Forthcoming Events

Thu, Jun 20th, 2013, @6:30pm - 09:00PM
AGM; Intolerance in London during WW I
Thu, Jul 18th, 2013, @7:30pm - 09:00PM
Funeral pomp in London
Thu, Sep 19th, 2013, @7:30pm - 09:00PM
Violent crime in 19th-century Camden
Thu, Oct 17th, 2013, @7:30pm - 09:00PM
The Carrs and the Lushingtons
Thu, Nov 21st, 2013, @7:30pm - 09:00PM
The Marquis of Leuville
Thu, Dec 12th, 2013, @7:00pm - 09:00PM
St Paul's - the alternative

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Events
Every month there is a talk on some aspect of the history of Camden or of London in general, free to members but open to non-members for a £1 entry fee. These are usually on the third Thursday of every month, but occasionally on another day depending on the availability of venues and speakers. Warning of a change in the usual timing is given in the Newsletter a month or two in advance.
The talks always start at 7:30pm and last 45-50 minutes, with time for question and comment afterwards. Doors open 7pm, at various venues within the Borough. There are 11 such events during the year (none in August), all free to members. For further information click on the title of the talk in the Events Calendar below.
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The Warning Carriers: Walking through London c. 1730
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 18:45 - 21:00
The talk will begin as usual at 7:30 pm, but Burgh House will be open to CHS members from 6:45 so that members can view the newly refurbished and reorganised Hampstead Museum on the first floor, ahead of the official opening in March. As to the talk at 7:30: In the 18th century the Goldsmiths? Company used messengers (?warning carriers?) to bring news to luxury traders of valuable pieces that had recently been stolen. Judy Jowett has been studying for the first time a 1730 notebook found in the archives of the Goldsmiths? Company, and the Silver Society has very recently published her findings concerning craftsmen and luxury trades of London in the 1730s.
Location: Burgh House, New End Square, London, NW3 1LT
Contact: Dr Peter Woodford
Cost: £1 to non-members

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