I am very pleased to announce that Cambridgeshire Community Archives Network (CCAN) and Cambridgeshire Association for Local History (CALH) are working in partnership with BBC learning to provide opportunies to experience archive film and running activies based around that. The first of our linked activities will take place at the Cambridgeshire History Fair on Saturday 17th September on Cherry Hinton Recreation Ground, where amoungst all the exciting stalls and re-enactors you will find the CALH marquee which will be showing archive film and holding memory collection and sharing. This is a FREE event, so why not come and see us!
Several of the CCAN groups are also holding film events with memory collection and refreshments, you can download the flyer above to find out more and visit an event near you. This are lots of local events that are designed to complement the new BBC Two series Reel History of Britain, which starts on Monday, September 5th on BBC2 at 1830 each week night for four weeks. More information can be found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yw2wc and the first four episodes are listed below:Date: Programme title Description: Mon 5th September 1/20: Britain’s Wartime Evacuees In Torquay, Melvyn looks back to the 1940’s and wartime evacuation. Tue 6th September 2/20: Britain’s First Teenagers Melvyn Bragg looks back at when Britain broke free of the burdens of WWII. Wed 7th September 3/20: Soldier, Soldier In Preston, Melvyn Bragg looks back to the First World War. Thurs 8th September 4/20: Britain’s Black Diamonds Melvyn Bragg is at the Big Pit Museum to view BFI films about coal mining in the 1930s. The Reel History of Britain is a new, exciting 20 part series, in which Melvyn Bragg retells the fascinating stories of life in Britain from 1900 – 1970 through the archive collections of the British Film Institute and other National and Regional Film Archives. Travelling across the UK, Melvyn meets the members of the public who appeared in the historic films featured in the series, and brings them face-to-face with their relatives with the help of a 1967 custom built vintage mobile cinema. Melvyn Bragg said: “At the turn of the last century one invention changed the way we recall our history forever – the motion camera. Thanks to Britain’s pioneering film-makers, we can still glimpse a world long gone.” The BBC is also touring with it’s The Reel History of Britain Experience giving people the chance to learn more about their local history through film. The tour, which will visit Glasgow, Grimsby, Peterborough and Leicester, is free to attend, suitable for all ages and there is no need to book in advance.
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We had a fantastic CCAN (Cambridgeshire Community Archives) AGM this year. Held in the conference room, in Cambridge Central Library, right next to the Cambridgeshire Collection. So many people turned up we were in danger of spilling out in to the main library! It was brilliant to see so many of you there and we all felt very proud to be part of such a great and worthwhile project. Well done to everyone involved in CCAN for making it such a strong and inspiring group. We look forward to welcoming along more groups and people and I can’t wait to see what archives and tales you all add over the next year! Many thanks too for Chris Jakes who gave us an excellent talk on the work and use of the Cambridgeshire Collection, we are very pleased to work in partnership with such a great resource.
Cambridgeshire Association for Local History Spring Conference 'Educating The People' 201110/3/2011 CALH (Cambridgeshire Association for Local History) Spring Conference 2011: EDUCATING THE PEOPLE ‘A NATIONAL EVIL REQUIRES A NATIONAL REMEDY' How inspired individuals and groups brought us from mass illiteracy to universal education In Association with Sawston Village History Society www.sawstonhistory.org.uk
The CALH Spring Conference this year combines three major celebrations and anniversaries, it is the 60th Anniversary of the foundation of the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History (Cambridgeshire Local History Council), it is the Bicentenary of foundation of the National Schools (National Society for the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church) in 1811 and last year the 80th Anniversary of the founding of Sawston Village College by Henry Morris, the Cambridgeshire county education secretary, takes place: in the Henry Morris Hall at Sawston Village College on Saturday 9th April 2011 10am to 4pm The Conference Secretary is: Honor Ridout For further information in the first instance please contact Andrew at: info@calh.org.uk : 01223 892430 or 0787 5469538 Conference Programme: The day will begin with registration between 09.30 and 10.00, morning coffee will be served on arrival. We have four expert speakers and two chairmen to host the proceedings for you, and the days programme will be as follows: The Morning Session will be hosted by our Secretary Andrew Westwood-Bate: (Andrew wanted to host the morning session as he carried out a Royal Navy Artificer Apprenticeship in the 1970s) Our first speaker is Honor Ridout - (the CALH Chairman) and she will be talking on: LEARNING BY DOING Apprentices, Rich and Poor Our second speaker is Terry Ransome - ( of The British Schools Trust, Hitchin) he will be telling us about: BRITISH SCHOOLS AND THE LANCASTRIAN SYSTEM The morning session will close with a Q and A session. Before lunch we have a real special treat, as stated before in 2010 the students of Sawston Village College carried out a research project on Henry Morris and they will be: REMEMBERING HENRY MORRIS After break for Lunch, when delegates can either bring their own Lunch or enjoy a Pre-booked lunch. We start the afternoon session with host Tony Kirby: The afternoon will start off with our third speaker Dr Peter Warner - ( Homerton College, Senior Tutor and Director of Studies in History) he will be telling us about: DISSENTING ACADEMY TO TEACHER EDUCATION The Development of Homerton College The last talk of the day is Adrian Barlow - ( Director of Public and Professional Programmes, University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education), Adrian retires this summer and this is one of your last chances to listen to this excellent lecturer, who will tell us all about JAMES STUART: Extension Lectures and the origins of Extramural Studies The afternoon session will close with another Q and A session. We will finish the day with afternoon tea, biscuits, and as tradition now dictates home made cake. The day cost just £10.00 for CALH and Sawston Village History Society members, other Affiliated Society and Associated members pay just £12.50 and £15.00 for non-members, a preordered lunch is available for just £6.00. There will be a selection of display stands showing the history of education in various Cambridgeshire villages, please let Honor Ridout know if you would like to add your village to this. Please click here for information on how you carry this out We will have our own CALH bookstall, and will also hold a raffle Transport: If you are having problems with transport, please let us know: Bus: For more info click here The Stagecoach Citi 7 Bus leaves Emmanuel Street at 0842 and gets to Sawston at 0915. There is a Bus returning to Cambridge at 1638 arriving at Drummer Street at 1740. The buses are very frequent approximately every 10 minutes. For full details of the programme and how to book, you can download a booking form by clicking here Membership Forms are available by click on the appropriate form at the following web page: For any other information or help, drop us an email to info@calh.org.uk or call 01223 892430 or 0787 5469538. -----ooo000ooo---- Have you researched issues of education in your village or community? Would you like to carry out some research before April 2011? We would like to include your work in the exhibition display which will accompany the presentations at the Educating the People Conference. Any relevant topic will be welcome. It could be about your village school, but it could also be about other aspects of education, whether for children or adults. Has your village a nineteenth century village Reading Room? Have you a history of WEA or other adult education? Were there any initiatives to promote vocational training – anything from straw plaiting to metal work? Have you records of young people being indentured apprentices? Are there personal records of individuals who won an education against the odds? (If you would like to do some new research, check out the Victoria County History entry for your community, to see what has been done and what you might do. The staff at the County Record Office and the Cambridgeshire Collection will then be pleased to help you.) If you have work already carried out, or if you would like to carry out such a project this spring and display the results, do let us know. We would like to plan for your display, so please complete and send us the details on the form. Please return these details to (or for further information contact) The Conference Co-ordinator - Honor Ridout: email honor.ridout@virgin.net phone 01223 870940 2 Trinity Close, Haslingfield, Cambridge CB23 1LS ‘School Day Reminiscences’ click here for details of the above When I started school in 19__.................................. The school was built………………………………….. There were….pupils in the class. The first thing I remembered learning was……………… Teachers, lessons, food, discipline, testing, outings……What do you remember of your school days? Or did you learn at home? Either way, it was probably different from today’s schooling. Add your experience to our Educating People conference by writing your memories (add pictures if you like). No prizes, but your own contribution to the history of our times. |
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