Picnic in the Past - 20 June 2009 - All are welcome and entry is free

Newington Green Now & Then is a new arts and heritage project for young people aged 13 – 19 managed by Mildmay Community Partnership. MCP is a community regeneration organisation and works primarily in the ward of Mildmay, in the London Borough of Islington. More »

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The author Mary Wollstonecraft ran a girls' school from 1784 to 1786 in Newington Green. She went onto write 'A Vindication of the Rights of Women' in 1792, which called for women to be educated and have the same fundamental rights as men. More history »

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