Food Curious Food
Ever wondered what tickled your ancestors’ tastebuds? Why not come along to a free illustrated talk by the esteemed Dr Peter Ross on the subject of “Badger Ham and Stewed Sparrows – a… Continue reading
Monthly Archive: April, 2013
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Get Acquainted with Kilburn’s Victorian Fraud!
Brent Archives invites you to join urban historians Dick Weindling and Marianne Colloms for an evening of Victorian intrigue and scandal as they introduce us to the subject of their new book –… Continue reading
Archives re-opening moved back to 1st May
Our decant from WGLC continues apace. However, owing to circumstances beyond our control, we will now be re-opening in the interim Willesden Green Library, at George Furness House, 2-12 Grange Road, on Wednesday… Continue reading
In praise of Royal Mail carts, and the absence of nosebleeds
On 22 June 1941, within hours of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, museum staff began evacuating the Hermitage and other heritage collections in and near Leningrad. One curator, Anatoly Kuchumov, wrote… Continue reading