A special talk will be held discussing the infamous highwayman Dick Turpin at the Redbridge Central Library and Museum.
Lecturer and historian Georgina Green will host an informative talk on the ‘flamboyant’ English legend, highwayman Dick Turpin. In the hour-long session, she’ll summarise the outlaw, renowned in Epping Forest’s past and explore some of the many stories associated with him. The historian will debunk some of the folk tales which are often based wrongly on past legends.
Attendees of all ages are invited to join in the afternoon, which will be held at the Redbridge Heritage Centre, within the Redbridge Central Library and Museum on Clements Road in Ilford.
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Green is a local historian based in Hainault who was raised in Chingford. She was educated at Woodford County High School for Girls where she developed her love of both learning and history. She is the author of several Books and states she learned how to research working at libraries and the Cambridge University Press.
Dick Turpin was the son of a butcher who later had a list of crimes attached to his name including poaching, burglary and murder. Romanticised by William Harrison Ainsworth in his novel Rockwood, Turpin became a household name.
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