Streatham Hill Against the Odds- a guided walk by Gail Golding
Schedule
Sat Sep 28 2024 at 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Streatham Hill Station SW2 4SA | London, EN
About this Event
Think you know Streatham Hill? Come on this 2-hour walk and discover streets that hide histories of ordinary people who have done extraordinary things. A self-taught photographer who became England’s first female press photographer; a drain layer who built
workers’ community housing; a young Windrush Generation man, refused a teaching post because he was black, who became a reporter, author and senior university lecturer.
People’s actions, faced with enormous obstacles, have made a difference to the history of Streatham Hill as well as influence beyond. Hear how one man established the first self-service
supermarket though everyone said it wouldn’t catch on in England; an architect who chanced upon a commission and changed the face of modernism; and a writer who overcame his sense of dislocation to become a Nobel Prize winner.
A lot of the buildings have been demolished but the stories still exist. Discover Streatham Hill Against the Odds.
Where is it happening?
Streatham Hill Station SW2 4SA, Streatham Hill Station, London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 15.00