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Dear all Just a very quick reminder about our talks and tours tomorrow (Sunday 16th October) at Abney Park. Best wishes Joanna > On 8 Oct 2016, at 20:41, Joanna Bending <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Dear all > > Abney Park Trust are pleased to announce a weekend of talks and tours to celebrate Black History Month. > > Details of the talks and tours on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th October are below, and also on our website. You will see that the programme includes exciting news on our plans for much-needed conservation work on Joanna Vassa's memorial. > > All welcome, all free - please circulate to anyone who would be interested in attending. > > Looking forward to welcoming you to Abney Park next weekend! > > Best wishes > Joanna Bending > Abney Part Trustee > > http://www.abneypark.org/news/134/17/Black-History-Month-celebrations-at-Abney-Park/d,events > > Black History Month celebrations at Abney Park > Abney Park celebrates Black History Month with a weekend of talks and tours exploring the lives of Joanna Vassa, Eric Walrond and others laid to rest at Abney Park. > > Saturday 15th October > 4pm, Abney Park classroom > Eric Walrond: A Corner of the Caribbean in Stoke Newington > Bill Schwarz talks about Afro-Caribbean writer and journalist Eric Walrond (1898–1966), buried at Abney Park. His book 'Tropic Death' is considered a major contribution to the culture and literature of the Harlem Renaissance. > > Sunday 16th October > 1pm, meet at main gates > A tour giving a general introduction to the history of Abney Park. > > 2pm, Abney Park classroom > Joanna Vassa: An Imagined Life > Angelina Osbourne reveals the story of Joanna Vassa (1795-1857), the only surviving child of the former slave and anti-slavery campaigner Olaudah Equiano. Vassa is buried at Abney Park. > > 3pm, meet at main gates > Repairs to the Joanna Vassa grave monument > Ross Perkin discusses the discovery and renovation of Joanna Vassa's monument at her graveside. > > > > > Sent from my iPad