In 2024, the People’s Museum continued to preserve overlooked heritage and giving a voice to locals in a working class social housing area the midst of huge urban development. We ended with a commitment to work towards a conservation area on the basis of social housing – a theme in this election year. HOUSING IS… Continue reading 2024 in Review
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What’s Your Story?
The People’s Museum has created a mural entitled ‘What’s Your Story’ which now covers the fence surrounding the Story Garden on Ossulston Street. The purpose of the mural is to celebrate social housing in Somers Town by commemorating the centenary of the St.Pancras Housing Association. The mural features quotes taken from interviews conducted by museum… Continue reading What’s Your Story?
Social Housing Workshop
Do you care about Somers Town and its social housing?Attend this workshop that looks at how we save the area’s social housing in this centenary year of St Pancras Housing. This important workshop is a final and ambitious event in a programme of social housing. THEME: Propose a conservation area on the basis of social… Continue reading Social Housing Workshop
Housing is not enough – panel
In the centenary year of St Pancras Housing, we held a Panel Discussion for June’s London Festival of Architecture: Housing is not enough/ not enough housing to look at its legacy and today’s social housing. Panelists John Boughton (Municipal Dreams), Elizabeth Darling of SahGB, writer Ellen Peirson, and Jo McCafferty of Levitt Bernstein chaired by… Continue reading Housing is not enough – panel
PROGRAMME 100 Years: St Pancras Housing: HOUSING IS NOT ENOUGH/ NOT ENOUGH HOUSING
Programme for 2024 as the 100th anniversary of St Pancras Housing association, the local social housing project.
2023 in review
Our first full year and we are in a better position.
Women in social housing
We held an all-female panel about the pioneering women who created much of the social housing in Somers Town …
Open House Social Housing Walks
We’re proud to take part in Open House London 2023 with a wealth of events, free and radical and a special Women in Social housing & Architecture Panel Discussion.
Family History
Event casts a light on conditions of the poor in St Pancras… rent rises by Kensington landlords to Notice to quit – life was on an edge.
Jellicoe 100…Celebrations!
Jellicoe 100 on December the 1st, was a centenary and a tribute to Rob Inglis’ inspiring work, as well as a fundraiser for our museum.