On The Beat from Bloomsbury to Fitzrovia: an illustrated talk by Chris Foster
< Russell Square Gardens, January 2024 (Image: Chris Foster)
The Bedford Theatre, Camden Town: an illustrated Zoom talk by Danny Nissim
This event was recorded and is available on https://youtu.be/ASMCNaB2o18
Camden Refugee Stories: an introduction to the Wiener Holocaust Library’s Collections: an illustrated Zoom talk by Yasmin Gledhill
This event was recorded and is available on https://youtu.be/tfLSeMjMyIE.
St Giles-in-the Fields: the History of a London Parish: illustrated talks by Rebecca Preston and Andrew Saint
This event was recorded and may be watched on youtu.be/u4HjnpRVeQk
< A Cellar in the Rookery, St Giles, by John Wykeham Archer; 1840s (British Museum; Registration number 1874,0314.114)
The Streets of Camden Town - a talk by members of the research team
This event was recorded and is available on https://youtu.be/5h4iYKuAMBI
Astro Camden: local astronomical heritage: an illustrated talk by Lester Hillman (Please note change of talk)
< Transit of Mercury as captured at Hampstead Observatory in November 2019 (Image: Lester Hillman)
Where Shall She Live? Housing the Working Woman in Edwardian London: an illustrated Zoom talk by Emily Gee
< Dining Room, Warwickshire House, Gower Street, 1920s
The destruction of Eton’s Chalcot Estate: an illustrated Zoom talk by Peter Darley
This event was recorded and is available here.
“Nurseries of Disaffection”: Birkbeck and educating working people: an illustrated talk by Joanna Bourke
< London Mechanics’ Institution, Southampton Buildings, 1824
The event was filmed and is available on https://youtu.be/Tvr02ymGgn4?si=LLHJOm7aAWT27ZQ_
Camdens Worldwide: a Zoom event
This zoom talk was recorded and is available on https://youtu.be/gQvG735YiUM
< Camden Place, Chislehurst.
Artists, Refugees and Spies in Belsize in the 1930s: an illustrated Zoom talk by Averil Nottage
< Collage of photos by Averil Nottage
This event was recorded and is available at https://youtu.be/mfOwKVGAeuA
How our ancestors saw the past: an illustrated talk by Gillian Tindall
< William Stukeley’s ‘Druid’ garden in Kentish Town
Untold London: stories from time trodden streets: a talk by Dan Carrier
< Regency Café, Pimlico, 2020 (Image: Dan Carrier)
This live event was recorded and is available on https://youtu.be/hu23pcU9gjg
Pickford’s Stables: a talk by Peter Darley
< Entrance range and services building elevation, Pickfords, Camden Goods Yard
The Bombing of London 1940-41: the Blitz and its impact on the capital: a talk by John Conen
This event was recorded and is available to view on https://youtu.be/0-Ov-OR4ZQE
< 'Theobalds Road after the great air raid of 10/11 May 1941 (Image © Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre)
Ship of Lost Ambitions: Class distinction and the Titanic connections with Camden: an illustrated Zoom talk by Kevin Brown
This event was recorded and may be viewed on https://youtu.be/I12wPF27uGA
< Image: Fortunino Matania, Women and Children First, 1912; in public domain.
The lost girls: sexual exploitation in Victorian times: a talk by Rowan Lennon
< The spot where the girls are buried in Highgate Cemetery.
The mercenary river: a history of London’s water: a talk by Nick Higham
< The New River flowing through North London.
On The Beat with Holborn’s Heroes: an illustrated talk by Chris Foster
This event was recorded and is available on https://youtu.be/_fNZZA4aWow
Image: Shaftesbury Theatre (credit Chris Foster)
Streets and Characters of Kilburn and South Hampstead: an illustrated Zoom talk by Marianne Colloms and Dick Weindling
< Alexandra and Ainsworth Estate, 2021 (Image: Caroline Sharp)
This event was recorded and is available on https://youtu.be/1Sm9CyOQPg0
A History of Lyndhurst Hall: a talk by Christine Dyos
< The former Lyndhurst Hall, Warden Road, Kentish Town, 1985 (Image: Christine Dyos)
Thoroughly Modernising Millie Miller - caring, conserving, constructing Camden: a talk by Bernard Miller
Image: Millie Miller (credit Bernard Miller).
This talk was recorded and is available on https://youtu.be/oWWN6N_D0Gs
'Reason, knowledge, sympathy': tracing the early humanist movement in Camden: a talk by Madeleine Goodall
This event was recorded and is available on https://youtu.be/tj7QgGY8hm8
Image: Beatrice McCabe (a member of the Hampstead Ethical Institute); from a Women's Freedom League postcard, produced as part of the 'Suffragettes at Home' series.
Howell Killick Partridge & Amis in Camden: a talk by Geraint Franklin
Image: 80-90 South Hill Park (Image © Historic England / James O. Davies).
This event was recorded and is available to view again on https://youtu.be/3qDwRtrAtqQ
St Mary’s Primrose Hill in a new light, 1872-2022: a talk by Dr Christopher Kitching, CBE, FSA, FRHistS
Image: Church of St Mary the Virgin, Primrose Hill: 1900s view from east (CERC postcard).
W. & A. Gilbey: When Camden’s wine importer and gin maker was the largest drinks firm in the world - a talk by Peter Darley
Hear how the largest drinks firm in the world operated from Camden Goods Station and was a roaring success for nearly 100 years, undercutting French wine and filling a special daily steam train to send wine around the world. This event was recorded and is available to view on https://youtu.be/6obF1EYjY-4
Image: Gin Distillery (Diageo Archive)