Date and Time
Location
OPEN-AIR LONDON:
Pleasure, Parks and Protest
Woodlands and Commons
by Dr. Colin Bowlt, LAMAS Archaeological Committee
The London Square: Islets in our Desert of Brick, Slate and Mud
by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, Gardener, Historian and Gardens Adviser to Hampton Court & Kensington Palaces
Common People, Common Land: a History of London’s Open Spaces as Places of Protest
by Michael Berlin, FLL Birkbeck, University of London
The Pleasure Gardens of London: a Creative Use for Open Spaces
by Katrina Burnett, with Kate Semmens (Sop.) and Steven Devine (Harpsichord) from Finchcocks Musical Museum
The Conference will be introduced by Prof. Caroline Barron, President of LAMAS, who will also present the Annual Local History Publications Award.
There will be displays of recent work and publications by Local History Societies.