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Welcome to the latest edition of the British Association for Local History’s e-newsletter.
We hope you are keeping well and that summer comes to your local area soon. We are continuing to coordinate lots of exciting things, including Local History Live in September, and have an exciting programme of events in store for you. We have also launched for the second year in a row our Local History Photographer of the Year competition; see details below for how to get involved in this.
BALH encourages participation from all our members and we welcome all your ideas. If you have a local history story you would like to share – be it a blog post, talk, article or project – please do get in contact with us; in the first instance, take a look at our guidelines for how to share your stories. For those wishing to become a BALH member, information about what BALH has to offer is available on our membership pages. We hope to hear from you soon!
BALH is looking for a new Treasurer
This key role is essential to the daily running of BALH and enables full insight into the running of the organisation.
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See more about this role
Local History Photographer of the Year Competiton
Our photography competition is back! The theme for this year is ‘Up My Steet’ and we are encouraging you to look at the stories behind the area in which you live, work or study. Entries can include a street view, a building, street furniture or a little detail on a wall or pavement. Be creative, and we can’t wait to see your entries!
The deadline for submissions is Monday 11th September 2023.
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Find out more and enter the competition
Local History Live
Bookings for Local History Day are open! Join us live from London on Saturday 16th September for a day packed full of local history.
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Book your place
Ask Alan
One item we're planning for Local History Live is "Ask Alan", with editor of The Local Historian, Alan Crosby. Alan will be putting his extensive knowledge of local history to use by answering your questions.
Do you have something you'd like Alan to answer? This could be his view on a topic or something about his many years of experience in researching and writing about local history.
Submit your question via askalan@balh.org.uk. Don't forget to include your name, location, and if you're a member of one, give a mention to your local history society. We look forward to hearing from you!
Annual Dymond Lecture
This year’s Annual Dymond Lecture will take place on Thursday 14th December at 7pm. Our speaker will be Professor Fiona Edmonds, who is a Professor in Regional History at Lancaster University, and she will be presenting a talk entitled ‘Northumbrian Institutions Reconsidered: Three Upland Communities in Medieval Britain.’
Professor Edmond’s book Gaelic Influence in the Northumbrian Kingdom: The Golden Age and the Viking Age (2019) won the Frank Watson Prize in 2021 and was shortlisted in Scotland’s National Book Awards in the same year.
This online talk is free to members and £5 for non-members.
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Details and booking
Ten-Minute Talks
Our latest Ten-Minute Talks are available to access on the BALH website, and they cover a range of topics. These include:
Did the Plague Visit Milford? by Chris Sanders.
Language Where You Live by Fiona Douglas.
James Harley, a Black Edwardian Intellectual by Pamela Roberts.
Harry Wright and Baseball in Britain by Catherine Warr.
George IV’s 1822 visit to Edinburgh by Neil Robson.
The Scandalous Failure of the Birmingham Penny Bank by Michelle Cale.
Do you have a local history topic you could create a short talk for? We’d love to hear from you! See details on how you can get involved.
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Full listing of our available Ten-Minute Talks[\readmore]
Local history blog
We’ve got lots of fascinating blogs on our website covering a range of topics and periods in history. These include:
Digging Up the Early Roots of Durham City FC by Jon Tait.
Online Resources for Local History: The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) by Jenny Lelkes-Rarugal.
Brambletye Ruins – Forest Row by Thomas Axtell.
Little Pearls of Local History by Simon Fowler.
Local History Audio Post by Sharon O’Connor.
We are always looking for new contributors to our blog, and welcome submissions particularly from different geographical regions, communities and backgrounds. If you would like to write a piece for us, please click here to check our guidelines. Once your piece is ready, you can submit it to socialmedia@balh.org.uk.
BALH Podcast
The Local History Matters podcast is back! In series three of our podcast, published over the last couple of months, we interviewed experts on a variety of subjects, from archaeology to transportation history.
Would you like to be part of a Local History Matters podcast episode and share more about your research? We’d love to hear from you! Email socialmedia@balh.org.uk to find out more about how you can get involved.
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Listen to the podcast
Publications
Highlights to look out for in the Summer 2023 issue of Local History News (Number 148) will include:
· Suggestions for online resources to help research industrial history and archaeology.
· As the NHS turns 75, an exploration of one village’s earlier healthcare provision.
· Guidance on running your local history society newsletter for the long term.
· The story of a community already marooned by Heathrow Airport, and now under further threat.
· A report on a new online collection of historical images (see picture above).
· First details of the BALH Local History Live event on 16 September.
BALH members are reminded that we welcome your news, newsletters and other publications. Please send news to editor.lhn@balh.org.uk and publications to reviews.editor@balh.org.uk – ideally newsletters should be emailed to both addresses. You can also send material by post to the BALH office, c/o Moore Insight, St James House, Vicar Lane, Sheffield S1 2EX. The next editorial copy deadline is 1st October.
Members should receive their copies in the post. Digital copies are available on our website.
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Local History News back issues
Upcoming Digital Webinars
London Livery Companies: An Untapped Source for Local History on Thursday 19th October at 6.30pm.
The webinars last for approximately 1 hour and are free to BALH members. Non-members can join the sessions for £5 per session.
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Other news
20s Streets Local History Competition
We are delighted to have announced the winners of our 20s Streets Local History Competition, in partnership with the National Archives at Kew! We had over 150 amazing entries to the competition covering an array of fascinating topics.
Find out more about the winning projects.
New Website for Pharos Tutors
Family and local history education providers Pharos has had a rebrand with a brand new website and student experience. BALH members are entitled to a discount on their two local history courses, written and run by BALH Trustee and Outreach Chair Joe Saunders. The code is available for new course sign ups. Please see the BALH Members Area for details.
Take a look here: https://www.pharostutors.com
Member Events and Deadlines
The quarterly cycle of Local History News means that it is often too late to publicise members’ (non-regular) events such as conferences, symposia and prize deadlines. We welcome details for inclusion in our events listings and this e-newsletter. Please contact our admin team for further details.
Some upcoming events include:
· Join the Mortimer History Society in celebrating Roger Mortimer’s escape from the Tower of London 700 years ago, on 1 August at the Tower itself.
· Lambeth Heritage Festival will take place throughout the borough in September, including a local history fair in West Norwood Library on Saturday 2nd.
· Cumbria Local History Federation’s AGM and Annual Convention will be on 4 November at Newbiggin Village Hall near Penrith.
Social Media
Are you or your organisation on social media? We’d love to hear from you! We would love to interact with more of our members through our social media channels, and help you to share upcoming events that you are hosting. Furthermore, if there are groups or individuals you think we should be following, please tell us.
Our social media is as follows:
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
Twitter
YouTube
More material is being added to our website all the time, so check back regularly!
The BALH Digital Team
digitalteam@balh.org.uk
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