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Stoke Newington History

Amir Dotan: Promoting and Sharing Stoke Newington’s Rich History Since 2012

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  • Talks & Events
    • My Talks
    • Talk Recordings
    • Stoke Newington History Talks
      • Past Stoke Newington History Talks
      • Recordings From Stoke Newington History Talks
    • Past Events
  • Gallery
  • Projects and Initiatives
    • Walks
      • Stoke Newington’s Lost Pubs Walk
      • Stoke Newington Boundary Walk
    • Church Street: History of Every Shop
      • Church St property survey 1847-Present day
      • The History of Every Shop in Stoke Newington Church Street: The Book
      • Windows Into the Past: The Shop Histories of Stoke Newington Church Street on Display
      • Annual Shopfront Photo Survey: Stoke Newington Church Street
      • Dedicated Site for The History of Every Shop in Stoke Newington Church Street
      • Shop Time Machine: A Visual Journey Through a Shop’s Past Using Historical Research and AI
      • Exploring Independents vs. Chains on Stoke Newington Church Street: An In-Depth Analysis
    • Video Interviews
    • Clissold Park Preservation Campaign
      • The Clissold Park Campaign Archive
      • Transcribing the 1886 Petition to Save Clissold Park
    • Then & Now
      • Slider
      • Photo Mashups
      • Animations
    • Stoke Newington Coalhole Covers
    • Survey of Stoke Newington’s Heritage Street Signs
    • Stoke Newington’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Poster
  • Media
  • Blog

Talk Recordings

Below are recordings of some of my talks.

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  • The History of Every Shop in Stoke Newington Church Street: The book
  • Windows Into the Past: The shop histories of Stoke Newington Church Street on display
  • Stoke Newington History Talks event
  • Stoke Newington’s Lost Pubs walk
  • Stoke Newington boundary walk
  • Video interviews
  • Stoke Newington coalhole covers
  • Annual Church Street shopfronts photo survey
  • Church St property survey 1847-Present day
  • Then & Now - Slider
  • Then & Now - Animations
  • Then & Now – Photo mashups
  • Transcribing the 1886 petition to save Clissold Park
  • The Clissold Park campaign archive
  • Survey of Stoke Newington’s Heritage Street Signs

My Talks

  • Paradise Row: A Corner of Old Stoke Newington (Slides, Recording)
  • Ghost Shop Signs: Accidental Finds, Briefly Revealing Lost Shops (Slides, Recording)
  • Look up, Look down: Spotting local history everywhere (Slides, Recording)
  • Reconstruct, Restore, Reimagine: New Perspectives on Stoke Newington’s History Through AI (Slides, Recording)
  • The Battle of Belgrade Road: A WW1 Street Renaming Saga (Slides, Recording)
  • Pints, Partitions and Rebuild - The Red Lion’s 300-Year History (Slides, Recording)
  • From Houses or Votes to a Public Park - The Creation of Butterfield Green (Slides, Recording)
  • 1930s Stoke Newington - Rediscovering a Decade of Profound Change (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)
  • How Clissold Park was saved by the public for the public (Slides, Recording)
  • A Glimpse into Hackney Archives' photos of Stoke Newington (Recording)
  • Lost in the Shed – Unearthing a Treasure Trove of Printing Material from the 1930s-50s (Slides, Recording)
  • The Segregated Pub – A History of Class and Gender-based Drinking (Slides, Recording)
  • Back to the Local...A Stoke Newington perspective (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)
  • 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)

Do you have anything to share?

I’m always very interested to hear from people who have old photos of Stoke Newington and anything else relevant to the area’s past such as home movies, documents etc.

Click here to get in touch if you would like to share any items you have.

Book Me as a Guest Speaker

I give talks about various Stoke Newington history related topics such as the campaign to save Clissold Park, pubs, the evolution of Church Street since 1847 and more.

Click here to get in touch if you would like to discuss a potential speaking engagement.

Stoke Newington History Talks

I run a free quarterly event called Stoke Newington History Talks where I’m joined by two different speakers each time.

Click here to get in touch if you would like to be a guest speaker at a future event. Subscribe to the mailing list to be notified about upcoming events.

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