Hear, Here
Come along and Hear, Here at our monthly evening talks programme.
Talks will either be on-site or online. Please check carefully for details of each event, as these may vary.
The GI Bride-In-A-Box: A Tottenham Woman's Story
- Wednesday 27 September, 7.30pm (doors open 7pm)
Free, all welcome
Booking required
The GI Bride-In-A-Box: A Tottenham Woman's Story Of Hope, Protest and Adventure in WW2
By Oona Kelly, Local Historian and Friend of Bruce Castle.
Yvonne Abbinett was the daughter of a fishmonger, born in 1923 in St Ann's Road, Tottenham. Evacuated from London as a young teen at the start of WW2, she came back to London on a scholarship to train as a teacher at Whitelands College. Helping schoolchildren flee London's air raids, she took up a teaching position in Yorkshire. There she met a Texan 1st Lieutenant in the US Army Air Corps. From then on, Yvonne's life was to change forever.
Come along and hear Yvonne's story, as told by local historian Oona Kelly, and find out how Yvonne and other young women were treated in the newspapers in WW2, and how Yvonne became known as the GI bride-in-a-box.
Please book your free ticket for this in-person event at the Museum via Eventbrite.
For queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk.
An Evening with Judith Jacob - In Conversation
- Wednesday 25 October, 7.30pm (doors open 7pm)
Free, all welcome
Booking essential
BHM 2023 is when we are Celebrating Our Sisters! Join us at Bruce Castle to celebrate our local sister in Haringey – Judith Jacob, British actor known for her roles on television in dramas and soaps, Angels and Eastenders, but also for the hit sitcom No Problem!
This year it is 40 years since No Problem! was first aired in 1983 on Channel 4, created by the Black Theatre Co-operative. Come and hear Judith's very own stories and how she has contributed to making British onscreen history, in conversation with Lady Esi.
Doors open at 7pm.
Please book your free ticket for this in-person event at the Museum via Eventbrite.
Organised by Bruce Castle Museum & Archive.
For queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk