Finsbury: past, present & future panel discussion
In June 2009 One History hosted a panel discussion prompted by the report below chaired by Lord Chris Smith of Finsbury, former MP of the area. Click on the link above to hear the discussion with Ian Gordon, professor of Human Geography at the London School of Economics (LSE), Tom Jupp, chair of the Cripplegate Foundation, Mike Raco, senior lecturer in geography at King's College London and Eric Sorenson, Director of Central London Forward.
Finsbury: past, present & future
Click on the above link to download Dr David Green's report from the One History, EC1 in the making, project. The report looks at the history of the area, from the growth from a village surrounded by fields to the exapansion of industry (breweries, gin distilleries and watch making) to radical politics in the area, and at how the past links to the area's present and future.
From beer to Bovril: liquid history in Finsbury
Click on the link above to download Dr David Green and Eoin Dunne's article about the big business of beer in Finsbury.
Click on the link above to download Dr David Green and Eoin Dunne's article about one hundred years of social housing in Finsbury.
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walks in EC1
St John Street snakes northwards from Smithfield to the Angel. Along its route a fascinating story of change unfolds that spans more than a thousand years of London’s history.
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The Black Cat trail crosses EC1 from Old Street in the east to the Angel in the west. It reveals some of the major changes in the area, passing by characterful churches, former cigarette factories, 19th century housing estates and Finsbury Council’s pioneering efforts to improve social housing in the 20th century.
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