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Talks
I give talks which can be tailored to the audience, either in person or on-line via Zoom on a variety of historical topics including:-
Women and Girls in Coal Mining:
What was life like for a woman labouring underground in early Victorian times, and how did their experiences shape the British mining industry?
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Breach of Promise to Marry:
Meet the law that gave nineteenth century women better rights than men, and the women who enforced their rights to sometimes devastating effect.
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Researching History from Newspapers:
Discover how to find a wealth of information in old newspapers, and how to interpret what it means about past times.
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Unusual Forenames in the 19th Century:
Some parents took a less than traditional approach to naming their offspring. Discover some of the quirky names in birth records, and what they reveal about the times.
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Community Study:
Focussing on Jarratts Buildings, a group of miners houses in Worsborough Dale, Barnsley. Learn how to rediscover the lives of the occupants and apply the methodology to where your ancestors lived.
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