Haringey History Fair

After a gap year in 2025 due to our MEND Restoration works we are thrilled that the Haringey History Fair returns to Bruce Castle Museum & Archive this May 2026!

May marks local and community history month and the history fair will provide a time to reconnect, discover and be inspired by more of Haringey’s fascinating radical and pioneering history and community heritage.

Pop-up cafe in the Old Kitchen will be open all day.

All Day Talks Programme (Hankin Gallery)

10.45am - Respectable People: Discovering A National Scandal in Hornsey’s Local History, By Bridget Gardiner, local author

11.20am - Standing On The Shoulders of Giants: How Haringey's Past Radical Rebel Campaigns And Movements Inspire And Strengthen Us Today, By Dave Morris, Radical History Network North London

11.55am - Spades and Rifles: Researching the History of a Haringey Allotment Site, By Jill Russell, Shepherds Hill Allotments Association

12.25pm Lunch

1.30pm - Every House in London Has a Story. What’s Yours? By Jess Crowe, local historian

2.05pm - From Old Road to Tottenham High Road: The Story of Helen Henry, By Bridget Badoe McQuick (aka Lady Esi), poet, community activist, storyteller

2.35pm Break 

3.05pm - Tottenham’s Treasure: Markfield Beam Engine, By David Cracknell, former Markfield Bean Engine and Museum Trustee Chair

3.40pm - Priscilla Wakefield: Forgotten Heroine of Finance, By Margaret Burr, Tottenham community historian

4.15pm - Mapping Memories, Friendship and Imagination: The Story Behind an Ordinary Object and a Wood Green Landmark, By Deborah Hedgecock, Curator, Bruce Castle Museum & Archive

4.45pm Programme Ends

NB: Talks and timings can be subject to change.