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The Annual Conference 2001
Saturday 5 May, Registration 9.30 am - 10.15am to close with tea at 4.30 pm.
The theme of the 2001 Annual Conference was:
"Beer and Skittles"
The price of the conference is £15 for members (who can bring one guest at this rate) and DA301 students, non-members £20. Price includes refreshments and a lunch
| The conference was held in the Berrill Lecture Theatre, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes |  Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Multi Media Mapping. |
Click the Map for a more detailed local map within the red circle. Courtesy of Multi Media Mapping |
The Social World of the Pub in the Nineteenth Century: - Paul Jennings
Brewing and Beer consumption in the community of the Country House: - Pam Sambrook
The Temperance Response: The Rechabites of the Isle of Man: - Frances Coakley
Saving the Old Lady of Birmingham: - Wendy Baird
Linda Hutton - "Heeley's Pubs"
The South East Region Group will present a report on their research
There is now just one open slot. Members should send their request to make a presentation as soon as possible to Michael Kemp
The Arithmeticke Project
There will be a poster display prepared by Pauline White relating to the progress made in connection with the Arithmeticke Project. The purpose of the project involves local study activities that explores the diffusion of hindu-arabic numerals, in place of roman numerals, in the period 1540 - 1700. Five individual studies are at present in progress.
Paul Jennings, Open University & University of Bradford, author of The Public House in Bedford, 1770-1970
Pamela Sambrook, Open University & University of Keele
Frances Coakley, University of Surrey has done much research into the temperance movement, particularly the Rechabites.
Wendy Baird, Editor FACHRS News Letter
