• Walking Tour: Upper Holloway: Whittington, Workhouses and Birth Control
    Walking Tour: Upper Holloway: Whittington, Workhouses and Birth Control
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    Part of the Walking the Suffragette line series, explore the area around Upper Holloway station Discover Upper Holloway on this entertainng historical walk. Marie Stopes established her first birth control clinic locally; a local workhouse held German civilians during the First World War; the Royal Northern hospital was a mainstay of local health provision, and…

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  • Walking Tour: South Tottenham and the World
    Walking Tour: South Tottenham and the World
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    Discover pioneer nurses, Shirley Bassey and Latin American incomers in Tottenham’s vibrant past and present Discover the heritage behind two railway stations in Tottenham and the people who have made their home here – from singer Shirley Bassey to leprosy nurse Kate Marsden and black MP Bernie Grant. South Tottenham was developed rapidly in the…

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