On The Beat from Bloomsbury to Fitzrovia: an illustrated talk by Chris Foster
< Russell Square Gardens, January 2024 (Image: Chris Foster)
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)
The History of a Theatre through 5 Programmes: the Story of the Unity Theatre: a talk by Brendan McLoughlin
This event was recorded and can now be watched on this link https://youtu.be/XdHH-9iRKKo
Image: © Sidney Ray
On the Beat in Hatton Garden
The Camden History Society invites you to join them for an online Zoom talk as Chris Foster guides you around the historic Hatton Garden area, following his footsteps from being a Bobby on the Beat in the 1970s. As it is our nearest talk to Christmas, we invite you to watch with a nice glass of wine and a mince pie or two.