Reminiscence

Reminiscence Café at the Castle 

Join us for our monthly free reminiscence sessions – come along, enjoy a cup of tea and share your memories.  

The good, the bad and the ugly

• Tuesday 16 September, 2pm to 4pm

Free, all welcome. No booking required. Refreshments included.

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"That just about sums up the buildings around us today, whether mean terraces of houses or high-rise flats, futuristic stadiums, or maybe the mellowed elegance of our older buildings. Do we miss some of the buildings we grew up with, or are we happy with what has replaced them? Do you have a favourite – probably brick built – building? Perhaps houses such as those on the pioneering cottage garden estate of Tower Gardens Housing with grace and space. Or can you refer us to a more modern piece of architecture that you like?

Think about what we see around us in our own borough, but also further afield across London. The transformation of industrial King’s Cross, with its railway lines and depots to the clean, spacious area of shops, restaurants and leisure. A loss of character and history? Or a superb re-imagining of a once seedy area? The City, of course, particularly exemplifies the clash of the old and the new, with its bizarre combination of ancient and modern. Do we miss our old buildings? Do we welcome the new?"

Come along to the Museum and share your memories over a cup of tea.

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