Month: October 2015

  • Through the hole in the wall: Milner Square 1935-1975

    Password: milner Produced and Narrated by Susan Oudot Directed by Chiara Messineo Edited by Dan Jobar When Islington Council took over their slum tenements in the 1970s, Milner Square’s residents were dispersed to estates and New Towns. They gained bathrooms and boilers, but lost their tight-knit community; they were filled…

  • Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 1 October to 4 October

    Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 1 October to 4 October

    Location: AGHYL DERE (Anzac) Date: 01.10.15 Trenches shelled about midday and also between 16.00 and 19.00; less than a dozen shells in all no damage done. From 16.30 onwards heavy bombardment of Hill 100 to Sandbag Ridge; observation made by ? and reported to Brigade. At dark two officer patrols…