EXCITING EVENTS IN SUSSEX - ENTERTAINING AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL, FUN AS WELL AS FACTUAL.
Sarah Tobias lecturer in social & cultural history
Sarah Tobias lecturer in social & cultural history
*Keep visiting this site for regular updates of all events
Details given as accurately as possible, but may change, be postponed or cancelled.
PLEASE CHECK ALL VENUES, FEES, DAYS BEFORE BOOKING. Details of venues at end.
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OCTOBER EVENTS
Three courses below currenly running
PACA Portslade Aldridge (Adult Education) Community Academy
Foredown Tower, Portslade
Portslade c. 1840
Local History: A Short History of Brighton, Hove & Portslade
6 weeks Tuesday mornings 10.30am-12.30pm start October 2
Development and expansion of Brighton, Hove and Portslade, looking at particular aspects that have seen growth and change including Portslade's old village and manor, now a ruin.
Illustrated with slides, DVD, historic maps and books.
Course runs in historic Foredown Tower, home of the famous camera obscura - free viewing for all those booked on course.
Final session will be field trip of old Portslade and manor ruins led by historian Trevor Povey
Ref no. GS26 Fee: £36 concessions £22 (over-60s/benefits/BN41 postcode)
Book: 01273 422632
5 weeks 10.30am-12.30pm will run from Tuesday 26 February 2013
(scroll down to 2013 for further details)
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City College, Peham Street, Brighton
Mid-Victorian Britain 1851-1875
Mid-Victorian Britain saw huge social changes in all aspects of life, including: merchandising and consumerism, effects of the railway, life within the home, at work, in the factories and mills, the later consequences of the Industrial Revolution and in the rise of the middle-class, the affluent and wealthy, and the living conditions of the poorest in Britain. Education became compulsory for all in 1871 but how did this affect the working class? We look at architecture, housing, social and sanitary reforms and the outcomes of the Board of Health, including the work of Edwin Chadwick, Henry Mayhew, Friedrich Engels and others,. During this period the London Underground was opened, enabling people to travel quickly across the city. Elaborate forms of etiquette ruled everyday life, especially for the aspiring middle-class and were a minefield of manners caught up in the complex new social structure.
Illustrated with PowerPoint, DVD, books, images an texts.
Ref COM 045 Fee £99 (for concessions and payment by instalments see website or telephone)
Tel: 01273 667767
Download booking form from website http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult-education
Download booking form from website http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult-education
(due to administration error* this course does not appear in brochure)
Booking in person at Pelham Street advised
10 weeks 2-4pm will run from Monday 14 January 2013
Ref: COM091 Fee £99 Tel: 01273 667767
(scroll down to 2013 for further details)
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Whiteway Centre, Rottingdean
Mid-Victorian Britain 1851-1875
10 weeks Wednesday mornings 10.30am-12.30pm start September 26
All details as same course above at City College
Illustrated with PowerPoint, DVD, books, images an texts.
Fee £70
Follow-on course: The Victorian World 1851-1875
10 weeks 10.30am-12.30pm will run from Wednesday 9 January 2013
Fee £70
(scroll down to 2013 for further details)
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NOVEMBER EVENTS
Preston Manor, Preston Park, Brighton
(End of the park)
(End of the park)
Free parking, buses stop nearby, Preston Park railway station nearby
Thursday 1 November Half-term Family Day (new):
How Did Lady Ellen Eat a Banana? - and other silly rules of etiquette
Dining Room at Preston Manor C Sarah Tobias 2012
This is a really fun event with lots of interaction for children and adults alike!
A workshop-style introduction to the lost arts of Edwardian etiquette.
Activities for all the family to enjoy. Bring your own banana.
A workshop-style introduction to the lost arts of Edwardian etiquette.
Activities for all the family to enjoy. Bring your own banana.
10.30-11.30am, 1.30-2.30pm
£4 book in advance
Veteran Car Run Day Sunday 4 November 2-5pm
Special Edwardian Event (new)
Edwardian Motoring
A special event to mark the RAC Veteran Car Run through Brighton
Includes illustrated talk at 2.30pm by Sarah Tobias on the joys of early motoring
Children's veteran car trail:
Follow the clues in each room to find the veteran car.
Admission free with house entry
Book: 03000 290902
Costumed characters- have your veteran car - or just yourself - photographed outside the manor with an "Edwardian friend" or servant
“HIDDEN HOUSE”
Behind the Scenes at the Manor
Friday 9 November 11am-12.30pm & 2-3.30pm
Friday 9 November 11am-12.30pm & 2-3.30pm
Unique guided tour. Discover hidden rooms and secret places not normally open to the public.
These popular tours fill very quickly. Places are limited to 12 persons per tour - so early booking advised.
£10.50 Members £8.50. Includes house admission, tea & biscuits.
£10.50 Members £8.50. Includes house admission, tea & biscuits.
*Group bookings available - minimum number of eight persons.
Tour guides Sarah Tobias & Paula Wrightson (Preston Manor Programme Manager)
N.B. Comfortable (pref. flat) shoes advised.There are lots of stairs and some low door frames - mind your head.
It is VERY COLD in some parts of the house, so warm clothing also advised! No photography in house.
It is VERY COLD in some parts of the house, so warm clothing also advised! No photography in house.
Book: 03000 290902
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PACA Portslade Aldridge (Adult Education) Community Academy
Foredown Tower, Portslade
The Festive Season
The Festive Season
Customs of the Festive Season - history of Christmas and winter traditions
The origins, philosophy, gods, myths and legends of winter traditions and Christmas customs from early times to modern, starting with pagan roots and Winter Solstice through to seasonal festivities over hundreds of years and into modern times; considering truth behind belief and celebrating magical characters of folklore and literature, including legends and heart-warming tales of Sussex winters and festive customs.
Ref LL28 Fee £50, £40 (over-60s/benefits/BN41 postcode)
Book: 01273 422632
Book: 01273 422632
FRIDAYS at FOREDOWN
The Novel as Social History
The Novel Reader by Van Gogh
Friday 16 November 10am-4pm 1day only
We consider the social and cultural history of the novel by exploring the background information we are absorbing unwittingly, which is not the main theme, but which leads us into a deeper and clearer understanding of period, place, subject, time and general minutiae of everyday life. As novel extracts are read out, we discuss what exciting 'other' information we are discovering.
Ref LL29 Fee: £30 concessions £25 (over-60s/benefits/BN41 postcode)
The Novel as Social History
Friday 16 November 10am-4pm 1day only
We consider the social and cultural history of the novel by exploring the background information we are absorbing unwittingly, which is not the main theme, but which leads us into a deeper and clearer understanding of period, place, subject, time and general minutiae of everyday life. As novel extracts are read out, we discuss what exciting 'other' information we are discovering.
Ref LL29 Fee: £30 concessions £25 (over-60s/benefits/BN41 postcode)
Book: 01273 422632
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The World of Jane Austen
Life in Regency Bath, Brighton and more.
Followed by lunch in the Mulberry Restaurant
£22.50 for lecture, lunch and coffee on arrival (plus 5% booking fee)
Book: 0844 249 1895
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/batemans
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The Old Operating Theatre
Friday 23 November 6.30pm
DEATH & MOURNING IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND
Illustrated talk on fascinating rituals and customs
Fee: £6 Tel: 020 7188 2679
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Preston Manor, Preston Park, Brighton( end of the park)
Free parking, buses stop nearby, Preston Park railway station nearby
Saturday 24 November & 8 December 11am-1.30pm
including songs, performance, readings, and information about Victorian Christmas customs.
A glass of sherry (or soft drink) and mince pie will be served by staff in period costume
Pianist Vanessa Curtis
Fee £13.50 Foundation members £11.50 book in advance
Book: 03000 290902
http://www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/WhatsOn/Pages/PMAVictorianChristmasMerriment24Novand8Dec12.aspx
* A Victorian Christmas Merriment *
Come and join us for a festive, drawing-room style entertainment ,including songs, performance, readings, and information about Victorian Christmas customs.
A glass of sherry (or soft drink) and mince pie will be served by staff in period costume
Pianist Vanessa Curtis
Fee £13.50 Foundation members £11.50 book in advance
Book: 03000 290902
http://www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/WhatsOn/Pages/PMAVictorianChristmasMerriment24Novand8Dec12.aspx
(limited seating - early booking advised – similar event last year booked up beginning of October)
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Unitarian Church
New Road, Brighton
Friday 30 November 12.30pm
Music written by composers associated with that city, interspersed with
readings from Sketches of Vienna by Johann Pezzl, 18c writer.
Music includes works by Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Wölfl and Koželuh.readings from Sketches of Vienna by Johann Pezzl, 18c writer.
Piano Ambrose Page * Narration Sarah Tobias
Admission £3 pay on door. No booking necessary
Admission £3 pay on door. No booking necessary
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DECEMBER EVENTS
Sussex Learning Solutions Saturday Workshops Southwick Community Centre
Christmas Customs and Winter Traditions
1 December 10am-4pm Origins, philosophy, gods, myths and legends of winter traditions and Christmas customs from pagan roots to seasonal festivities over hundreds of years, including
heart-warming tales of Sussex winters and festive customs.
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Behind the door marked 'Private' at Preston Manor c. Sarah Tobias 2011
If you’ve ever visited a historic property and longed to go through that door marked ‘private’, now you can at Preston Manor! Sarah Tobias has devised a unique and fascinating tour where you will hear lots of secrets and surprises about this beautiful Edwardian Manor House - information not available in guide-books or standard tours. You will be taken upstairs, downstairs, back-stairs, into vaulted cellars and up concealed servants’ staircases,to attics where female servants slept and into corridors not on the public route.
"It was wonderful. The best tour I have ever done. I love the way the two of you interact and make it all so interesting." A N 20 July 2012
"The best tour I have ever been on." 15 September 2012
PRESTON MANOR
(End of Preston Park, Brighton) Free parking, buses stop nearby, Preston Park railway station nearby
“HIDDEN HOUSE”
Behind the Scenes at the Manor
Behind the Scenes at the Manor
Unique guided tour. Discover hidden rooms and secret places not normally open to the public.
If you’ve ever visited a historic property and longed to go through that door marked ‘private’, now you can at Preston Manor! Sarah Tobias has devised a unique and fascinating tour where you will hear lots of secrets and surprises about this beautiful Edwardian Manor House - information not available in guide-books or standard tours. You will be taken upstairs, downstairs, back-stairs, into vaulted cellars and up concealed servants’ staircases,to attics where female servants slept and into corridors not on the public route.
Friday 7 December 11am-12.30pm & 2-3.30pm
Fee: £10.50 Members £8.50. Includes house admission, tea & biscuits - autumn
Spring 2012
Saturdays 2 February, 2 March & 13 April 11am-12.45pm & 2-3.45pm
£12.50 & 10.50 (slightly longer tours with more house history see 2013 events below) - spring
Fee: £10.50 Members £8.50. Includes house admission, tea & biscuits - autumn
Spring 2012
Saturdays 2 February, 2 March & 13 April 11am-12.45pm & 2-3.45pm
£12.50 & 10.50 (slightly longer tours with more house history see 2013 events below) - spring
These popular tours fill very quickly. Places are limited to 12 persons per tour - so early booking advised, especially if you wish for a particular date. Tours can be booked privately.*
*Group bookings available - minimum number of eight persons.
Tour guides Sarah Tobias & Paula Wrightson (Preston Manor Programme Manager)
N.B. Comfortable (pref. flat) shoes advised.There are lots of stairs and some low door frames - mind your head.
It is VERY COLD in some parts of the house, so warm clothing also advised! No photography in house.
It is VERY COLD in some parts of the house, so warm clothing also advised! No photography in house.
Book: 03000 290902
'Thanks again for the entertaining Preston Manor tour. It was a great treat to have 2 such knowledgeable and
enthusiastic guides as yourself [Paula Wrightson] and Sarah [Tobias] to show us round.' R by e-mail 17 April 2012
"It was wonderful. The best tour I have ever done. I love the way the two of you interact and make it all so interesting." A N 20 July 2012
"The best tour I have ever been on." 15 September 2012
The Haunting of Tabitha Grey by Vanessa Curtis, set in 'Weston Manor', a fictionalised version of Preston Manor- buy at reception. http://www.vanessacurtis.com
* A Victorian Christmas Merriment *
Saturday 8 December 11am-1.30pm
Come and join us for a festive, drawing-room style entertainment ,
including songs, performance, readings, and information about Victorian Christmas customs.
A glass of sherry (or soft drink) and mince pie will be served by staff in period costume
including songs, performance, readings, and information about Victorian Christmas customs.
A glass of sherry (or soft drink) and mince pie will be served by staff in period costume
Pianist Vanessa Curtis
£13.50 Foundation members £11.50 book in advance
(early booking advised – similar event last year booked up beginning of October)
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C O U R S E S
Whiteway Centre, Rottingdean
The Victorian World 1851-1875
C O U R S E S
Whiteway Centre, Rottingdean
The Victorian World 1851-1875
We look at all forms of housing and the people who inhabited them; from large country estates and town houses to humble cottages ad pitiful town rookeries of the residuum. We see how dwellings were built and furnished and view the internal workings of the home and the ornaments, paintings and furniture which adorned them for all classes. There was a strict hierarchy which existed "below stairs" that was far more snobbish than that between master and servant. The domestic life of the servant, their duties, wages and relationship with the houses in which they worked is a fascinating one. Mrs Beeton was the Delia Smith of her day and introduced technology into household management. In comparison, we study life of the poor, their lack of amenities, deficient nutrition, education and medical attention and the effect of their appalling living and working conditions.
Illustrated with PowerPoint, DVD, books, images and texts.
Details as above
Mondays 2-4pm 10 weeks start 14 January
Illustrated with PowerPoint, DVD, books, images and texts.
Wednesdays 10.30am-12.30pm 10 weeks start 9 January
Fee £70 downloadable booking form: http://www.rwc.org.uk
Booking forms available at Whiteway Centre, which can be posted with payment into Centre letterbox
City College, Pelham Street, Brighton
The Victorian World 1851-1875
Mondays 2-4pm 10 weeks start 14 January
Ref: COM091 Fee £99 Tel: 01273 667767
Download booking form from website http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult-education
This course will appear in new spring brochure
PACA Portslade Aldridge (Adult Education) Community Academy
Foredown Tower, Portslade
Regency to Rock 'n' Roll: a later history of Brighton, Hove & Portslade 1750-1960
We see how Brighton & Hove expanded and developed as a seaside and leisure resort, from the late Georgian period to the 1950s. We study social and cultural aspects including architecture, Regency life, piers, leisure, work, cinema, wartime and rock 'n' roll fifties. Illustrated with slides, books, prints and film clips.
We see how Brighton & Hove expanded and developed as a seaside and leisure resort, from the late Georgian period to the 1950s. We study social and cultural aspects including architecture, Regency life, piers, leisure, work, cinema, wartime and rock 'n' roll fifties. Illustrated with slides, books, prints and film clips.
5 weeks starting Tuesday 26 February 10.30am-12.30pm
Fee £50, £40 (over-60s/benefits/BN41 postcode)
Book: 01273 422632
Whitehawk Inn Community Centre, Brighton
in partnership with Friends Centre
'Regency
to Rock 'n' Roll' -a later history of Brighton and Hove
We
see how Brighton and Hove expanded and developed as a seaside and
leisure resort, from the late Georgian period to the 1950s. We study
social and cultural aspects including architecture, Regency life,
piers, leisure, work, cinema, wartime and rock 'n' roll fifties and part of our focus is on east Brighton.
Illustrated with slides, books, prints and film clips.
5 weeks starting Wednesday 27 February 2.30-4.30pm
Fee tba
Tel: 01273 682222 http://www.whinn.org.uk/
G U I D E D H O U S E T O U R S
PRESTON MANOR
(End of Preston Park, Brighton) Free parking, buses stop nearby, Preston Park railway station nearby
“HIDDEN HOUSE” - Behind the Scenes at the Manor
Unique guided tour. Discover hidden rooms and secret places not normally open to the public.
If you’ve ever visited a historic property and longed to go through that door marked ‘private’, now you can at Preston Manor! Sarah Tobias has devised a unique and fascinating tour where you will hear lots of secrets and surprises about this beautiful Edwardian Manor House - information not available in guide-books or standard tours. You will be taken upstairs, downstairs, back-stairs, into vaulted cellars and up concealed servants’ staircases,to attics where female servants slept and into corridors not on the public route.
Spring 2012
Saturdays 2 February, 2 March & 13 April 11am-12.45pm & 2-3.45pm
£12.50 & 10.50 this year's tours are slightly longer with more house history and archive material not seen on public tours
These popular tours fill very quickly. Places are limited to 12 persons per tour - so early booking advised, especially if you wish for a particular date. Tours can be booked privately.*
*Group bookings available - minimum number of eight persons.
Tour guides Sarah Tobias & Paula Wrightson (Preston Manor Programme Manager)
N.B. Comfortable (pref. flat) shoes advised.There are lots of stairs and some low door frames - mind your head.
It is VERY COLD in some parts of the house, so warm clothing also advised! No photography in house.
It is VERY COLD in some parts of the house, so warm clothing also advised! No photography in house.
Book: 03000 290902
S A T U R D A Y C L A S S E S & W O R K S H O P S
Sussex Learning Solutions Saturday Workshops
Southwick Community Centre
The Novel as Social History - Saturday 9 February 10am-4pm
The Novel as Social History - Saturday 9 February 10am-4pm
We consider the social and cultural history of the novel by exploring background information we are absorbing unwittingly: leading us into a deeper and clearer understanding of period, place, subject, time and general minutiae of everyday life.
Ref no: AW621 Fee: £40 http://www.sussexlearningsolutions.org.uk/ Tel: 0845 873 7663
City College, Pelham Street, Brighton
Please note. All three Saturdays below do not appear in autumn brochure due to admin error, but they are on online and will appear in new spring brochure.
Women, Wartime and the Homefront
Life for women during Wartime and how they coped during the later 1940’s after war ended when life had changed completely. We look at women at war – their occupations in the armed services, as pilots, nurses, typists, working in the Land Army, in factories, in the WRVS and other voluntary organisations, as well as being housewives and mothers. Some women worked as spies or at Bletchley Park tapping out codes on the Enigma machine. At home during war and after, women had to cope with rationing and learning to ‘make do and mend’ while attempting to remain glamorous keeping up with fashion and cosmetics. When war ended women found it difficult to give up their new independence, life in the family changed and so did relationships. Illustrated.
Saturday 16 February 1-4pm
Ref: COM 120858 Fee £25 Tel: 01273 667767 Download booking form from website http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult-education
Looking at Victorian Art - paintings as social history
Victorian narrative paintings tell us much more than the main topic. They are full of symbolism and expose other features we hardly notice. These 'extras' tell us more about the period and its social history, Painters wanted to show domestic scenes and 'real life' and were not afraid of controversial subjects which might shock the public. Massive social and cultural changes took place within the period which painters wanted to tell us about but, as they did so, they were also exposing much more - a little girl bringing her father's lunch to his workplace, the inner turmoil of an emigrating couple, the pain of parting, or he long engagement, as well as tiny figures and scenes around the main subject we almost miss. Narrative paintings of various topics open up our view of art and enable us to see and enjoy it in a totally different way. Illustrated with many slides.
Saturday 16 March 1-4pm
Ref: COM088 Fee £25 Tel: 01273 667767 Download booking form from website http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult-education
Art Deco, Modernism and the Jazz Age
After WWI a new, very distinctive style emerged, directly following Art Nouveau. Architectural buildings of every type from churches to cinemas, houses, bus stations, garages and lidos were developed in this style which had many influences. It was associated with the Jazz Age and also described as "jazzy" and it utilised modern innovations, such as plastic, chrome, aluminium and electricity. The smooth lines and geometric patterns were found in and on everything from art to fashion, furniture, light fittings, ornaments, glass ceramics and jewellery. Cinema and film included sets and flowing dresses and the style reached its height of fashion in the Hollywood musical with the wonderful Busby Berkeley Hollywood film dance routines. We look at influences, architecture, style, fashion, interiors, paintings and clips of favourite films and stars of the period.
A fabulous feast of colour, illustrated with a huge amount of images.
Saturday 20 April 1-4pm
Ref: COM089 Fee £25 Tel: 01273 667767 Download booking form from website http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult-education
O N E D A Y F R I D A Y & S A T U R D A Y C L A S S E S
PACA Portslade Aldridge (Adult Education) Community Academy
Foredown Tower, Portslade
Fridays at Foredown 10am-4pm
Flea-Pits &Picture-Palaces: A history of film & cinema
The history of cinema from its Victorian beginnings and early days in Hove and Shoreham. Film reached its height of popularity in the 1930s, 1940s and the 1950s. We study the impact of film on cinema audiences, film stars, fashions and cinema buildings, especially Art Deco. Illustrated with rare archive footage from the Hove pioneers as well as film clips from later films, plus books, images and slideshow.
Friday 15 February
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The history of cinema from its Victorian beginnings and early days in Hove and Shoreham. Film reached its height of popularity in the 1930s, 1940s and the 1950s. We study the impact of film on cinema audiences, film stars, fashions and cinema buildings, especially Art Deco. Illustrated with rare archive footage from the Hove pioneers as well as film clips from later films, plus books, images and slideshow.
Friday 15 February
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The Victorian World
Huge social changes in all aspects of life: merchandising and consumerism, effects of the railway, life at home, at work, in factories and mills; effects of the Industrial Revolution, rise of the middle-class, the affluent and wealthy, and living conditions of the poor. We look at architecture, housing, social and sanitary reforms, including the work of Chadwick and Mayhew. Elaborate forms of etiquette ruled everyday life, especially for the aspiring middle-class, and were a minefield of manners in the complex new social structure. Illustrated with slides, dvd, books, costume.
Friday 15 March
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Life Between-the-wars (1918-1939)
This course focuses on social and cultural changes that followed World War 1, when high living declined for the wealthy due to the lack of servants, and cultural life took on a particular aspect, reflected in the architecture, design, fashion, literature and cinema of the era. We also focus on changes in women's lives. with slides, film clips, books, images and artefacts.
Friday 24 May*
The Edwardians
A golden age before war was to change the idyll of elegant life for the wealthy - but not for the poor and those living in slums. Hard toil and labour were eased by meagre ‘leisure’ time: adventures in cinema & music hall, joys of cycling and motor car, or a seaside holiday. We also look at Edwardian architecture, interiors, furnishing, domestic life and complex rules of etiquette - from the giddy social whirl ‘above stairs’ to servant hierarchy and life ‘below stairs’.
Art Deco & the 'Moderne'
A new, distinctive style emerged 1920s/30s, vibrant with colour, its modern designs full of sharp patterns and influenced by many styles and countries. Its iconic elegance furnished homes in a new, exciting fashion, utilizing modern technology, materials & electricity. Illustrated with slides, film clips, books and costume.
Saturday 25 May*
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Huge social changes in all aspects of life: merchandising and consumerism, effects of the railway, life at home, at work, in factories and mills; effects of the Industrial Revolution, rise of the middle-class, the affluent and wealthy, and living conditions of the poor. We look at architecture, housing, social and sanitary reforms, including the work of Chadwick and Mayhew. Elaborate forms of etiquette ruled everyday life, especially for the aspiring middle-class, and were a minefield of manners in the complex new social structure. Illustrated with slides, dvd, books, costume.
Friday 15 March
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Life Between-the-wars (1918-1939)
This course focuses on social and cultural changes that followed World War 1, when high living declined for the wealthy due to the lack of servants, and cultural life took on a particular aspect, reflected in the architecture, design, fashion, literature and cinema of the era. We also focus on changes in women's lives. with slides, film clips, books, images and artefacts.
Friday 24 May*
Fee: £30 concessions £25 (over-60s/benefits/BN41 postcode)
*Friday 24 May & Saturday 25 May (mini-course) can be booked together with discount
Special Saturdays 10am-3pmThe Edwardians
A golden age before war was to change the idyll of elegant life for the wealthy - but not for the poor and those living in slums. Hard toil and labour were eased by meagre ‘leisure’ time: adventures in cinema & music hall, joys of cycling and motor car, or a seaside holiday. We also look at Edwardian architecture, interiors, furnishing, domestic life and complex rules of etiquette - from the giddy social whirl ‘above stairs’ to servant hierarchy and life ‘below stairs’.
Illustrated with slides, film and books.
Saturday 27 April
.Art Deco & the 'Moderne'
A new, distinctive style emerged 1920s/30s, vibrant with colour, its modern designs full of sharp patterns and influenced by many styles and countries. Its iconic elegance furnished homes in a new, exciting fashion, utilizing modern technology, materials & electricity. Illustrated with slides, film clips, books and costume.
Saturday 25 May*
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The Homefront in Wartime
Trip back sixty plus years, when daily life was turned upside-down, but the fighting spirit shone through! We spend our war day on the home-front: find tips to stretch our budgets, eke out our food ration, keep up with fashion by “make do and mend” and celebrate an austerity Christmas. Illustrated with books, documentary footage, slideshow, ephemera and authentic items.
Saturday 27 July
Fee: £24
*Friday 24 May & Saturday 25 May (mini-course) can be booked together with discount
Trip back sixty plus years, when daily life was turned upside-down, but the fighting spirit shone through! We spend our war day on the home-front: find tips to stretch our budgets, eke out our food ration, keep up with fashion by “make do and mend” and celebrate an austerity Christmas. Illustrated with books, documentary footage, slideshow, ephemera and authentic items.
Saturday 27 July
Fee: £24
*Friday 24 May & Saturday 25 May (mini-course) can be booked together with discount
Book: 01273 422632
Summer 2013
C O U R S E S
City College, Pelham Street, Brighton
Victorian Life and Leisure 1851-1875
We study general life, as well as the family, work, leisure, travel, art and culture. This period saw the burgeoning "leisure industry", holidays - particularly the seaside - travel to the countryside, and the new green spaces of the town as public parks were opened for al to enjoy and benefit. Working life was a different matter and there was little time off from the hard and continuous grind for the poor. But society was changing and we look at the urban environment, railway, public health and civic amenities, as well as improvements in working hours and conditions, plus poverty and unemployment, philanthropy and poor relief. Illustrated with PowerPoint, DVD, books, images and texts.
Mondays 2-4pm 5 weeks start 15 April
Ref: COM090 Fee £48 (check) Tel: 01273 667767
Download booking form from website http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult-education
This course does not yet appear in brochure
Summer 2013
C O U R S E S
City College, Pelham Street, Brighton
Victorian Life and Leisure 1851-1875
We study general life, as well as the family, work, leisure, travel, art and culture. This period saw the burgeoning "leisure industry", holidays - particularly the seaside - travel to the countryside, and the new green spaces of the town as public parks were opened for al to enjoy and benefit. Working life was a different matter and there was little time off from the hard and continuous grind for the poor. But society was changing and we look at the urban environment, railway, public health and civic amenities, as well as improvements in working hours and conditions, plus poverty and unemployment, philanthropy and poor relief. Illustrated with PowerPoint, DVD, books, images and texts.
Mondays 2-4pm 5 weeks start 15 April
Ref: COM090 Fee £48 (check) Tel: 01273 667767
Download booking form from website http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult-education
This course does not yet appear in brochure
Whiteway Centre, Rottingdean
Victorian Life and Leisure 1851-1875
Details as above
Victorian Life and Leisure 1851-1875
Details as above
Wednesdays 10.30am-12.30pm 5 weeks start 17 April
Fee £35 downloadable booking form: http://www.rwc.org.uk
Booking forms available at Whiteway Centre, which can be posted with payment into Centre letterbox
Not advertised on Whiteway Centre website till 2013
The Victorian World Summer Field Trips
4 Wednesdays in June 2013
4 Wednesdays in June 2013
Meet Brighton Station 9.45am
Four guided visits to houses, museums and collections which illustrate Victorian social, domestic and working life. Venues not finalised but will include The Red House, Bexleyheath (home of William Morris) (NT, otherwise £8, £7) (18c Danson House nearby, so will also visit) and may include William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow (free entry), Florence Nightingale Museum, London (near Houses of Parliament £5.80/4.80), possibly Crossness Pumping Station. More information for those who request it.
(2012 trips included Down House, Kent; Apsley House & Wellington Arch, Canal & Foundling Museums, London; & Houses of Parliament).
Fee £35 does not include travel, admission to venues or refreshments.
Whiteway Centre, Rottingdean downloadable booking form: http://www.rwc.org.ukNot advertised on Whiteway Centre website till 2013
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Venue Addresses, transport and refreshments
City College
Pelham Street, Brighton BN1 4FA
Location:
Behind York Place & London Road, turn up Cheapside – Aldi supermarket on corner. Or, turn left in Trafalgar St walking down from Station.
Transport & Parking:
Lots of buses.
Adjacent car park.
Refreshments:
Tea and coffee on balcony of Main Building – self-service
Coffee shops and small cafés in nearby London Road
Foredown Tower
Foredown Road, Brighton (Portslade) BN41 4EW
Transport & Parking:
No. 6 bus stops nearby-200 yds walk
Free car parking outside,
Refreshments:
Refreshments available
Preston Manor
Preston Drove, Brighton BN1 6SD
Location:
Situated at end of Preston Park.
Transport & Parking:
Buses and rail nearby
Free parking outside and in adjacent street.
Refreshments:
No cafe. Refreshments provided by staff at courses, and some events where stated.
Rottingdean Whiteway Centre
Whiteway Lane, Rottingdean, BN2 7HB
Location:
By Library/Grange Museum
Transport & Parking:
Buses in High Street and on seafront
Small car park, but always full. Possible space if you get there early
Fairly near street parking
Refreshments:
Kitchen with tea and coffee making facilities (provided)
Southwick Community Centre
24 Southwick Street, Southwick, BN42 4TE
Transport & Parking:
Transport & Parking:
Buses stop nearby
Small car park outside community centre but fills quickly. Car park opposite near Library. Both free.
Small car park outside community centre but fills quickly. Car park opposite near Library. Both free.
Refreshments:
Cafe and garden area
Whitehawk Inn Community Centre
Whitehawk Inn Community Centre
Whitehawk Road Brighton, BN2 3NS
Transport & Parking:
Buses stop nearby and some almost outside venue
Metered street car parking
Refreshments:
Café and garden areas
Sarah Tobias
Entertaining social/cultural/local historian.
Ask for details of talks/guided walks/visits for groups, clubs, societies.
Current list of 30+ topics
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