The Stories of our Streets Project

Stories of our Streets is a storytelling project exploring – through guided walks, talks, workshops and house history research – the past of our homes and streets in Stoke Newington, Hackney, Islington and surrounding areas.

For twenty years I have undertaken academic research on histories of homes and on folklore and local beliefs. I explore everyday life in the past, including the social history of the places we live and work and the way found objects and physical traces help people imaginatively reconstruct past domestic lives.

I also have a particular interest in how ghost stories and experiences of the uncanny can offer vivid portals into forgotten local histories – and suggest that the past might be ‘present’ in ways we are yet to understand!

For information and to book my walks and talks, click on these page links:

Stoke Newington and Islington
Ghost Walks

Hidden Stokey Walks

And coming soon!
House History Talks

To join my Mailing List, email: storiesofourstreets@outlook.com or message me via the CONTACT link.

I look forward to meeting you and sharing stories of the past of our homes and streets! Dr Caron Lipman