{"id":19059,"date":"2026-06-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=19059"},"modified":"2026-06-16T10:00:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:00:55","slug":"islington-charlton-refugees-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=19059","title":{"rendered":"Islington, Charlton & Refugees – 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Islington, Charlton & Refugees<\/strong>: On Saturday June 19th 2005 I photographed Imagine Islington<\/em>, a green festival in Islington, then went out to Charlton for the Horn Fair<\/em>, before finally returning to central London for a Refugee event taking place as a part of the Coin Street Festival <\/em>in Bernie Spain Gardens on the South Bank of the Thames in Lambeth. Again I’ll give the texts I wrote at the time with links to more pictures from the events on My London Diary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Imagine Islington<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Islington<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Islington,
Painting the ‘Hugh Jart’ mural on Islington Green<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Imagine Islington was another green festival, but with rather more fun than some, taking place at 7 locations around the Angel and Islington Green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Islington,
Rhythms Of Resistance<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Islington,
Weapons of Sound, playing a range of containers, trolleys and other objects<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the Green there was music from Rhythms Of Resistance and Weapons Of Sound, a giant mural to paint by ‘Hugh Jart’, an air-miles game and other attractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Islington,
The food miles interactive game from ‘Arts Desire’ was designed to show the high cost in carbon emissions of importing fruit and veg<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere there was a wind installation at St Mary’s Church, a Biodiversity Garden in the NI Centre, the Incredible String Trio Pluck (they described themselves as “the world’s most musically challenged string trio<\/em>“) in Chapel Market and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Islington,
Recycling is fine, but there needs to be more emphasis on reusable containers and on simply consuming less and wasting less.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Islington,
More Pluck in Chapel Market<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This was a pleasant event for the family but largely concentrated on the froth rather than the essentials of the challenge the world faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More pictures<\/a> on My London Diary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Charlton Horn Fair<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Charlton House, Charlton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Charlton House<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to go to Charlton simply because the annual Horn Fair there was notorious for its “indecencies and frequent riots<\/em>“, eventually leading to its suppression by an order in council in 1872.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Irish dancing<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately its modern recreation turned out to be a much more tame affair, although Charlton House remains impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[I also took a few pictures on my journey to Charlton and on my way from there to Coin Street, some also included in my 2006 post.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More pictures<\/a> on My London Diary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Refugee Week, Coin Street: Celebrating Sanctuary<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Coin St Festival, Bernie Spain Gardens<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Albanian dancing<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile in Coin Street, another Refugee Week event, Celebrating Sanctuary, was taking place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The men’s dance was more energetic<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This Chinese dancer made some great patterns with her long streamers<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Then we had a fantastic performance by a large group of all ages from Uganda, in various tribal dress and a great deal of energy<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Among the events I photographed were Albanian dancing, a Chinese dancer with long streamers and African dancing from Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More pictures<\/a> from the event on My London Diary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact me to buy prints or licence to reproduce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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