Early 20th Century Family and Social History
Genealogy Group - Stephen Dyer - Early 20th Century Family and Social History
Stephen Dyer is a national expert subject advisor for genealogy for the U3A. The Genealogy Group have arranged for him to give this talk on early 20th century family and social history. The 1930s, an era of defining events that would change the course of many families for decades to come. Victory in 1918 inspired a robust sense of patriotism, yet the inner war years were marked by class conflict and inequality and living through the depression in the 1930s.
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East Anglian families of influence, their homes and holiday places
Peter is a retired Scotland Yard Police Officer and is now a tutor in history. He lives in Norfolk and has become a popular U3A speaker on local and London history.
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EVENTS AT BLAKENEY
Next Event - Blakeney Village Hall
TITLE Christmas around the world
DATE Wednesday 15th December
SPEAKER Mike Green
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Location Blakeney Village hall
Time 10:30 am
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EVENTS ON ZOOM
Next Event - Zoom
TITLE A line in the sand. The fall of Alamo and the rise of Texas
DATE Tuesday 7th December
SPEAKER David Skillen
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Time 10:30 am
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Fool’s Gold: ‘The Zoom Show’
Steve and Carol Robson perform a mixture of songs and will reveal their stories and mysteries.
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For valour. The Victoria Cross story
Jeremy Prescott explains the introduction of the highest award for gallantry, the stories behind awards to some of the recipients from WW1 To Afghanistan and some of the influences which make the medal so exceptional.
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From Alistair Cooke to Donald Trump
Stephen Jenkins has lived and worked in the US and UK as an educator. Currently based in Dallas, Texas. Our generation remembers the great explainer of all things American, Alistair Cooke. How would Cooke have commented on the Trump phenomenon while reassuring us and explaining the fractured culture in the US that we may struggle to grasp.
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From Alistair Cooke to Donald Trump - Review
From Alistair Cooke to Donald Trump
Talking from hot early morning Dallas, Texas to a freezing North Norfolk on 6 April 2021, Steven Jenkins mused by Zoom about the qualities of Alistair Cooke, the great explainer of everything American, and what he might have said about Donald Trump. Stephen contrasted the backgrounds of the two men. One, the son of a metalworker growing up in Blackpool whose fascination with America had been awakened by the loquacious and friendly group of US soldiers billeted in his family home in 1917 and the other whose relationships with Americans had been forged by collecting rents from the tough tenants of the apartments built by his father in the Queens District of New York.
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Historic tour of North Norfolk: 17th to 20th Century
Stephen Poulter’s talk is based on extracts from the journals of those who travelled in North Norfolk in the days when this was a more adventurous undertaking and illustrated with sketches, paintings, engravings, and photographs. Stephen is an auctioneer and WEA lecturer.
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Life in the French Court
Life in the French Court, including chateau design, court life, customs, food and contemporary music.
Sarah is an eminent historian of art and architecture.
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Living with dementia. Alzheimer’s Society Norfolk services
Julia Allen has long experience of working in the field of commissioning care and dementia support for older people. She will describe the services in Norfolk of the Alzheimer’s society.
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