Made of Somers Town… last night!
A private view for Made of Somers Town went well with many recollections and anecdotes…
Story hour online – education
We’re working with Edith Neville Primary School in 2021 on their local Citizen Programme co-curating an exhibition. As we are all in lockdown, the history club is starting a ‘Story hour‘. We have different themes: Housing and Basil Jellicoe Edith Neville Gilbert Bayes Art in everyday life Mary Wollstonecraft – Women and Education Elizabeth Garrett Anderson […]
Merry Christmas 2020
Seasons Greetings!
Black activism in Somers Town in the 1950s
Towering political leaders and characters passed through No. 22 Cranleigh Street. Last week’s talk on George Padmore was fascinating – a conversation between academic and author of a book about Padmore, Leslie James, and Professor Esther Leslie. It seems Camden and Somers Town was a hotbed of radical politics and planning for African independence. The […]
Somers Town is in the Open House Festival 2020!
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 for Somers Town?
A Rachel Whiteread-a-like installation is emerging phoenix-like from the remains of the demolition in Somers Town…
Day 3 of the Pop Up Museum
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 […]
Off to a great start!
The Somers Town Pop Up Museum has launched! We’ve had two events so far, one at Chalton Street market last Friday and a boxing focused event on Wednesday at the Gasholders. We’re learning new things about our history everyday. Come along and see us tomorrow at Chalton Street market if you have a story to […]
Black lives matter
In Somers Town too.
St Aloysuis 1815 Sermon
Another addition to local history – a short video bite’ telling of a sermon in St Aloysuis For #MuseumFromHome tells of an 1815 sermon at St Aloysuis – Somers Town St Pancras History