6. Save St Pancras Old Church
Kentish Town’s First Lady – that’s Gillian Tindall to you and I – is set to make a rare appearance at a series of lectures in aid of one of the oldest churches in London, just down the road at St Pancras. The place is so famous that the Beatles were even photographed there in 1968.
Its future is under threat due to ancient drains and large cracks in its walls, which are apparently destabilising its structure. So with that in mind, on St. Pancras Festival weekend, May 11-12, there’ll be a spooky graveyard talk, reception and concert, followed by five further talks, all by celebrated historians.
All lectures will end with a wine reception in the church and gardens (£10 per ticket and available to book from: st.p.appeal@gmail.com). All money raised will go towards the repair and protection of this nationally important building. Gillian Tindall is on June 13.
St. Pancras Festival Weekend
Saturday, May 11, 5 p.m.
Roger Bowdler No ordinary churchyard: the tombs of St Pancras
Followed by free choral concert from the New Tottenham Singers, director Tom Fowkes at 7:30 p.m.
Lecture Series
Friday, May 17, 7 p.m.
Philip Davies Lost London
Thursday, June 6, 7 p.m.
Jane Sidell The Quick and the Dead: The Archaeology of High Speed 1 and the Old St Pancras burial ground
Thursday, June 13, 7 p.m.
Gillian Tindall The Fields Beneath
Thursday, September 12, 7 p.m.
Gillian Darley John Soane and St. Pancras
Thursday, October 10, 7 p.m.
Simon Bradley St. Pancras Station
3 thoughts on “Pinboard: New free April print issue out now! Plus Bull & Gate, Spaniards Inn and St Pancras Old Church”
I’ve always found the row of shops on Fortess Road leading up from the junction with Kentish Town Rd to The Junction a little disconcerting:
-the hat shop that never looks open
-the thai restaurant that never seems to have any customers (but does seem to have a revamp on an annual basis)
-the junk shop with the cage permanently outside (often with furry handcuffs on)
Having previously lived in the piano shop that’s no longer a piano shop, it was a very odd road to walk along daily. Genuine new arrivals would distinctly improve that road.
The hat shop? You mean the tailor Chris Ruocco? Try a bit later in the day. I think earlier in the morning Chris is busy organizing things at the men’s pond on the Heath. He has a harmonium (or some small keyboard instrument) in the front of the shop, and has specialized in clothes for musicians, including – most famously – George Michael in the Wood Green early years. Very much worth asking Chris for a Kentishtowner interview: has many stories to tell.
Agree – I knew someone who had a suit made by Chris and he mentioned Diana Ross used to pop in also.