> Hello!
>
> This is just a short note to inform all who are interested that I am
> currently taking
> bookings for the new walking season which commences from April 2001.
>
> Details of the walks
>
> '500 YEARS OF BLACK LONDON' IS THE NAME GIVEN TO A PAIR OF WALKING
> TOURS IN CENTRAL LONDON WHICH TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE PLACES
> AND PERSONALITIES OF LONDON'S BLACK HISTORY.
>
> Walk 1 ~ 'BEGINNINGS OF A COMMUNITY'. We look at the first traces of the
> Black presence in London and the continuing themes this presence has
> evoked.
> ~Characters, haunts and habits of the St. Giles Blackbirds.
> ~History of the Black Guardsmen 1680-1850's.
> ~Black routs and taverns.
> ~Famous lives: Ignatius Sancho, Mary Seacole, Paul Robeson.
> ~Trafalgar Square - site of civil unrest.
> ~Black British radicals of the 18th & 19th centuries.
> ~'Freaks' and curios, beggars and fairs.
> ~Wits and wenches - Julius Soubise, Francis Barber and Covent Garden's
> 'ladies in mourning'.
> The above walk starts outside Westminster Tube and ends at Covent Garden
> Piazza. Duration: approx 1 hr 30 mins.
>
> Walk 2 ~ 'MUSICIANS, WRITERS & PERFORMERS:
> ~The Coram St murder case
> ~Samuel Coleridge Taylor
> ~Mary Seacole
> ~Ignatius Sancho
> ~Oluadah Equiano
> ~Paul Robeson
> ~Robert Wedderburn
> The above walk starts outside Russell Square tube and ends at Charing
> Cross. Duration: approx 2 hrs.
>
>
> Pricing
> Those booking individually may join Walk 1. which takes place at
> 11.00am on the 2nd Sunday of every month or Walk 2. which takes place at
> 11.00am on the last Sunday of every month (except 24.9.'00 & 31.12.'00).
> Both of the above walks cost 5 pounds per person
> Prior booking and confirmation is essential for these walks.
> Group bookings: A minimum of 10 walkers are accepted per group.
> 10~15 walkers.. 6 pounds p/p
> 15~20 walkers.. 5 pounds p/p
> 20~30 walkers.. 4 pounds p/p
> ~
> Special rates are available for all London-based voluntary groups and
> mentoring projects.
> Payment by cash, cheque or sterling International Money Order only,
> please, to be made out to: S.I. Martin.
>
>
> Please address all correspondence to:
> S.I. Martin*
> 7/136, Coldharbour Lane
> London SE5 9PZ
> t/f: 020 7326 4429
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> ~
> *author of 'Incomparable World' (pub. Quartet Books, UK & George
> Braziller USA)
> also 'Britain's Slave Trade' (pub. Channel 4 Books)
>
> All the best
> --
> S.I. Martin
>
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