{"title": "Kirkaldy Testing Works tour", "start": "2026-11-19T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Kirkaldy's Testing Works", "address": "99 Southwark Street, London SE1 0JF", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/industrial-history"], "description": "A tour of Kirkaldy's Testing Works at 99 Southwark Street, the world's first independent commercial materials testing house, opened on 1 January 1874. It was run by David Kirkaldy, whose patented 116-ton Universal Testing Machine tested bridge samples and engineering structures from around the world to destruction, turning Victorian 'opinions' into 'facts'. Today passionate volunteers lead tours of the authentic workshop with its working machines, bringing the story of materials testing and the Kirkaldy family to life – visitors might even get to break something themselves.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/kirkaldy-testing-works-tour-41040/", "official_url": "https://betterbankside.co.uk/events/19-november-kirkaldy-testing-works-tour/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ba04b8d1a128b04a7629f61d55cd8f264c8a1ff204dc654ccf4d2025c5483912-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-19T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Kirkaldy's Testing Works", "address": "99 Southwark Street, London SE1 0JF", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Historical Building Tour", "start": "2026-11-11T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Oxford House", "address": "Derbyshire Street, E2 6HG London", "price": "7.50", "price_from": "7.50", "price_to": "7.50", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/heritage-preservation"], "description": "A guided one-hour tour of Oxford House, a listed Victorian building in Bethnal Green. 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It is run by London Museum and explores the hidden history of the museum's Georgian building, one of the last remaining fragments of the old West India Docks. The warehouse once stored imports like sugar, rum and tea before closing for business in the 1980s. 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Run by the museum, it covers the history of London's docks, the East End and the people who have lived and worked there for over two centuries. Walking through the historic warehouse building, visitors learn how unused marshland was transformed into towering Canary Wharf. The guide shares the grim details of dock work, the ins and outs of the 'sailortowns' and the heroic efforts of those defending the docks during the war.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/london-museum-docklands-highlights-tour-63339/", "official_url": "https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/welcome-to-docklands/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e0cb969730f37b534ba5796b0f70a4dc816b8fdcdabad001de6a75796a8f5d56-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Official tour: 600 Years of History", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Old Royal Naval College Visitor Centre", "address": "King William Walk", "price": "£19, included in General Admission ticket", "price_from": "19.00", "price_to": "19.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/architecture"], "description": "A 45-minute expert-led walking tour exploring Greenwich's iconic riverside site, a historic landmark. It covers the history and architecture of the site, from its early years as a Tudor place where King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I were born, to its time as the Royal Hospital for Seamen, built by Sir Christopher Wren. On the tour you take in the grand perspective of Grand Square and the Water Gates, visit King Charles Court and the Colonnades, and learn the history of the Nelson Pediment. 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The exhibition explores the people and places that have shaped art and activism across Britain over the last 200 years, highlighting individuals and communities who challenged social conventions and created new ways of living, working and imagining society.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/free-community-group-tours-earthly-paradise-40318/", "official_url": "https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/event/free-community-group-tours-earthly-paradise/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/961365502e1e4d8bc486274302d0ab68a8adf9f15d0c676286343240de4c0d62-2000.webp"}]}