Find out more on Paul’s walk next Tuesday. There are still places left!
Author: Capital Walks in London
In Upper Holloway
Exploring the Grade II listed Islington War Memorial Arch with Paul on the Holloway Home Front walk last Wednesday.
Lunchtime and evening walks
Why not try out one of our short walks after work or at lunchtime? Make the most of this glorious autumn weather. Join Sue on the 15th or Andy on 22nd for 45 minute lunchtime strolls from Farringdon Station.
Mark Aston: Islington Museum & Local History Centre Manager
Everyone on Islington Faces Blog has a story. Any idea what you do if you want to find out more about your Islington roots – either your family or the places you know in the borough? Or maybe you want to know more about Tufnell Park, Clerkenwell or the people who’ve lived in Islington like Joe Orton or find out who is buried here? If you’re curious about the old Islington then try booking an appointment at the Islington Local History Centre, where there’s a good chance you’ll meet enthusiastic Mark Aston who is in charge of Islington’s local history. Interview by Nicola Baird
“This isn’t a crusty museum,” says Mark Aston who runs Islington Museum and Local History Centre. “I’m keen to get more popular culture into this museum – sport, music and literature – because there’s history in everything.”
Mark Aston lives in Camden but he knows Islington better than…
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Not many of these left………
Now it’s planted up the top section wouldn’t be much use to any passing horses – but dogs might get a drink from the bottom. This one is at Clerkenwell Green.
All Creatures Great and Small: A walk through Clerkenwell & Islington
Saturday 26th July 11am (lasts about two hours)
Start and Finish Islington Museum – 245 St John Street London EC1V 4NB
Free but booking required. Donations to Freightliners Farm welcome
There is little animal life apparent in today’s Islington other than domestic pets and squirrels in the Squares. It was not always thus! Even into the twentieth century, horse-drawn transport was still in use in London. In mediaeval times, instead of today’s built-up landscape we would have seen sheep and cattle grazing on the land owned by the great religious houses of Clerkenwell and St Paul’s and watered by the springs water that first drew people to settle here.
Discover how different kinds of animals shaped Islington’s development from open fields to inner city. Find out about the significance of animals for food, trade, transport and entertainment; see what it was like for humans and animals to live so closely together, and how their relationship changed over time.
Before or after the walk, why not visit Islington Museum’s Beastly Islington Exhibition.
W. Danemann & Company: Piano Manufacturers
William Danemann established the firm in Northampton Street, Islington in 1893 and this picture dates from the late 1940s or early 1950s. The men have reason to look pleased with themselves; from the 1950s Danemann was one of the largest London manufacturers of grand pianos. A concert grand was ordered by the new Royal Festival Hall in 1951 and ‘boudoir’ grands could be found in found at British Embassies in all parts of the world. Perhaps the firm was best known for the school uprights that were made in their hundreds for education authorities, including the old London County Council.
The chap in front with the specs and moustache is my father – Tim McCarthy; behind him (2nd left) is, I think, Charlie Samuels with Sid Smith (?) on the right in the striped tie.
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