Heritage

U3A member Barbara Prynn spends some time with Dance professional Ingrid Mackinnon to explore the themes of Heritage. Ingrid Mackinnon’s movement direction credits include #WeAreArrested… Read More »Interview with Ingrid Mackinnon

My name is Elizabeth Hay and I’m a member of Hackney U3A. I’d never been to The Marx Library which has the material about the… Read More »The Spain Fights for Freedom Exhibition

A selection of posters and leaflets from events that took place in Hampstead Town Hall. With thanks to Janet Potter and U3A London for writing… Read More »Events that took place in Hampstead Town Hall

Notwithstanding the postponement of the Coronation, the King’s dinner to half a million of the poor of London will take place as arranged. The dinner… Read More »The King’s dinner to the poor in celebration of Their Majesties’ coronation, A.D.1902

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912. It was struck by an iceberg during her maiden… Read More »Titanic Disaster Fund – Hampstead Town Hall at 8.00pm Saturday May 11th 1912

U3A member and Wac Arts heritage volunteer Barbara Prynn interviewed Judith Ufland on her memories of war in Hampstead and at the Town Hall. The… Read More »Memories of War

If Lorca came to symbolise the poets and writers of Spain who opposed Franco and his intention to censor and destroy, Picasso’s cubist painting of… Read More »Pablo Picasso and Guernica

As well as the Spanish Civil War Exhibition, a celebration of the life of Lorca was held at Hampstead Old Town Hall. Federico Garcia Lorca… Read More »Frederic Lorca – A Celebration Of Life

The Spanish Civil war took place between 1936 and 1939. In 1936 Spain was ruled by a moderate, liberal government of Republicans, supported by communist… Read More »The Spanish Civil War

This article was written by U3A as part of a Shared Learning Project with Wac Arts. Reading through the records of meetings of the Hampstead… Read More »Council records reveal 90 years of Town Hall history

This article was written by U3A as part of a Shared Learning Project with Wac Arts. Although Hampstead’s first woman councillor was elected in 1907,… Read More »World War 1 Nurse became Mayor of Hampstead

Hampstead has produced numerous trail-blazers. One of the most notable was Reina Emily Lawrence. In 1907 Reina became the first woman to win a seat… Read More »Reina Lawrence: Hampstead’s first woman councillor

Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Suffragettes in 1903. Her aim was to fight ‘with deeds not words’ for women to be allowed to vote in Britain.… Read More »Emmeline Pankhurst: Political activist and Suffragette

Hampstead Goes Gay – Hampstead Arts Balls and LGBT Hampstead – In Conversation with Chris Barlow Tuesday 13th November 2018 Between 1947 and 1955 Hampstead… Read More »The Gay Liberation Front

The Old Town Hall has been the locus of a number of exciting events throughout its 140 year history, from tea dances and balls, including… Read More »Notable Events at the Old Town Hall

T.S. Elliot One of the most notable early marriages conducted at Hampstead Town hall was that of T.S. Eliot. Prior to becoming arguably the greatest… Read More »Hampstead Town Hall Marriages

A lot of animals have passed through Hampstead Town Hall over the years – although sadly they’ve not always been alive. In 1972 the town… Read More »T.S. Eliot vs. Animal Farm

David Thomas Pitt (1913-1994), later Baron Pitt of Hampstead, was Britain’s longest serving Black Parliamentarian. A doctor by trade, he spent his adult life campaigning… Read More »David Pitt: Black Parliamentarian and campaigner for racial equality

Raising money has been high on the agenda for Hampstead Town Hall over the years. In 1881, almost as far back to when the building… Read More »A Place of Charitable Aims

Hampstead Town Hall played an important part in helping protect civilians in the area during World War 2. Between 1939 and 1945 the building became… Read More »Hampstead Town Hall in War Time Britain

Una Marson was a Jamaican feminist, activist and writer. She was employed by the BBC in 1932, and became their first black producer. Hampstead-based Una… Read More »Una Marson: Jamaican feminist and creative