All talk Events (125)

HORNSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY TALK : Dickens and the Postal System

March 13, 2019 from 8pm to 9pm – Union Church Hall Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) lived through a period of enormous change in postal communication. He was a prolific letter-writer, sending over 14,000 letters to more than 2,500 different corresponden… Event added by Deirdre Stowell-Smith | Type: talk

Reminiscence Cafe: Inspiring Women

March 19, 2019 from 2pm to 4pm – Bruce Castle Museum Join us for Women's History Month and our monthly reminiscence session – just come along, enjoy a cup of tea and share your memories. Women are often underrepresented in lists of inspirational people… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: reminiscence, older, people, women's, history, month, local, heritage, free, talk

Lunchtime Talk - Priscilla Wakefield: Tottenham activist and forgotten heroine

March 25, 2019 from 12:15pm to 1:30pm – Bruce Castle Museum For Women's History Month, in Haringey we celebrate with Margaret Burr a forgotten local heroine - Priscilla Wakefield (1751-1852) of Tottenham. A well-connected Quaker, she was famous in her lifetim… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: lunchtime, talk, women's, history, heritage, local, free

Evening talk:Meet the Author: Catching Falling Stars Researching and writing a Haringey-based WW2 children’s novel

March 27, 2019 from 7:30pm to 9pm – Bruce Castle Museum Highly-acclaimed children’s author and Haringey resident Karen McCombie (external link) has written over 90 children’s books which have been published worldwide. Her latest novel, 'Little Bird Flies'… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: reminiscence, older, people, women's, history, month, local, heritage, free, talk

Talk: Swift Conservation Trust

March 28, 2019 from 7:30pm to 9:15pm – Alexandra Park Swifts are with us for just three months each summer, bringing spectacular action, drama and excitement to our skies. These amazing birds have shared our buildings since the Romans came to Britain. T… Event added by Stephen Middleton | Type: talk, friends of parks, birds

Piecing Together the Past: Tracing Lost Films

April 29, 2019 from 12:15pm to 1:30pm – Bruce Castle Museum INTERESTED IN OLD FILMS? Piecing Together the Past: Tracing Lost Films By Ian Christie, Professor of Film and Media History, Birkbeck College Did you know that one of the early film pioneers Robert… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: lunchtime, talk, films, heritage, local, history

North London Organic Gardeners meeting

May 1, 2019 from 8pm to 8pm – Carey Hall at Winchmore Hill Baptist Church Our Speaker this evening will talk about SEED SAVING: Paul Richens A seasoned gardener with rich experience working for Global Generation at the Kings X Skip garden and Capital Growth at Regents Park… Event added by Sue Davies | Type: illustrated, talk

HORNSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY TALK : A North London Railway

May 8, 2019 from 8pm to 9pm – Union Church Hall Hugh Petrie, the Heritage Officer for the London Borough of Barnet, will give an illustrated talk on the Alan Lawrence Collection which was recently left to the London Borough of Barnet, and contain… Event added by Deirdre Stowell-Smith | Type: talk

Evening talk: Black Britons in Art, 1780 to 1840

June 5, 2019 from 7:30pm to 9pm – Bruce Castle Museum Come along to Bruce Castle for this evening talk by Dr Jan Marsh, writer, curator, and 19th century portraiture specialist. In the long decades of the Abolitionist campaigns against British and Ameri… Event added by Deborah Hedgecock | Type: evening, talk, local, history, heritage, black, art, free

HORNSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY : 1066 and all that - The Bayeux Tapestry

June 12, 2019 from 8pm to 9pm – Union Church Hall We all know that the Bayeux tapestry (which is not actually a tapestry at all) tells us about the Battle of Hastings, doesn’t it? Actually, the tapestry tells us far more. Generally regarded as one o… Event added by Deirdre Stowell-Smith | Type: talk