The quarterly Islington Archaeology and History Journal is sent free to members. If you would like to write something, share a memory or ask a question about Islington's past, please email the editor on news [at] iahs.org.uk

Contents Winter 2012:

NEWS:

Sadler’s Wells archive goes online

Lutyens-inspired Lark in the Park wins the chance to welcome people again

Not guilty verdict for Crippen at museum retrial, thanks to DNA evidence

Letters and your questions: Collins Music Hall, chocolate making, a football team, a Hollywood actress and a search for old children’s home records       

The battle for New River Head: This site has a long story, from its water company beginnings to a struggle over saving historic buildings for the community 

Pioneer of sound: Joe Meek produced extraordinary pop music from a small flat over a shop in Holloway Road

A house of many lives: A house that was home to peace organisations and radical groups was once occupied by a large family – and some of them came back to visit

The railway palazzo: The grandest station on the North London Line, and the young architect who designed it

Rebels in the south: Clerkenwell, near the City and with plenty of open space for demonstrations, has long been a hotbed of radicalism

Publications, bookshop and book reviews

Events

Directory of Societies and Museums