Friends of Islington Museum

Tag: Local History

  • Streets with a Story: The Book of Islington

    First published in 1986, Streets with a Story: The Book of Islington, is an A-Z of Islington and Finsbury’s roads, streets, buildings and open spaces – both old and new. (Above: Angel and Islington High Street, 1920s). An invaluable resource for all those discovering and researching the fascinating history of…

  • Choosing to Challenge: Islington Women and Politics

    International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8 is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. The theme of IWD 2021 is ‘Choosing to Challenge’. We can all choose to challenge and call out…

  • Choosing to Challenge: Islington Women and Arts and Entertainment

    International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8 is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. The theme of IWD 2021 is ‘Choosing to Challenge’. We can all choose to challenge and call out…

  • Choosing to Challenge: Islington Women and Health Care

    International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8 is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. The theme of IWD 2021 is ‘Choosing to Challenge’. We can all choose to challenge and call out…

  • Choosing to Challenge: Islington Women and Education

    International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8 is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. The theme of IWD 2021 is ‘Choosing to Challenge’. We can all choose to challenge and call out…

  • Choosing to Challenge: Islington Women and International Influence

    International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8 is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. The theme of IWD 2021 is ‘Choosing to Challenge’. We can all choose to challenge and call out…

  • The Clerkenwell King of Clowns: Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837)

    Joseph Grimaldi, the Clerkenwell king of clowns and the father of modern clowning, is remembered in an annual memorial service on the first Sunday in February at Holy Trinity Church (and, more recently, All Saints Church) in Hackney. The service, which has been held since 1946, attracts hundreds of clown…

  • Pantos, Pageants and Puddings: Islington’s Christmas Past

    We’re all witnessing a different kind of Christmas in 2020. One without the usual carol services, Christmas fairs, pantomime outings and no spending ‘real time’ with family and friends. As a diversion, we thought we’d take a brief look at some of the Christmas ‘goings-on’ of Islington past. Read on…

  • Meet Me At The Aggie

    Meet Me At The Aggie showcases Islington Local History Centre’s collection of Royal Agricultural Hall posters, promoting the amusement fairs held in the 1870s and 1880s. The once World-famous hall is now the Business Design Centre on Upper Street, Islington. These fairs were aimed at a growing middle class who…

  • Trade – often copied, never equalled

    Thirty years ago, in October 1990, an idea was born that changed the face of night clubbing forever!           Trade night club, early 2000s The 1980s’ London gay-club scene was already thriving, playing disco, alternative electronic and early house music in venues such as Heaven, the…