MAGGIE MURRAY Mildmay Road, Newington Green, N1 1970–1990

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MAGGIE MURRAY Mildmay Road, Newington Green, N1 1970–1990

MAGGIE MURRAY Mildmay Road, Newington Green, N1 1970–1990 is a Café Royal Books publication.

Mildmay Road, Newington Green, N1 1970–1990 1993 is 14cm x 20cm and has 36 black and white pages.

Newington Green

Newington Green is in the Mildmay Ward of the Borough of Islington, North London.

Its history encompasses Henry VIII, who had a hunting lodge in the locality, and Mary Wollstonecraft, the 18th-century feminist philosopher who set up a radical school there.

In Victorian times, the area developed as a residential community, but by the mid-20th century, it had become neglected and run down. In the early 1970s it was designated a Housing Action Area. This gave access to improvement grants and a housing association that rehabilitated homes to rent to local people.

Maggie Murray was a documentary photographer. She was a founder member of Format Photographers, which, uniquely, represented only women photographers. They had premises in Islington at the Angel. Maggie lived on Mildmay Road for 50 years from 1970.

My thanks to all the Mildmay residents who co-operated and welcomed me over the years. It was a great place to live.

Café Royal Books

Café Royal Books is an independent publishing house set up by Craig Atkinson in 2005. He is based in Southport, England. CRB has released regular publications on the broad subject of British Documentary Photography since 1960. This includes international photographers who work within the British Isles, alongside photographers from the British Isles who work internationally. There are a few exceptions, with titles that sit alongside this general theme.

This type of work has historically been neglected by both photographers and institutions. Café Royal Books’ aim is to source, gather, and re/present this work as a collective whole. And, thus, give it a wider audience. CRB publishes at least one title every week and generally presents one series by one photographer.

The books combine elements of zines, photobooks, artist books and educational resource. The books are affordable, democratic, utilitarian and useful. They come out regularly and in small editions. So, it’s great to collect.

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