06.2017 – Talks at the Tower: Saved by the People: The Creation of Clissold Park
- 04.06.2017 – Stoke Newington Literary Festival: Back in Five minutes – The Evolution of Church Street 1847-2017, A joint-talk with Ken Worpole
- 22.05.2017 – Stoke Newington History Talks #3: Images from the 70s-80s, Church St property survey, Garden City Movement
- 20.04.2017– Stoke Newington History Talk with Amir Dotan. Organised by the Green Lanes N16 Association
- 27.02.2017 – Stoke Newington History Talks #2: Pubs, Simpsons factory, Conservation & Preservation
2016
- 28.11.2016 – Stoke Newington History Talks #1,Ghostsigns, Photo Mashups & Pleasure Grounds
- 18.09.2016 – How Clissold Park was saved for the people. Organised by the Clissold Park User Group
- 06.07.2016 – How Clissold Park was saved for the people. Organised by the Friends of Hackney Archives
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