One Eye Grey presents 'You'll absolutely Lovett! A stranger side to Southwark’s history' at the Cuming Museum (151 Walworth Road, London SE17) next Wednesday 29th July 2009 at 6.30pm (admission free).
Ross Macfarlane of the Wellcome Library will speak about the Lovett Collection of folklore objects and old Southwark tales whilst London writer Chris Roberts will talk about more modern Walworth folk stories and urban legends. Everything from lost zoos to sacred dollies, magicians on the Heygate, shakers at the Tabernacle and vampires at St Giles.
Chiappa Ltd: organs in Clerkenwell
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The sound of fairground organs, still heard on 'galloper' carousels, is
distinctive and evocative - but less known is that much of it comes from an
unass...
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