Vaughan Supper Fundraiser
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Chef and Spice
1 Andrewes Street, Hinkley Road, Leicester
A social event raising funds for the College
£20.00
10 events found.
Events
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November Forum: ‘Caught short’
FeaturedLeicester Adult Education College, Belvoir Street, LE1 6QL 'Caught short’: London’s loos since the 1960s In ’Caught short’: London’s loos since the 1960s’ Simon Fowler and Dan Weinbren look at the impact of toilets on public life over the past sixty years.
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December Forum: Opposition to the Civil Rights Movement
FeaturedBradley Phipps discusses the history of the opposition to the Civil Rights Movement and the difficulties in researching this less-studied area of US history.
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February Forum: The Giant Hogweed Caper
FeaturedDr Stuart Mitchell talks about the Giant Hogweed sensation of 1970
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March Forum: A Resistant Reading of Family History
FeaturedKate Carruthers Thomas talks about her family history research and her attempt to reveal stories of those who have previously been sidelined or ignored in favour of male lines of descent.
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April Forum: Bird Ringing
FeaturedA talk about the process of bird ringing and the data it provides: what is its on-going relevance for conservation management?
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May Forum: Returning colonials at home
FeaturedDr Denise McHugh explains how returning British colonisers tried to find a 'place in the sun' when they returned to Britain from India. She explores the households and habits of self-identifying 'Anglo-Indians'.
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June Forum: Medieval Charnwood Forest
FeaturedA talk by Dr Ann Stones which considers contemporary medieval perceptions of Charnwood using maps, place-names, landscape and archaeological evidence.
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October Forum: 999, CCTV and Computers: the History of Police Control Rooms
FeaturedChris Williams explains about the history of police control rooms and how the 999 emergency telephone system came into operation
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January Forum: Sudden Death – Nineteenth-Century Coroners Inquests
FeaturedA talk by Sophie Michell about how the inquest worked in the nineteenth century. The talk is illustrated with examples from Leicester.
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