On Friday 11 and Saturday 12 September Hinde Street hosted Memories of Marylebone, an exhibition celebrating local life and history. Thanks to all who contributed to and visited the exhibition, including the Howard de Walden Estate, local artists, and various church members. Among the items on display were paintings, photographs, historical texts, and even a special Marylebone edition of Monopoly! It was a joy to explore our rich local history together and to share our personal memories of living, working and visiting in Marylebone over decades past. We were also overjoyed to welcome Councillors Barbara, Georgina and Henrietta from Portman Estate, and Ann Marie, exhibitor.
On Saturday, we also once more opened our doors for London’s Open House Festival and treated our visitors to a talk on history and architecture by Rev Peter Cornick. Organ music was also playing throughout the day as guests explored the exhibition alongside Hinde Street’s Grade II-listed chapel, designed by architect James Weir. You can find photos from the exhibition and Open House here.
Here are some comments from our guests:
Fantastic exhibition – a wonderful celebration of community! What a range of beautiful photos, paintings and building plans – G
What a superb exhibition and how much find to see photos of our life in ‘Marylebone Village’ – thank you so much for the wonderful opportunity to participate. – A
Great exhibition! Nice talk!
Amazing to see the whole history of Marylebone from so many different points of view – S
Lovely church for Methodist as usually they are quite plain. Loved the help and friendliness of volunteers. God bless.
What a great idea! What a lovely place! Thank you for your time and great warmth and hospitality. All the best, M.
So many fascinating pictures and stories. Such a lot of hard work – thank you! – P
Lovely ideas, great historical exhibition! – M
An interesting display in Hinde Street Church – so new, different and the scholarship of the book by Alan Brooks. Many thanks.