Archives for London Events

AfL has a busy schedule of visits, seminars and conferences planned for the next few months. To book your place, please follow the booking instructions that apply to each specific event below.  

Type of event Date Event Booking
Free Seminar 7th February 2008 Oral History in Practice Alan Dein and Annette Day - Oral History Society 5.30pm doors open. 6pm start Venue: Room SB4, University College London, 188 Tottenham Court Road. London. WC1. This is a free event. Please contact Nicola Avery if you are coming - email her on Nicola.Avery@cityoflondon.gov.uk or telephone 020 7332 3816  
Visit 18th February 2008 Archive of Art and Design - 2pm There is a charge for this event. Please complete the booking form and send to Jessica Newton, The British Postal Museum & Archive, Freeling House, Phoenix Place, London WC1X 0DL. Charge: £5  
Free Seminar 6th March 2008 Reviewing Archive Services in London Speaker: Nick Kingsley, TNA 6pm start Venue: Wilkins Old Refectory, main Gower Street campus, UCL This is a free event. Please contact Nicola Avery if you are coming - email her on Nicola.Avery@cityoflondon.gov.uk or telephone 020 7332 3816  
Visit 18th March 2008 Bishop’s Gate Institute- 2pm There is a charge for this event. Please complete the booking form and send to Jessica Newton, The British Postal Museum & Archive, Freeling House, Phoenix Place, London WC1X 0DL. Charge: £5  
Free Seminar 3rd April 2008 Reviewing tithe records - the Cheshire approach Speaker - Paul Newman, Cheshire Record Office Venue - Freemason’s Library This is a free event. Please contact Nicola Avery if you are coming - email her on Nicola.Avery@cityoflondon.gov.uk or telephone 020 7332 3816  
Visit 17th April 2008 BA Archives and Museum - 2pm There is a charge for this event. Please complete the booking form and send to Jessica Newton, The British Postal Museum & Archive, Freeling House, Phoenix Place, London WC1X 0DL. Charge: £5  
Free Seminar 1st May 2008 The Epitome of Excellence - The Creation of the Curwen Press Speaker: Peyton Skipwith Venue: LMA This is a free event. Please contact Nicola Avery if you are coming - email her on Nicola.Avery@cityoflondon.gov.uk or telephone 020 7332 3816  
Visit 20th May 2008 Girl Guiding UK Archives - 2pm There is a charge for this event. Please complete the booking form and send to Jessica Newton, The British Postal Museum & Archive, Freeling House, Phoenix Place, London WC1X 0DL. Charge: £5  
Free Seminar 5th June 2008 Poor Law records Speaker - Paul Carter, TNA Venue - LMA This is a free event. Please contact Nicola Avery if you are coming - email her on Nicola.Avery@cityoflondon.gov.uk or telephone 020 7332 3816  
Visit 24th June 2008 Society of Apothecaries - 2pm There is a charge for this event. Please complete the booking form and send to Jessica Newton, The British Postal Museum & Archive, Freeling House, Phoenix Place, London WC1X 0DL. Charge: £5  
Free Seminar 3rd July 2008 Topic and Venue: TBC This is a free event. Please contact Nicola Avery if you are coming - email her on Nicola.Avery@cityoflondon.gov.uk or telephone 020 7332 3816  
Free Seminar 4th September 2008

Serendipity in the Archives

Speakers - Jessica Womak, Teresa Doherty, Duncan Harrington and Paul Blake

Venue - LMA

This is a free event. Please contact Nicola Avery if you are coming - email her on Nicola.Avery@cityoflondon.gov.uk or telephone 020 7332 3816  
Free Seminar 2nd October 2008

Business Records - A Wealth of Information in London

Speaker - Edwin Green

Venue - LMA

This is a free event. Please contact Nicola Avery if you are coming - email her on Nicola.Avery@cityoflondon.gov.uk or telephone 020 7332 3816  
Conference 4th October 2008

Sick of London

Speakers -

Dr Alysa Levene - Medical treatment in hospital and workhouse

Prof Eric Gruber von Arni - Military hospitals for parliamentary troops in Civil War London  

Prof Anne Hardy - Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health

Beth Astridge - Surgeons and surgery in London  

Melanie Parker - Women dentists in 18th and 19th centuries  

Sue Hawkins & Juliet Warren – Victorian and Edwardian in-patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital

Venue - LMA

Delegate Fees (including buffet lunch and refreshments)

AFL Members - £30

Non Members - £45 (including membership) 

Free Seminar 6th November 2008

London: elementary education in the Capital in the late 19th Century

Speaker - Ann Morton

Venue - Freemason’s Hall

This is a free event. Please contact Nicola Avery if you are coming - email her on Nicola.Avery@cityoflondon.gov.uk or telephone 020 7332 3816  
Free Seminar 4th December 2008

Heritage Lottery Fund: Changes and Opportunities

Speakers - Stuart McLeod and Louise Ray

Venue - LMA

This is a free event. Please contact Nicola Avery if you are coming - email her on Nicola.Avery@cityoflondon.gov.uk or telephone 020 7332 3816