Bowes and Bounds Connected
A Community Network for Bowes Park and Bounds Green
All local history Events (64)
May 9Wednesday
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HORNSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY LECTURE : Medieval Pilgrim Badges by Keith Fawkes
May 9, 2018 from 8pm to 9pm – The Union Church Hall Keith Fawkes traces the origins of pilgrimage, pilgrim badges and holy and curative wells, and their effect on society up to the Reformation. The talk focuses mostly on the London area but includes… Event added by Deirdre Stowell-Smith | Type: talk, lecture, local history
March 21Saturday
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Morning conference: Sisters, Sirens and Saints - Imagining the Women of Beatrice Offor
March 21, 2020 from 10am to 12:30pm – Bruce Castle Museum Beatrice Offor (1864 - 1920) was one of the first women who trained at The Slade and was a popular artist in her day - although, like many other women artists, she is overlooked in art history. Bruce… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: conference, local history, morning conference, art history, women's history month
September 22Wednesday
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EXHIBITION: We Have Always Been Here: Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic LGBTQ+ history in Haringey from the 1970s to 1990s
September 22, 2021 to October 31, 2021 – Bruce Castle Museum This exhibition of archives, artefacts and oral histories from the Haringey Vanguard Collection at Bruce Castle Museum marks the end of an exceptional flagship heritage project, collecting and preser… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: exhibition, lgbtq+ heritage, haringey heritage, local history, haringey history, black, asian and minority ethnic heritage, bruce castle museum, haringey vanguard project
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EXHIBITION: Weaving Tales of Resilience
September 22, 2021 to February 26, 2022 – Bruce Castle Museum Weaving Tales of Resilience reflects, records and retells stories from 2020 - of how our diverse communities in Tottenham supported one another whilst facing the challenges of COVID-19, stood side by… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: exhibition, black community heritage, haringey heritage, local history, black history haringey 365, bruce castle museum, bhh365
September 27Monday
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A Curator's Walking Tour: Around Fred Fisk's Tottenham
September 27, 2021 from 12:15pm to 1:30pm – Bruce Castle Museum Join Deborah Hedgecock, Curator of Bruce Castle Museum, as she leads a circular walk from Bruce Castle Museum around north Tottenham sharing highlights, stories and photographs taken by Fred Fisk, lo… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: local history, tottenham history, bruce castle museum, walking tour, haringey heritage, bruce castle, tottenham
September 29Wednesday
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Online History Talk: Picture Shows before Cinema
September 29, 2021 from 7:30pm to 9pm – Online via Zoom Cinema was only the climax of a long history of Victorian fascination with visual novelty that stretched back to the Georgian era. Film and media historian Ian Christie has been collecting some of th… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: online event, local history, cinema history, film heritage, online history talk
December 1Wednesday
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& another thing… ampersands and other stories
December 1, 2021 from 7:30pm to 9pm – online event How have ampersands evolved? How have they been used? What are the strangest ones? Graphic designer, creative director, illustrator and type nerd Lydia Thornley is Bruce Castle Museum's special guest… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: online talk, typography history, typography heritage, graphic design, bruce castle museum, local history, haringey heritage, haringey history
April 11Monday
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EXHIBITION: Sisters, Sirens and Saints - Imagining the Women of Beatrice Offor
April 11, 2022 to September 24, 2022 – Bruce Castle Museum Sisters, Sirens and Saints is a special exhibition that explores the of portraits by Beatrice Offor (1864-1920). Bringing together her artworks from the collections at Bruce Castle Museum alongside r… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: exhibition, women's art, edwardian woman artist, local history, tottenham history, tottenham heritage, bruce castle museum
April 25Monday
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Victorian Marvels, Memorials and Monuments - A walking tour of Tottenham Cemetery
April 25, 2022 from 12:15pm to 2pm – Bruce Castle Museum and Archive An absorbing and fascinating place to visit, the 50 acres of Tottenham Cemetery is a peaceful haven to explore and an important record of the social history of the area. Join your guide Deborah Hedge… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: local history, tottenham history, bruce castle museum, walking tour, haringey heritage, bruce castle, tottenham, tottenham cemetery
March 24Sunday
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Secrets of Bounds Green: A Guided Walk
March 24, 2024 from 11am to 1pm – Alexandra Palace Station, Join qualified tour guide Ellika for this walk around the streets of Bounds Green, exploring how the dramatic changes to work, population and transport of the 19th and 20th centuries led to the devel… Event added by Elli | Type: guided walk, local history
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