| Saturday 22nd July |
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| A note that a steam train will leave Paddington station in the morning and return in the evening. |
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| Upwards of 40 vehicles will parade through Guildhall in the City of London to be branded with a hot iron in the ancient cart marking ceremony. |
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| Annual chance to climb down the ladders into the ice well underneath the Canal Musuem. |
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| Twice a year, the private island opens up to the public and the artists studios open their doors to visitors. |
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| This weekend festival celebrates everything that Potters Fields Park and the London Bridge neighbourhood have to offer. |
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| This summer London's fire stations be opening their red doors to the public for a number of open day events across London. |
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| A free festival featuring an eclectic mix of theatre, circus, dance, music, and digital art. |
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| Sunday 23rd July |
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| Annual chance to climb down the ladders into the ice well underneath the Canal Musuem. |
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| Party on the Pier is an annual open day at the Chiswick Pier with free boat rides. |
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| Twice a year, the private island opens up to the public and the artists studios open their doors to visitors. |
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| This weekend festival celebrates everything that Potters Fields Park and the London Bridge neighbourhood have to offer. |
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| A free festival featuring an eclectic mix of theatre, circus, dance, music, and digital art. |
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| Monday 24th July |
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| Tuesday 25th July |
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| 1851 is famous for being the years of the Great Exhibition |
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| In this talk Dr Matthew Partridge will take you through the history of cartoons in geology, how cartoons can be used to break barriers and open communication. |
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| Historian Matthew Green will tell us the forgotten history of Britain's lost cities, ghost towns and vanished villages: our shadowlands. |
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| Wednesday 26th July |
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| Thursday 27th July |
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| This illustrated talk looks into the role of herbs in commercial remedies, and the way advertisers used elaborate stories of little-known plants to convince the public to part with their cash. |
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| This talk is about the Court of Arches, the ancient appeal court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and its rich archive in Lambeth Palace Library. |
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| A major new history of England's turbulent seventeenth century and how it marked the birth of a new world |
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| At Gaming Lates, the Science Museum's adults-only, after-hours event, visitors can discover the importance of play and games for brain health. |
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| Join Caroline de Guitaut for an exciting exploration of the history of Coronation dress in conversation with Dr Susan Kay-Williams, Chief Executive of the Royal School of Needlework. |
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| Stepping aside from the music hall, Bow bells, heart of gold cliches, what does ‘Cockney’ mean? |
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| Friday 28th July |
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| Tour some a few of south-west London's quirky heritage sites, including the Kilmorey Mausoleum and a Second World War bomb shelter aboard Lord Hendy's classic Routemaster bus. |
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| Dr Grace Huxford reflects on the events and legacy of the Korean War 70 years since the conflict ended. |
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| Get behind the railing for an exclusive up-close tour of the Albert Memorial. |
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| Join Rachael Lennon discussing her book, Wedded Wife, the remarkable story of how the institution of marriage has developed. |
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| Vanley Burke, the ‘Godfather of Black British Photography’, is in conversation with Diane Louise Jordan, broadcaster and founder of the project The Making of Black Britain. |
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| Saturday 29th July |
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| Meet soldiers from the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers as they showcase the work they do in today's Army. |
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| This popular community harvest, and London’s only Pick Your Own Lavender event, will be held at the three acre Carshalton Lavender field at Stanley Road Allotments. |
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| A restoration project has bought the mill back to working order for the first time since 1935, and it's now open to the public. |
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| Once a month open day at a nature reserve that sits alongside the railway in Forest Hill. |
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| An occasional open day where you can climb up the church spire to the bell-ringing room, and then walk along the top of the roof. |
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