Next Meeting. Please remember that our next meeting is on Friday 25 April 2014 (the fourth Friday of the month) beginning at 7.30pm. Change of Programme. The speaker and topic for the evening will not be as printed on your programme card. Angela Allison is no longer able to join us. Instead, David Freke will be giving an illustrated talk “In Loving Memory: Kineton Churchyard survey results.” If you feel there is little to learn about churchyards and their memorials, think again! Gill and I heard David give a similar talk to a local history symposium last year and were amazed by the variety of detail that can be discovered within a local churchyard; both academics and the local historians showed great interest in what David had told them. Come and share that experience.
Outings 2014 Isobel Gill has arranged three outings for the summer months:
Friday 20 June 2014 Evening visit to Southam.
Friday 18 July 2014 Evening visit to Cropredy
Saturday 9 August 2014 Day coach outing to Acton Scott Historic Working Farm
Further details will be available at the April meeting, when tickets will go on sale.
May Meeting. On Friday 16 May 2014 Dr Gillian White will be telling us about “The Great Fire of Warwick 1694”
WLHS 50th Anniversary Prize Essay 2015. In 2015 the Warwickshire Local History Society (of which K&DLHG is a member) is celebrating its fiftieth birthday. To mark the occasion the Society intends to award a prize of £250 for the best essay on any aspect of Warwickshire’s history. The essay, based on original research and hitherto un-published, should contain not more than 9,000 words. Entries from postgraduate students and those new to local history research will be particularly welcome.
It is expected that the winning entry will be published in 2015 in the Society’s journal, Warwickshire History, and other articles of merit will be considered for publication at a later date.
Closing date for submissions: 1st May 2015
Any queries about the choice of subject and the procedure for entry should be addressed to the honorary editor (and our honorary president): Dr Robert Bearman, 4 Bridge Road, Butlers Marston, Warwick,
CV35 0ND Tel: 01926-641560 Email: bearman452@btinternet.com
BALH e-newsletter. For the enthusiasts among you, I attach below a copy of the newsletter sent out by the British Association for Local History, of which K&DLHG is a member.
Peter Ashley-Smith, secretary
10 April 2014
BALH e-Newsletter April 2014
Cottage with weaver’s window, inhabited by John Mines, the last weaver in Corsley (Wilts). From Life in an English Village, Maud F Davies, originally published 1909,
new edition 2013 Hobnob Press
WELCOME TO THE FIRST e-NEWSLETTER OF 2014
As some of you know we have been piloting the BALH electronic Newsletter for the past year. When it started it was available to members who subscribed via our website, but after the good feedback we received we took the decision to make it part of your BALH membership package. Unfortunately, through lack of email addresses, some of you will be unaware of the Newsletter so an especially warm welcome to those who are receiving it for the first time.
The Newsletter was started as a way for us to keep in touch with our many members, both society and individual, but especially society members who may not see regular copies of The Local Historian and Local History News. The Newsletter is an extra to our two regular publicatons, working beside Local History News we try not to duplicate items, and you will receive it four times a year between publication of TLH and LHN. Societies – please note that one copy of the Newsletter will be sent out to each society which we ask you to kindly forward onto your members. If you would prefer we used a different email address please let me know.
The Newsletter is a forum for members, and we invite you to send in contributions on any aspect of local history, including participating in and reporting on regional news, starting debates on issues affecting your region and/or all regions of the UK, sharing your research methods to encourage other members to start or continue their research, asking queries of the membership, writing news of history in your locality, explaining to others how your society mixes with the local population, the list can be endless .. This is a great medium to keep in touch with other members on a regular basis. Please send contributions to the email address below.
In this Newsletter we have a request for information on first floor chapels from Leamington History Group, an interesting article on protecting a medieval church building from Colmworth and Neighbours History Society, and an article on bringing history to life in North Kent graveyards from Kent Archaeology Society. The Tools & Trades History Society have written to invite new members to join them, and we have some interesting news on what societies have been up to in Cornwall. Also included this time is archives news, recommended resources, and a list of BALH publications/articles which are useful for World War One research. Do also look at the Volunteering Opportunties as BALH are looking for people to help man stalls at fairs and history events, and there’s a new project by The Council for British Archaeology regarding the mapping of remains of First World War Britain. For those of you who knew Joan Thirsk or were aware of her work we are pleased to bring you Adrienne Rosen’s account of Joan’s memorial service.
We hope you enjoy reading this issue of the BALH electronic Newsletter. We look forward to hearing your views and comments, and especially to receiving your contributions.
Jacquie Fillmore
Editor
e-news@balh.co.uk