• May 14, 2022 from 10:15am to 4:45pm
  • Location: Bruce Castle Museum
  • Latest Activity: May 6, 2022

The Haringey History Fair is back at Bruce Castle! Stalls, taster sessions, walks, films - and all day talks programme. Doors open 10.15am

10.50am  Bringing Heritage Assets to Life: Tottenham Hotspur, Community & Memory  by Sian Allpress.

11.25am Reconstructing London’s ‘lost’ hospitals: The case of Northumberland House Mental Hospital (1829-1954)  Donna Fitzgerald reveals photographs & stories about Northumberland House in Harringay and how these will feature in a multimedia performance later in 2022 at Bruce Castle.. Do you have images or memories of the old hospital site? Let us know!

12.00pm Writing Black London: History, Art & Culture in over 120 places … & Haringey  by author and walk guide Avril Nanton

12.35pm  Tottenham High Street Heritage Action Zone: Celebrating the Past, Looking Towards the Future Rediscover the heritage and historic vitality of the high street, through physical improvements to buildings and community engagement. Find out more from Camilla Gersh, Project Officer.

Lunch Break 1.10 – 2pm During the break, see two short films: Tottenham Hidden History’s ‘Lie in the Dark and Listen’ (14 mins) and from Bruce Castle Museum & Archive ‘Welcome to Citizenship’ - a 1961 new venture in civic education for 21-year-olds at Wood Green Civic Centre (25 mins).

Or team up with Carol Hebbs of Tottenham Heritage Walks for a short guided walk – Bruce Grove to the High Road

2pm Greenspace Protectors, Champions and Partners: The Rise of the Friends of Parks Movement Everyone rightly values our local public green spaces. Over the last 25 years communities have got involved, with the rise of the inspirational movement of ‘Friends Groups’ that has enabled park lovers make a real difference. Find out more from Dave Morris of the Haringey Friends of Parks Forum.

2.35pm Doing Global History in Local Archives: The Gestetner Story Discover how the Gestetner machine technology of printing and duplicating played a crucial role in the underground print production during the Indian emergency of 1975- 77. The potential of the Tottenham-made office duplicator was quickly seized upon by grass-roots activists and radical publishing across the world.. Pragya Dhital (Queen Mary University of London), discusses her current exhibition ‘Crafting Subversion: Resistance and underground publishing in India’ at The Brunei Gallery, SOAS, drawing on Bruce Castle’s Gestetner archives.

3.10pm – 3.30pm Break

3.30p Once Upon a Time in Crouch End Local historian John Hinshelwood shares how over 6 months Crouch End U3A and Hornsey Historical investigated stories and photographs from 1860-1980. But their exhibitions for the summer of 2020 did not happen – due to Covid. Here’s how they ended up creating ‘Once upon a Time ..’ at Art House Cinema.

4.05pm A Terrace Through Time Prospect Place – a small terrace of 10 delightful Grade-2 listed cottages in Tottenham, celebrates 200 years of their existence in 2022. The history of the houses is strongly linked to traditions associated with Tottenham.  From a Barber-Surgeon to an eminent Quaker, to a local Historian to a Climate Change activist – Ashley Grey, local resident, campaigner has dug into the archive at Bruce Castle to uncover characters and their relationship with the area.

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Events and Activities


 

March Jazz at Karamel!, 4 Coburg Road N22, Thursdays at 8pm.

Fridays – After School Sewing Club at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 4.30-6pm. Term time.

Saturdays 2 – 30 March – Free Martial Arts Classes at Alexandra Park School, The Gym, Rhodes Avenue, 12pm. Mixed gender classes, but free for women during March. See also other classes available.

Wednesday 13 March – Social sewing group at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 6.30-8pm.

Thursday 14 March – Learn the art of tatting at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 6.30-8.30pm.

Thursday 14 March – Sophie Crawford at Bowes Park Folk Club, Mum’s Bistro 143 Myddleton Road, Bowes Park N22, 7.45pm.

Saturday 16 March - Lunchtime Concert in St. Andrew's Church, corner of Alexandra Park Road N10 and Windermere Road, 1pm. Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann and more, Muswell Hill Violin Studio.

Saturday 16 March – Learn to sew a crossbody bag at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 10.30-1.30pm.

Saturday 16 March – Help with your knitting and crochet problems at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 1-3pm.

Saturday 16 March – Muswell Hill Creatives Make and Mend Festival – St. Andrews Centre, Alexandra Park Road N10 (corner of Windermere Road), 2-5.30pm.

Sundays 17 and 24 March – M-Arch Gardening Parties! Friends of Ally Pally Station, 3-5pm.

Wednesday 20 March – Sew and make with seamstress Pat, at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 11-1pm.

Wednesday 20 March – Talk: How does the present housing crisis affect older people? In Hornsey Parish Church Hall, Cranley Gardens N10 (bottom), 1.30-3pm.

Thursday 21 March – Double-sided knitting workshop at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green N13 5EX, 7-9pm.

Thursday 21 March – Bowes Park Community Choir Spring Concert at Alexandra Park School (entry only via Rhodes Avenue), 8-10pm.

Thursday 21 March to Sunday 24 March – North London Book Fest at Alexandra Palace

Saturday 23 March – Learn to use a sewing machine at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 10.30-12pm.

Saturday 23 March – Granny squares crochet workshop at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green N13 5EX, 12.30-2.30pm.

Sunday 24 March – Secrets of Bounds Green: a guided walk, 11-1pm. Meet Alexandra Palace Station.

Saturday 30 March – Darning Workshop at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green N13 5EX, 10.30-1pm.

Saturday 30 March – Beginners Knitting Workshop at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 1-3pm.

Wednesday 11 April – Mosaic Crochet at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 6.30-8.30pm.

Saturday 13 April - Learn to use a sewing machine at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 10.30-12pm.

Wednesday 17 April – Movement and Ease: Alexander Technique with Tanya at CUFOS, Top of the Avenue N10 2QE, 11-12pm.

Thursday 18 April – Learn to use a sewing machine at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 7-9pm.

Saturday 20 April – Patchwork workshop: learn to sew a Dresden plate at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 10.30-2.30pm.

Sunday 21 April – Crows at Bowes Park Folk Club, Shaftesbury Hall, N11 2QN, 2.30-5pm.

Saturday 4 May – Introduction to blackwork embroidery at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 10.30-12.30pm.


Ongoing courses and activities

Em Power fitness classes – Monday, Thursday and Friday mornings in OR Tambo Rec, 9-9.30am (term time only). The main focus is on core and legs.

Bowes Park Community Choir - Thursday evenings during term time at Bounds Green School, 7.15-9.15pm.

Life drawing sessions – alternate Saturday mornings at Rhodes Avenue Primary School, 10-12pm.

Zumba and fitness classes – Zumba is on Wednesday evenings, 7-7.50pm. All classes are at Bounds Green Bowls and Tennis Club, Goring road N11.

Salsa Wednesdays – Wednesday evenings at Bounds Green School, Bounds Green Road N11 2QG, 7-8pm. 

V&J Ensemble: Vocal group for ALL Singers on Wednesdays at St. Andrew's Church, Alexandra Park Road N10 (corner of Windermere Road), 6.50-8.30pm.

Enjoy your painting – Thursdays at CUFOS Community Centre (the old railway station), Top of The Avenue N10, 10-12.30pm or 1.30-4pm.


 

 

All Good Bookshop has many regular events - book groups of course, also music, writing, yoga - and special events .... at 35 Turunpike Lane.

Many Music and Art events are held at Karamel, including Collage Kids performance events on Saturday mornings at 11.30am. At 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green N22 6UJ.

 

 

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