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Audio talk: Mary Hays
Audio talk: Mary Hays

Listen to Rowan Lennon’s fascinating podcast on Mary Hays (1759–1843) - an autodidact intellectual who published essays, poetry, novels and several works on famous (and infamous) women.

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Online talkHolly Spice27 January 2021Rowan Lennon
The Tottenham Outrage - A virtual walking tour with Alan Gartrell
The Tottenham Outrage - A virtual walking tour with Alan Gartrell

This January marks the 112th anniversary of the Tottenham Outrage. The online talk given by Alan Gartrell focused on the context of the Outrage and reveals Abney Park's links to the event.

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Online talkHolly Spice22 December 2020PC William Tyler, Tottenham Outrage
Owls, Moths, Trees and Riddles - A Workshop with John Hegley
Owls, Moths, Trees and Riddles - A Workshop with John Hegley

Join British writer, musician, poet, and comedian, John Hegley, on Saturday 30 Jan at 11am for a virtual workshop on creative drawing and writing as part of a fundraiser for Abney Park Trust.

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Holly Spice22 December 2020John Hegley, creative writing workshop
Virtual Gothic Tour with Hackney Tours
Virtual Gothic Tour with Hackney Tours

On Wednesday 10 February at 7pm enjoy a second opportunity to take a virtual after-dark historical tour of Abney Park and experience the sinister side of 19th Century London with local guide, writer and storyteller, Hackney Tours.

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Holly Spice22 December 2020Hackney Tours, Gothic, Halloween
The Lost Poets of Abney Park Cemetery
The Lost Poets of Abney Park Cemetery

On 31 March at 7pm, join poet and writer Chris McCabe online as he shares his findings from his forthcoming book, Buried Garden (October 2021), which documents the lost poets of Abney Park Cemetery.

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Live streamed eventHolly Spice21 December 2020poets, Chris McCabe
How we remember the war dead - an online talk by Alan Gartrell
How we remember the war dead - an online talk by Alan Gartrell

Watch the recording of Alan Gartrell’s fascinating and moving talk on war grave arrangements and how and why we commemorate the war dead in the way we do.

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Online talkHolly Spice11 November 2020Commonwealth War Graves, remembrance
Abney Park's Duelling Wizards with Sam Perrin
Abney Park's Duelling Wizards with Sam Perrin

Join us on Thursday 17 December at 7pm for Sam Perrin’s online talk on Abney's own Wizard of the South, Barnardo (a.k.a Barney) Eagle, whose rivalry with Professor Anderson (the famed Wizard of the North) makes today's celebrity Twitter spats pale into insignificance.

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Holly Spice11 November 2020Sam Perrin, Duelling Wizards, magic
Remembrance Sunday online event
Remembrance Sunday online event

Abney Park Trust gathered together musicians and artists from across Hackney to commemorate Remembrance Sunday. Watch the recording of the event.

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Online talkHolly Spice11 November 2020Remembrance Sunday, World War commemoration, Commonwealth War Graves
Online talk: Joanna Vassa: An imagined life
Online talk: Joanna Vassa: An imagined life

Watch the recording of Angelina Osborne’s online talk on 'Joanna Vassa: An imagined life', as part of our Black History Month events.

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Online talkHolly Spice2 November 2020Joanna Vassa, Equiano, abolitionists, Black History Month
Burt Caesar: 'A Hostile Environment'
Burt Caesar: 'A Hostile Environment'

Watch a recording of Burt Caesar’s talk, in which he considers three diasporic locations which precede the current so-called ‘Windrush Scandal’, a twenty-first century iteration of a ‘hostile environment’.

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Online talkHolly Spice25 October 2020Windrush Scandal, abolitionists, Black History Month
Colin Sell Presents 'Your Own, Your Very Own' - Abney Park's Music Hall Stars
Colin Sell Presents 'Your Own, Your Very Own' - Abney Park's Music Hall Stars

Watch 'Your Own, Your Very Own', a documentary detailing the life and times of the music hall stars buried in Abney Park, presented by Colin Sell, of Radio 4's Sorry I Haven't A Clue.

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Online talkHolly Spice24 October 2020Music Hall, Colin Sell
Coronation Avenue 80th Anniversary Memorial Event
Coronation Avenue 80th Anniversary Memorial Event

Abney Park Trust hosted an online event to mark the 80th anniversary of the Coronation Avenue bombing in 1940. Watch the recording.

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Online talkHolly Spice2 October 2020Coronation Avenue, War Memorial
Online talk: If There's Death, Let There Be Dancing: Discussing Cemetery Use
Online talk: If There's Death, Let There Be Dancing: Discussing Cemetery Use

Watch the recording of Dr Romany Reagan’s lecture exploring the Victorian garden cemetery today as a place for mortality mediation and shared community space.

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Online talkHolly Spice26 August 2020Victorian garden cemeteries
Self-guided tour: Symbolism - Route 1
Self-guided tour: Symbolism - Route 1

Take this self-guided tour to understand the symbolism of some of the memorials located in Abney Park.

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Self-guided tour, Audio tourHolly Spice8 August 2020symbolism, urns, angels, Celtic cross
Audio talk: Music Hall star - Nellie Power
Audio talk: Music Hall star - Nellie Power

Listen to Rowan Lennon as she tells the story of the Victorian Music Hall, burlesque and panto star, Nellie Power.

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Online talkHolly Spice3 August 2020Nellie Power, Music Hall, Rowan Lennon
Self-guided tour: Heritage and wildlife - Route 1
Self-guided tour: Heritage and wildlife - Route 1

Take a personal tour of Abney Park’s rich heritage and wildlife using this guide. Route 1 features the chapel, war memorial, Bostock’s lion, Dr Isaac Watts and William Booth among other key figures.

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Self-guided tour, Audio tourHolly Spice7 July 2020history tour
Audio talk: Abolitionist history of Abney Park
Audio talk: Abolitionist history of Abney Park

Listen to Alan Gartrell’s podcast in which he talks about slave narratives and Abney Park’s links with Abolitionist history.

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Online talkHolly Spice27 June 2020abolition, abolitionists, anti-slavery
Self-guided tour: Voices from Abney Park - Abolitionists
Self-guided tour: Voices from Abney Park - Abolitionists

A number of key figures, who opposed abduction and enslavement and sought to establish various visions of a better world during the eighteenth and nineteenth century, are laid to rest in Abney Park Cemetery. Take this self-guided tour of Abney’s abolitionists.

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Audio tour, Self-guided tourHolly Spice13 June 2020abolition, anti-slavery
A walk through Abney Park at dawn - May 2020
A walk through Abney Park at dawn - May 2020

Watch 'Dawn Chorus: A Walk through Abney Park', filmed by Haydn S. which has a sombre tone to complement the macabre beauty of Abney Park.

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Birdsong recording, RecordingHolly Spice29 May 2020dawn chorus, bird song, film
Abney Park at dawn - April 2020
Abney Park at dawn - April 2020

Enjoy the beautiful sights and sounds of the spring dawn chorus in Abney Park filmed one morning in April.

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Birdsong recording, RecordingHolly Spice29 May 2020dawn chorus, bird song, film
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