Special Events

South Asian Heritage Month 2024 

In Haringey, South Asian heritage can be found all around the borough, with written records of presence here dating from 1801.

Take a look below at the events Bruce Castle Museum & Archive is running this South Asian Heritage Month.

For more council-wide events, suggested reading and a timeline using material from Bruce Castle's archival collections, click here.

Block Printing Workshops with Sunbul Akhtar

• Saturday 27 July
• Location: Orange Cafe, N8 0PR (nearest station Turnpike Lane)

Free, all welcome. Booking required.

Workshop 1 (morning) - 10.30am-12pm - free tickets here

Workshop 2 (afternoon) - 2-3.30pm - free tickets here

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Through the medium of printmaking, for South Asian Heritage Month you are invited to explore with printmaker Sunbul Akhtar (@nightpress) what your identity means to you through your living/working space in Haringey. The prints you produce will be used by Sunbul to decorate a storytelling chair. The chair will be used for future storytelling events in the community.

In the workshop you will:

• consider your personal story in relation to South Asian History Month, Haringey and your personal identity
• create your own design to represent this story
• transfer the design to a block of lino
• engrave the block using carving tools
• hand roll ink
• apply the ink to the block
• print on to paper

The paper will be used to decorate the storytelling chair in decoupage.

No experience required! Just yourself, your ideas, your story!

Spaces are limited and booking your free place is essential.

Workshop 1 (morning) - 10.30am-12pm - free tickets here

Workshop 2 (afternoon) - 2-3.30pm - free tickets here

Organised by Bruce Castle Museum & Archive with the artist Sunbul Akhtar and the Culture Team, Haringey Council.

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

Turnpike Lane and South Asian Heritage: An Introduction Talk

• Sunday 28 July, 10.30-11am
• Location: Orange Cafe, N8 0PR

Free, all welcome. Booking required.

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Discover more about Turnpike Lane and South Asian Heritage with Deborah Hedgecock (Curator of Bruce Castle Museum). 

Come along and hear this brief introduction with Deborah about how Turnpike Lane has developed over time. 

(There is a guided walk later in the morning - please book this separately if you wish to attend that as well).

Spaces are limited so booking is essential. Please book your free tickets via Ticket Tailor.

NB special half-price offer for refreshments at Orange Café at this free event.

Organised by Bruce Castle Museum & Archive with the Culture Team, Haringey Council.

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

If the event is sold out, please email Bruce Castle Museum to be put on the waiting list.

Turnpike Lane and South Asian Heritage: A Guided Walk

• Sunday 28 July, 11.15am-12.45pm
• Location: Starting from Orange Cafe, N8 0PR

Free, all welcome. Booking required.

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Discover more about Turnpike Lane and South Asian Heritage with Deborah Hedgecock (Curator of Bruce Castle Museum). This will be a guided walk with Deborah in and around Turnpike Lane, looking at places, personal stories and events as we explore our local South Asian Heritage and community history.

(This walk complements a brief introduction to the history of Turnpike Lane earlier in the morning. If you wish to join this earlier part, this needs to be booked separately.)

Spaces are limited so booking is essential. Please book your free tickets via Ticket Tailor.

NB special half-price offer for refreshments at Orange Café at this free event.

Organised by Bruce Castle Museum & Archive with the Culture Team, Haringey Council.

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

If the event is sold out, please email Bruce Castle Museum to be put on the waiting list.