Tuesday, September 16

Luton Nerd Night 1 : The Painters Arms and Edwardian Class Consciousness

By Paul Hammond

This talk illustrates how the layout of this pub - with its saloon, jug and public bars - reflects wider divisions in pre-War society.

Date and time

Location

The Painters Arms

79 High Town Road Luton LU2 0BW United Kingdom

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Highlights

1 hour, 30 minutes
In person

About this event

Nerd Nights feature in-depth illustrated talks on topics of niche heritage interest. They take place in situ and are intimate in nature, with capacity limited and tickets reassuringly hard to come by.

A grade 2 listed building, The Painters Arms with its saloon, jug and public bars retains many of its original features such as frosted glass entrance doors, coloured glazed bricks and fireplaces.

On this evening we will discuss archive material, look around us at the distinctive characteristics of interior design and hear from relatives of landlords from the 1960s.

Come join us for an in-depth celebration of one of the jewels of High Town Road.

Organized by

Paul Hammond

Paul Hammond is Secondary School Improvement Advisor at BDSIP – the Barking and Dagenham School Improvement project. He is also an associate for 20 schools in the Eastern region on behalf of PiXL, the national collaborative that provides support on assessment, curriculum, and leadership. Paul is a consultant for several educational organisations, namely Chiltern Learning Trust, Character First and BlueSky Education. In his hometown of Luton, he is the Chair of Governors at Chiltern Academy.

Until summer 2014, Paul was Principal of Oasis Academy Enfield for four successful years, having founded the Academy from scratch in 2007 in his role as deputy. Previous to Oasis, Paul was Associate Headteacher at Luton’s Denbigh High School which followed on from his two-year spell at NCSL spent developing “Leading from the Middle” from its inception in 2001. As ex-Head of Science at Queensbury High School in Dunstable, Paul doubled GCSE pass rates and led his team to “outstanding” status as recognised by OfSTED.

In his spare time Paul is Chair of the Luton Heritage Forum, active within the local conservation movement and DJs with his son on Luton Urban Radio. His season ticket with Tottenham Hotspur pays tribute to his patience and championing of lost causes.