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I'm excited to be speaking at this inaugural <em>London Lore</em> conference, alongside <em>Medical London</em> author Richard Barnett, <em>The Folklore of</em> <em>London </em>author Anthony Clayton, Ross McFarlane from the Wellcome Library, amongst others. Tickets are selling fast, so <a href="http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/events_details.asp?EventsID=343" target="_blank">book yours</a> now.

<em>The London Lore conference: exploring London’s traditions, customs and folklore, old and new.</em>

<em><span style="font-style: normal;">Leaf-covered men striding the streets of south </span><span style="font-style: normal;">London</span><span style="font-style: normal;">, a time machine in West Brompton, strange goings on in the city’s public houses, a shrine to the ‘outcast dead’ down a Borough side street, magical talismans gathered in early twentieth century </span><span style="font-style: normal;">London</span><span style="font-style: normal;"> and much more. </span><span style="font-style: normal;">London</span><span style="font-style: normal;"> rituals and some of the people behind them are brought to light at the London Lore conference.</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Folklore Society &amp; South East London Folklore Society presents ‘London Lore’, a one-day conference on London Folklore to be held at the Bishopsgate Institute, Bishopsgate, EC2M.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">25<sup>th</sup> April 2009, 9.30am – 5.30pm, £10 / £8 concessions.(Buy tickets <a href="http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/events_details.asp?EventsID=343">online</a>).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">More <a href="http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/events_details.asp?EventsID=343" target="_blank">info here. </a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Full lineup after the break.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><!--more--> The complete line-up for the London Lore Conference is:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> Sarah Crofts:<span>               </span>The Deptford Jack-in-the-Green</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Sonia Ritter: <span>               </span>‘The Lions Part’ Bankside festivals: the old in the new</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Doc Rowe:<span>                  </span>London seasonal celebrations</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Paul Cowdell:<span>              </span>Rats, redstarts, and ravens: animal-identified London</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Noel Rooney:<span>              </span>London fox lore</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Richard Barnett:<span>          </span>Folklore, medicine and the body in London's history</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Scott Wood:<span>                </span>The Helpful Terrorist: An Urban Legend</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Ross MacFarlane:<span>       </span>Edward Lovett and the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Neil Gordon Orr &amp; Steve Roud:<span>             </span>Urban Magic: Edward Lovett and the Lovett Collection</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Mark Pilkington:<span>          </span>The Brompton Cemetery time machine</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">John Constable:<span>          </span>The Southwark Mysteries and the Crossbones Shrine</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Antony</span><span lang="EN-GB"> Clayton:<span>           </span>Strange brew – the folklore of London pubs</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> <span lang="EN-GB">Line-up can be subject to change. All speakers are available for an individual interview: please do not hesitate to contact Scott Wood on </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:scott@selfs.org.uk">scott@selfs.org.uk</a></span><span lang="EN-GB"> / </span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.selfs.org.uk" target="_blank">The South East London Folklore Society</a> (SELFS) is a voluntary group that has been running for a number of years creating events based around folklore, magic and mystery.<a href="http://www.selfs.org.uk/"><span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;"> </span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> <a href="http://www.folklore-society.com" target="_blank">The Folklore Society</a> (FLS) is a learned society devoted to the study of traditional culture in all its forms. It was founded in London in 1878 and was one of the first organisations established in the world for the study of folklore. </span></p>

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