A season of talks by those from Spitalfields or about Spitalfields

Description

4 October: Adam Dant. The maps of Spitalfields and Shoreditch.

1 November. Rachel Kolsky, “From Bagels to Bhajis,” Jewish London in the East End.

6 December: Dan Cruickshank. The last lost buildings of Spitalfields.

10 January: Caroline Hamilton. Leading the 1st women expeditions to the North and South Poles.

7 February: The Gentle Author. Horace Warner’s Spitalfields Nippers.

7 March: Samantha Johnson. My Grandmother and the Matchgirls of 1888.

4 April: Suresh Singh. A Modest Living. Memoirs of a Cockney Sikh.

2 May: Julian Woodford. Joseph Merceron, The Boss of Bethnal Green.

Doors open at 6.00pm. Talks start at 6.30pm. Bar and café refreshments available 6.00-9.00pm.

Tickets available through Eventbrite at £6 per talk.

Season tickets for 8 talks at £36 are available directly from the Spitalfields Society. Contact info@spitalfieldssociety.orgCash bar/café from 6.00 to 9.00.

All proceeds in aid of the Spitalfields Society and worthy causes.