AfL News

Photographs in the collections at London Metropolitan Archives Wednesday 26th February, 18.00 – 19.30 (doors open at 17.30) Huntley Room, London Metropolitan Archives. Photographs in LMA’s collections range from the 1840s to the present day, cover London and its surrounding areas and also reflect the capital’s national and international outlook. They particularly illustrate the expansion… Read more »

The curious tale of the lady in the photograph – Love Actually comes to LMA Wednesday 27th November 2019, 18.00 – 19.30 (doors open at 17.30) Huntley Room, London Metropolitan Archives. From one of the earliest photographs at LMA (1848) we will trace not only the story of the young woman who was pictured and… Read more »

Creating the V&A: Victoria and Albert’s Museum Wednesday 23rd October 2019, 18.00 – 19.30 (doors open at 17.30) Huntley Room, London Metropolitan Archives. In this bicentenary year of their births, celebrate the contribution made by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to the creation of the V&A. This lecture will explore how the young Royal couple… Read more »

Join us at our two wonderful events this July! AfL Summer Soirée – Keats House Join us as we gather for our annual Summer Soirée, this year hosted at Keats House in Hampstead! A warm welcome awaits us from Keats House Curator Rob Shakespeare: he will tell us about the house, Keats’ life and escort… Read more »

The Health of Children in Institutional Care in London 1890-1920 Wednesday 26th June 2019, 18.00 – 19.30 (doors open at 17.30) Huntley Room, London Metropolitan Archives. Using documents held in the London Metropolitan Archives, Dr Schneider will explore the health of children living in state and charitable institutions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth… Read more »

London Unspooled: Sounds from the Strongrooms The sonic history of London is slipping through our fingers. We possibly have less than 15 years to save a century of analogue audio recordings before degradation and the horrors of ‘sticky shed syndrome’ render them lost forever. London Metropolitan Archives is one of ten hubs across the UK… Read more »

The Turner Bequest at the National Gallery Wednesday 24th April 2019, 18.00 – 19.30 (doors open at 17.30) Huntley Room, London Metropolitan Archives This talk will consider the history of the Turner Bequest at the National Gallery, starting by looking at Turner’s will, how it was contested by his relatives before the Court of Chancery,… Read more »

Is it really Albert’s Hall? How one woman’s determination shaped the evolution of the arts and sciences in South Kensington. Wednesday 27th March 2019, 18.00 – 19.30 (doors open at 17.30) Huntley Room, London Metropolitan Archives Prince Albert is forever connected to the great hall in South Kensington that bears his name, and has long… Read more »

Alderman Arnold fitz Thedmar – London’s first civic historian. Wednesday 27th February 2019, 18.00 – 19.30 (doors open at 17.30) Huntley Room, London Metropolitan Archives Arnold fitz Thedmar (1201-74) was a wealthy merchant and a second generation German immigrant who became an alderman and a spokesman for the German merchants in London. He was responsible… Read more »

Join us in March for the first AfL Practical of the year! Wednesday 6th March 2019, 2pm – 5:30pm at Guildhall Library The Guildhall Library is the premier library for London’s history, and in conjunction with London Metropolitan Archives holds a spectacular collection of trade directories, from 1677 to the 1990s.This workshop led by AfL… Read more »