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Mapping More Mischief

Illustrated map of East London
Illustrated map of East London
Mapping More Mischief Illustrated Map | Illustration by Rosa Thorlby | Making More Mischief Exhibition | London College of Fashion | UAL

Mapping More Mischief is a guided walk taking in 7 points of interest related to folk customs, past and present, around Stratford, Hackney and Bow.

The different points can be visited as one route or individual sites of interest. To complete the walk as one route please allow 2.5 hours. Places to rest and pick up refreshments have been identified on the map.

The guided walk accompanies the Making More Mischief: Folk Costume in Britain exhibition. For more information on the exhibition and associated events visit the LCF Cultural Programme.

Below are links to a digital version of the illustrated map, a link to a more detailed version of the route in google maps and the 8 different audio pieces designed to be listened to on headphones at each site.

Listen to the guided commentary

Mapping More Mischief Bibliography

Illustrated map (plain text version).

Making More Mischief is generously supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and led by curators Simon Costin and Mellany Robinson of the Museum of British Folklore and London College of Fashion's Amy de la Haye. Featuring commissions by NUMBI Arts and PXSSY PALACE, in close collaboration with Dr. Leila Nassereldein and Mirren Kessling, LCF's cultural producers.

Find out more about this research project by the Centre for Fashion Curation.

Credits

Map conceived and produced by Laura Thornley.
Map designed and illustrated by Rosa Thorlby.
Audioguide produced by Rob Lye.
Audioguide voiced by Simon Costin, Co-curator and designer of Making More Mischief: Folk Costume in Britain and Director of the Museum of British Folklore.

Special contributions:
Ron Bateman, Life Aboard Interview, London Canal Museum (Narrowboat Art).
Jamie Brett, Museum of Youth Culture (Rave and Graffiti).
Elsie Lagsding, The Suffrage Interviews held in The Women's Library at LSE (Suffragettes Pageants & Processions).
Doreen Golding, Pearly Queen of Old Kent Road and Bow Bells (The Pearlies).

With special thanks to:
London Canal Museum | Jamie Brett, Museum of Youth Culture | Elizabeth Buckingham, Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets Borough Council | Daniel Payne, London School of Economics | Doreen Golding, Pearly Queen of Old Kent Road and Bow Bells | Newham Archive and Local Studies Library | Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives.