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Campbell Bunk interview with Professor Jerry White on YouTube

Recently we had the pleasure of interviewing Professor Jerry White, Historian at Birkbeck and author of 'Campbell Bunk:…

Today we launch a series of films created by young people who attended a virtual documentary filmmaking workshop…

The St Mellitus archive volunteers have been extremely hard at work during the latest lockdown. Using archive research…

Virtual filmmaking workshops during the Easter holidays with award-winning documentary filmmakers Chocolate Films. For young people aged 12-18.…

Stop 1 - St Mellitus Church, home of the Hunter memorial organ

Stop 2 - 106 Tollington Park, formerly Decca 4

Stop 3 - Site of Ellis & Co Piano Factory

Stop 4 - New Beacon Books & Sarah White of the George Padmore Institute

Stop 5 - Pak's, 48 Stroud Green Road

Stop 6 - Jazzie B ststue outside Finsbury Park Station

Stop 7 - Rowans, formerly The Majestic Ballroom

Stop 7 - Geri Caulfield reminicing about The Pogues at the now demolished Sir George Robey Irish pub

Stop 8 - Rink Cinema in 1909, now Rowans, Islington Local History Centre

Stop 9 - Oonagh and Susan and the no. 29 bus

Stop 10 - Astoria Cinema in 1936, later Rainbow Theatre and now UCKG Help Centre, Islington Local History Centre

The Hunter memorial organ at St Mellitus is one small part of Stroud Green’s rich and eclectic musical…

In January an exciting email arrived from the other side of the world. Prue Roberts, granddaughter of Percy…

We are delighted to announce that the restoration of the Hunter memorial organ at St Mellitus is complete.…