Jewish History Walking Tour of Tottenham (Tour 2)

Tottenham Heritage Walks with Bruce Castle Museum & Archive bring you a free and fascinating Jewish History Walking tour around Tottenham.

Starting at the Holocaust Memorial Garden of Remembrance in Bruce Castle Park, your guide Carol Hebbs will reflect on some of the testimonies remembered here of Holocaust survivors who settled in Haringey. The tour will go on to share stories and community histories about Jewish-owned shops and businesses once found on the High Road; and the former large factories at Tottenham Hale, including world class names Lebus and Gestetner that employed thousands, many from working class Jewish families who settled in the streets between The Hale and Lansdowne Road.

It will highlight important places for the community: the former High Cross synagogue of the Tottenham Hebrew Congregation, and the previous Jewish Home and Hospital on the High Road. And also look at the hostility experienced in the area after the Aliens Act of 1905 and the ‘Tottenham Outrage’ incident in 1909.

The tour will last approximately 2 hours, and will end near Seven Sisters, convenient for bus and tube travel.

Meet: Main entrance (under the clocktower), Bruce Castle Museum, Lordship Lane, N17 8NU at 10.15am for a 10.30am start.

Booking is essential. Please book your free ticket via Eventbrite.

Please wear sensible footwear and dress for the weather and for walking.

For any queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk