A space for us
Our very own Esther Leslie has an event at Open House Festival called ‘Somers Town: Disappearances and Emergencies‘ – more here Very timely, with 42 Phoenix Road demolition in progress, as shown here, and the hoardings marking the disappearance of our park Brill Place open space for the erection of the 28-storey luxury tower block, […]
A Rachel Whiteread-a-like installation is emerging phoenix-like from the remains of the demolition in Somers Town…
We attended a meeting for residents by Camden Council and presentations on this troubled history, and presented ideas for names. As the TRA prefers not to use people, Esther Leslie researched a number of connections to the area – the most obvious being Fleet, after the subterranean river which used to run in front of […]
What a month! in the last week of August we wrapped up our Pop Up Museum tour with two days of appearances. On Thurday we went to Granary Square near King’s Cross and heard from passers by about Somers Town and the railway lands before the new developments. We then moved on to St Pancras […]
This week on Thursday we’ll be in St Pancras and travelling around and on Friday we’ll be in Chalton Street Market and then outside the Cock Tavern. This is the last week to see the Pop Up Museum, share your stories and have your say on a History Space in Somers Town so make it […]
It’s been an action packed week for the Pop Up Museum! On Wednesday Melissa led an art workshop where kids from Somers Town and the Hopscotch youth group made some wonderful artworks about their lives and their ideas about history. They used screen printing, collage and paint to great effect! The next day we took […]
On Wednesday 19th August, 12:30-2pm, we will be running a free workshop for kids at the Story Garden! We’ll have Arts and Crafts for all ages, including collage and screen printing, and the workshop will be run by DBS checked Melissa Fry. All materials will be provided so come and express your view of Somers […]
We have three special events planned this week, we’d love to see you at one of them! Take part, learn some history or share some of your experiences of Somers Town. Wednesday 19th August – Art workshop in Story Garden, Ossulston St, Somers Town, London NW1 1DF 12:30-2pm. Thursday 20th August – Pop Up Museum […]
On Wednesday the Pop Up Museum visited the youth boxing club at the Gasholder Park in Kings Cross. There we heard from local people that the area has a history with the sport which is now being revived by Albert’s club. Did you know that the German Gymnasium bar near Kings Cross Station used to […]
Yesterday we were out again at Chalton Street Market. We got cut short by the rain but still got to meet some new people and hear their thoughts on black history in Somers Town, the need to pass on knowledge to the younger generation, the music scene in the 70s and the context behind some […]