Enfield Council is now running a Festival of Industry at the Dugdale Arts Centre in Enfield Town. The Festival will offer opportunities for everyone to explore the Borough’s past and future identity through specialist art commissions, workshops, open studios, exhibitions, skills sharing and public artworks. There will be an immersive museum exhibition and a community theatre project co-produced with local people.
A programme of events from July to December 2023, some at the Dugdale Arts Centre, some at BLOQs in Tottenham, have been announced and the details are available from the Dugdale website.
The Society will be leading two walks around important past areas of industrial heritage; on 16th September (Ponders End) and 7th October (Brimsdown). The walks are free but booking is essential. See dugdaleartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/enfield-industry-past-and-present-walking-tour
Further reading
The Society has covered some of Enfield’s past industrial sector in the following articles which have appeared in our newsletters:
- Industrial heritage of Enfield (newsletter 176)
- Royal Small Arms Factory (newsletter 187)
- Waterways (newsletter 208)
- Wright’s Flour Mill (newsletter 180)
- A Walk along the Lee Navigation West Bank (newsletter 227)
We also sell an number of publications by Jim Lewis some of which cover the industry of the Lee Valley.