Family & Community Historical Research Society
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Society research projects are integral to the purpose of the Society and provide opportunities for members to further their research skills and explore the interaction between families and the social structures within communities. The morning's academic programme commences with a review on the project that examined the provision of almshouses within a community. Time is then allocated for Society members to present the results of their own individual work. The afternoon programme brings to members the outcomes of two of the Society's existing projects, Victorian Marriage and Career Servants. The second part of the afternoon sees the introduction of a new project that will investigate the provision and impact of 19th and early 20th century education within a community. A full supporting programme is provided.
09.30 REGISTRATION & COFFEE
10.00 Welcome by the Chairman Don Dickson
10.10-12.30 REPORTS ON ALMSHOUSES PROJECT
10.10-10.55 The Importance of the English Almshouse as part of the mixed economy of welfare Professor Nigel Goose, University of Hertfordshire
10.55-11.10 Almshouse Project progress, Anne Langley, Project co-ordinator
11.10-11.25 BREAK
11.25-12.30 MEMBERS’ PRESENTATIONS
12.30 AGM & election of officers.
13.00-14.00 LUNCH
14.00-14.30 Victorian Marriages Project, Paul Newton-Taylor
14.30-15.00 Career Servants Project, Christine Seal
15.00-15.15 BREAK
15.15-15.30 Launch of Education Project, Michael Drake/Don Dickson
15.30-15.50 The Slums of Hertford, Jacqueline Cooper
15.50-16.30 ‘Inmates Tales’; Nineteenth century stories from inside the Southwell Workhouse, Paul Carter, National Archives
16.30 CLOSE AND TEA