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Sarah Tobias lecturer in social & cultural history
Sarah Tobias lecturer in social & cultural history
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Autumn 2013
C O U R S E S
Culture and Society in Late Victorian Britain 1865-1895
We look at various transforming revolutions which impacted on society, including advances in technology, the electrical revolution of 1870, and scientific thought some of which caused landowners to reconsider agricultural methods of farming; this in turn effecting changes in rural and urban life. During this period there was considerable migration from country to town which brought about changes in traditional ways of living. Plus, we consider other facets which remained constant, such as the huge gap between the lives of wealthy and poor. Urban housing was required for the growing work force and the emerging middle-class, as well as the alterations in grand country houses of the wealthy. Various architectural changes took place from the elegant neo-classical style to the fanciful Gothic.
We also discuss social investigation and reforms, in particular the work of Charles Booth's “Life and Labour of the People in London” which included his famous poverty maps. Social conscience among the burgeoning middle classes led to social investigation and action. There were many women social investigators, such as Brighton born Clementina Black (1853-1922), feminist, author and social reformer who was concerned with women’s work and wages, was a founder member of the Women’s Industrial Council in 1894, later becoming its President, and was involved with the 1888 Match Girl’s Strike at the Bryant and May factory – conditions which we will also study.
The course will be illustrated with slides, books, extracts from period diaries and journals, prints, paintings and video clips.
City College, Pelham Street, Brighton
10 weeks Monday 1.30-3.30pm start 23 September 2013
Ref: COM045 Fee: £99 Book- T: 01273 667767 best to book in person at Pelham Street10 weeks Monday 1.30-3.30pm start 23 September 2013
or download booking form from website: http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult/
Whiteway Centre, Whiteway Lane, Rottingdean
10 weeks Wednesday 10.30am-12.30pm start 25 September 2013
10 weeks Wednesday 10.30am-12.30pm start 25 September 2013
Fee £75 Download booking form: http://www.rwc.org.uk/index.html
Portslade Adult Learning Centre
Village Centre, Windlesham Close, Portslade -
Preston to Portslade: A short history of Brighton, Hove & Portslade
We study social history,expansion,growth and change in architecture and town structure, including industry, slum areas, hospitals and lively cultural life.
Includes guided field trip with expert historian Trevor Povey
Illustrated with slides, video, books and maps
Fee £57
6 weeks Tuesdays 10.30am-12.30pm start 8 October
BOOK: 01273 422632
Includes guided field trip with expert historian Trevor Povey
Illustrated with slides, video, books and maps
Fee £57
6 weeks Tuesdays 10.30am-12.30pm start 8 October
BOOK: 01273 422632
Free parking outside venue in small car park, also in nearby streets.
Bus nos 1, 1A stop at end of avenue in High Street, less than a minute's walk
OCTOBER:
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 tours
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Friday 25 October 11am-12.45pm
Unique guided tour. Discover hidden rooms and secret places not normally open to the public.
If you have 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 fascinating 'backstage' tour taking you into rooms, vaulted cellars and up concealed servants’ staircases, to attics where female servants slept and into corridors not on the public route.
Admission: £15 & £12 includes tea & biscuits.
Early booking advised as the tours fill up quickly (12 Max per tour)
ONLY FEW PLACES LEFT - BOOK NOW
Guides Sarah Tobias and Paula Wrightson (Preston Manor Creative Programme Manager)
Book: 03000 290902
N.B. There are lots of stairs, some low door frames -and it is VERY COLD in some parts of the house.
http://www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/whatson/pages/behindthescenesatprestonmanor.aspx
NOVEMBER:
S H O R T C O U R S E
Whitehawk Inn Community Centre, BrightonLife Between the Wars 1918-1939
Social and cultural changes that followed WWI, 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.
5 weeks Wednesdays 2.30-4.30pm start 6 November
Book: 01273 682222
FULL- names can be placed on waiting/reserve list
ILLUSTRATED TALK
NT Batemans, Burwash
Home of Rudyard Kipling
The Victorians and How They Lived
Lecture Lunch Series
Saturday 9 November
Coffee from 10.30am, Illustrated talk at 11am
followed by lunch in the Mulberry restaurant Fee £22
Pre-booked only T: 01435 882302
Early booking advised as these lectures fill up quickly each year
S H O R T C O U R S E
Portslade Adult Learning Centre
Foredown Tower, Portslade
Free parking, buses stop nearby, refreshments, small garden area around tower - and fantastic views across fields.
Free parking, buses stop nearby, refreshments, small garden area around tower - and fantastic views across fields.
The Magic of Christmas: History of Festive & Seasonal Traditions
We study the fascinating origins of winter traditions and Christmas customs from earliest times to Twentieth Century, including those of Sussex.
6 weeks Thursdays 10.30am-12.30pm start 14 November fin 12 DecemberTo get you in the festive mood!
Fee £57 Book: 01273 422632
G U I D E D H O U S E T O U R
PRESTON MANOR
(End of Preston Park, Brighton) Free parking, buses stop nearby, Preston Park railway station nearby
"HIDDEN HOUSE"- behind the scenes tours
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C Sarah Tobias 2011
Friday 15 November 11am-12.45pm
Unique guided tour. Discover hidden rooms and secret places not normally open to the public.
If you have 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 fascinating 'backstage' tour taking you into rooms, vaulted cellars and up concealed servants’ staircases, to attics where female servants slept and into corridors not on the public route.
Admission: £15 & £12 includes tea & biscuits.
Early booking advised as the tours fill up quickly (12 Max per tour)
Guides Sarah Tobias and Paula Wrightson (Preston Manor Creative Programme Manager)THIS TOUR IS ALMOST FULL - POSSIBLY ADDITIONAL TOUR IN AFTERNOON
Book: 03000 290902
N.B. There are lots of stairs, some low door frames -and it is VERY COLD in some parts of the house.
http://www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/whatson/pages/behindthescenesatprestonmanor.aspx
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S A T U R D A Y S T U D Y D A Y
Whiteway Centre, Rottingdean
Art Deco, Modernism & 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, also described as "jazzy" and it utilised modern innovations, such as plastic, chrome, aluminium and electricity.
Smooth lines and geometric pattens were found 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 dance routines. We look at influences, architecture, style, fashion, interiors, paintings and clips of favourite period films and stars.
A fabulous feast of colour, illustrated with a huge amount of images.
Tutors Sarah Tobias & Paul Nieman, who will give the last session of the day on Jazz
Saturday 23rd November 10am-4.15pm
Fee: £20 includes refreshments and light lunch
T H R E E L I N K E D I L L U S T R A T E D L E C T U R E S
PRESTON MANOR
(End of Preston Park, Brighton) Free parking, buses stop nearby, Preston Park railway stationc
Christmas at Preston Manor
Three linked, illustrated lectures on the fascinating history and customs of the festive season as may have been celebrated at the manor.
Tuesday 26 November
Georgian & Regency: Festive Delights
Cold winters meant Frost Fairs. The sedate Georgian Christmas season and how Jane Austen viewed it. Some amusing scenes and customs. Winter balls, dances, gifts, games and sweetmeats.
Tuesday 3 December
Victorian & Edwardian Excess: The Commercial Christmas
The Victorian commercial Christmas in all is glory. Confections and conventions, decorations, cards and games. Origins of the Christmas tree and vital information such as why crackers go ‘pop!’
Tuesday 10 December
Twentieth Century & Homefront Xmas in Wartime
We look at Twentieth century Christmas celebrations. How the Festive season was spent from turn-of-the-century, to ‘Ragtime’ and 'Fifties, and see how the austerities of Wartime brought about much ingenuity.
Each session illustrated with slides, books, ephemera and costume
Each session illustrated with slides, books, ephemera and costume
Book: 03000 290902 Information: 01273 292981
S A T U R D A Y S T U D Y D A Y
S A T U R D A Y S T U D Y D A Y
Portslade Adult Learning Centre
Foredown Tower, Portslade
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Free parking, buses stop nearby, refreshments, small garden area around tower - and fantastic views across the fields
Flea-Pits & Picture-Palaces: history of cinema-going
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The fascinating history and development of cinema and cinema-going from the early pioneers who lived and filmed in Brighton, Hove and Shoreham (where cinema experiments started) to the ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll era of the Fifties. We look at archive footage and film clips from 1900s to 1950s
Saturday 30 November 10am-3pm
Fee £35 Book: 01273 422632
"DIDO'S LAMENT": RITUALS OF DEATH AND MOURNING
Short, hauntingly beautiful black and white film noir, on the superstitions and rituals associated with death and mourningDeadGood film
Directed by Valentina Lari,
Written and produced by
Sarah Tobias & Valentina Lari
Music specially composed by glynne Cicada
Contact if you are interested in attending
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Spring & Summer 2014 courses include
Spring 2014
Arts, Culture and Society: Late Victorian Britain 1865-1895
We consider how children were educated and trained for various occupations and trades, as well as studying labour, conditions and new occupations, which led to changing trends in the home and style of living, eating and the way houses were decorated, for example wallpaper. We also look at different roles of servants and housekeeping. Other areas of study for comparison will include arts, literature and the importance of fashion and etiquette.
At this time there was much adulteration and dilution of food – sheep's droppings to weight tea packets, for example, and brick dust for colouring. People became ill or died from eating certain foods, including ice-cream, as a consequence. Inspectors were appointed to regulate hygienic practice and ensure customers were not cheated when food was incorrectly weighed. There were many types of eating-places such as soup-house, coffee stall, chop house and tea gardens, as well as elegant dining rooms and hotels. We look at food, dining and the Victorian kitchen garden, which was benefiting from new technologies and scientific ideas on horticulture. Seed packets were designed in bright colours of exquisite artistic design.
We look at period books and paintings, including the touching story of unmarried “Esther Waters” by George Moore which was made into a film starring Dirk Bogarde (we view clips), and the social novels of writers such as Dinah Craik, George Gissing, Margaret Oliphant, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Hardy and H.G. Wells, as well as the works and life of witty Oscar Wilde who had associations with Brighton.
If you like history and books and paintings this course is definitely for you! Illustrated with slides, books, extracts from period diaries and journals, prints, paintings and video clips.
City College, Brighton 10 weeks Monday 1.30-3.30pm
start 13 January 2014
Ref: COM076 Fee: £99 Book- T: 01273 667767 or download booking form from website: http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult/start 13 January 2014
Whiteway Centre, Rottingdean 10 weeks Wednesday 10.30am-12.30pm start 15 January 2014 Fee £75 Download booking form: http://www.rwc.org.uk/index.html
S A T U R D A Y C O U R S E
CITY COLLEGE, BRIGHTON
5 week fortnightly course
THE NOVEL AS SOCIAL HISTORY
A new and unique course comprising literature, social and cultural history
and book club.
and book club.
Within the pages of the novel we discover more than just a story. Setting, portrayal of characters and background detail tell us much about the period and its social history.
We study the social and cultural history of the novel by exploring the background information we are absorbing unwittingly and which is not the main theme, but which gives us a deeper and clearer understanding of period and general minutiae of everyday life. Within every piece of fiction is a wealth of information on culture and social life which can lead us into a deeper understanding of a subject, time or place, period in history, genre, working conditions, habits, style or social trend that we might pursue further, or deepen our knowledge and intensify our interest.
Within the pages of the novel we discover much more than just a story or work of fiction. The setting, portrayal of characters, clothing, habits, and background detail tell us much about the period and social as well as cultural history in which the story is set. We learn about customs, manners, etiquette, clothing, speech and aspects of everyday, domestic and public life - from the poorest working class living in slums to the wealthiest socialites. A humorous novel can lift our spirits and a dark one make us reflect.
As extracts from several novels are read out, we discuss what exciting `other' information we are discovering. How people live, what else they do with their time, what their living conditions are really like, how they are educated - possibly by the way they `speak'. We can tell a person's class by the way they are dressed and how they talk to other people. We can view relationships and the class system, as well as other background details about architecture, housing and rural and urban settings.
We will also compare the written word with its moving image - the film of the novel.
A list of suggested reading is available from the tutor although it is not a requirement of the course to read the novels mentioned.
There will be opportunity for further, informal discussion after the session in a non-classroom environment, such as college or nearby cafe.
There will be opportunity for further, informal discussion after the session in a non-classroom environment, such as college or nearby cafe.
5 fortnightly Saturdays 11am-1pm
Saturdays February 1, 15, March 1, 15, 29
Ref: COM174 Fee: £55 Book- T: 01273 667767
Ref: COM174 Fee: £55 Book- T: 01273 667767
or download booking form from website: http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult/
Early booking advised - already half-full
S A T U R D A Y S T U D Y D A Y S
Portslade Adult Learning Centre
Foredown Tower, Portslade
Free parking, buses stop nearby, refreshments, small garden area around tower - and fantastic views across the fields
Novels and Films of the Inter-War Period
A feast of words and images
Saturday 22 February 10am-3pm
Fee £35 Book: 01273 422632Saturday 22 February 10am-3pm
(Booking open late autumn 2013)
CITY COLLEGE, Pelham Street, BRIGHTON
Art Deco and Modernism
After WWI a new, very distinctive style emerged 1920s and 1930s, directly following Art Nouveau. Vibrant with colour, its modern designs were full of sharp patterns. Architectural buildings of every type from churches to cinemas, houses, bus stations, garages and lidos were developed in this style which was influenced by earlier, Ancient Egyptian, Greek and neo-classical forms.
Art Deco style utilised modern technology and innovations, such as plastic, chrome, aluminium and electricity. The smooth lines and geometric patterns were found in everything from art to fashion, furniture, light fittings, ornaments, glass, ceramics and jewellery. Its iconic elegance furnished homes in a new, exciting fashion.
It liberated women, who wore the new slender, boyish, free-flowing tubular garments, cut their hair into a short bob, wore make-up, smoked and danced the night away in nightclubs. All shocking!
Cinema and film included elegant sets and flowing dresses and the style reached its height of fashion in the Hollywood musical and wonderful Busby Berkeley dance routines. We look at influences, architecture, style, fashion, interiors, paintings and 1930s film clips.
A fabulous feast of colour, illustrated with a huge amount of images.
Saturday 8 March
11am-4pm (lunch break 1-2pm)
Ref: COM142 Fee: £35 Book- T: 01273 667767 or download booking form from website: http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult/
11am-4pm (lunch break 1-2pm)
Ref: COM142 Fee: £35 Book- T: 01273 667767 or download booking form from website: http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult/
PLEASE NOTE NEW TIME - LONGER for same fee
Summer 2014
Illusion and Reality - late Victorian Britain 1865-1895
Life for wealthy and poor during the long Victorian period was one of complete contrasts, especially during the latter part of the century. We look at life in countryside and town, discussing the differences between living conditions on the working farm to that of town dwelling and its various amenities and amusements. In this context we discuss the family, courtship, love and marriage as well as childhood and upbringing and home life. The illusion that Victorians were all strait-laced, uptight, humourless, easily shockable people is quite the opposite!
We compare domestic, social and cultural life, including how paintings and literature of the period depicted society; for example, in Robert Tressel's narrative of the poverty stricken house painters and paper-hangers in The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (set in fictional Hastings), Thomas Hardy's depiction of the strong-minded Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Anthony Trollope's fascinating portrayal of middle-class greed and corruption in The Way We Live Now.
The home was paramount and the family was its focus. A place to escape from the stress of long working hours in factory and office. New technologies and ideas of hygiene changed how houses were run, decorated and furnished. 'Below stairs' is even more fascinating than 'above'. Houses were run with military precision and an army of servants, or perhaps just one cook-housekeeper for the lower middle-class. Leisure time was enjoyed by all classes in many different ways.
Illustrated with slides, books, extracts from period diaries and journals, prints, paintings and video clips.
City College, Brighton 5 weeks Monday 1.30-3.30pm start 28 April 2014
Ref: COM186 Fee: £55 Book- T: 01273 667767 or download booking form from website: http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult/
Ref: COM186 Fee: £55 Book- T: 01273 667767 or download booking form from website: http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult/
Whiteway Centre, Rottingdean 5 weeks Wednesday 10.30am-12.30pm start 30 April 2014
Fee £38 Download booking form: http://www.rwc.org.uk/index.html
Fee £38 Download booking form: http://www.rwc.org.uk/index.html
Summer Field Trips 2014
Living with the Victorians - field trips: June 18, 25, July 2 (9)
Tutor/guide Sarah Tobias
Four guided visits to houses, museums and collections which illustrate late Victorian social, domestic and working life. We study customs, architecture, interiors, furnishings, art, fashion, domestic equipment and machinery and generally view life in the home. Visits may include Leighton and Linley Sambourne Houses in Kensington with informed house guides if there are a sufficient number of enrolments for group booking.
All trips accessible by public transport.
Meet Brighton Station approximately 10am, finish varies.
Fee £38 (does not include travel, admission to venues, house guides or refreshments)
Meet Brighton Station approximately 10am, finish varies.
Fee £38 (does not include travel, admission to venues, house guides or refreshments)
Download booking form: http://www.rwc.org.uk/index.html
Sussex University 2014- International Summer School- for students 17-24 years from non-UK countries
The London Look - Fashion & Style 1800-2014 - Session 1: 4 weeks June-July
Art Deco & Modernism - Design in the early 20th century - Session 2: 4 weeks July-August
Tutors Alexandra Loske & Sarah Tobias
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/iss/index
(2013 fees £1395 for 15 credit module £2590 for both sessions plus housing £140 per week)
Sarah Tobias Dip Eur Hum, BA Hons, MA
Lecturer in social, cultural and local (Brighton) history
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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 nearby.
Nearby car park, about 5 minutes walk.
Railway station few minutes walk
Refreshments and further information:
Restaurant. Tea and coffee bar on balcony of Main Building.
Coffee shops, small cafés and public houses in nearby London Road
London Road and Trafalgar Street: shopping, banks and supermarkets
Foredown Tower
Foredown Road, Brighton (Portslade) BN41 4EW
Transport & Parking:
No. 6 bus stops nearby-200 yds walk
Free car parking outside,
Refreshments and further information:
Refreshments available.
Garden all round Tower and fantastic views across countryside
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 some events where stated.
Chalet restaurant in park and public houses opposite
Rottingdean Whiteway Centre
Whiteway Lane, Rottingdean, BN2 7HB
Location:
By Library/Grange Museum
Transport & Parking:
Buses stop nearby 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)
Historic tea rooms and public houses in High Street.
Further information:
Kiplings walled garden and village green and pond nearby.
Few minutes walk to sea and beach. Shops, small supermarket and bank in High Street.
Village Centre
Windlesham Close, Portslade, BN41 2LY
Transport & Parking:
Bus nos. 1, 1A stop in nearby South Street, no 46/2 at Windlesham Close
end of Old Shoreham Road
end of Old Shoreham Road
Free car parking in school playground and Windlesham Close
Refreshments:
Kitchen area for making tea and coffee which is supplied free of charge
Whitehawk Inn Community Centre
Whitehawk Road Brighton, BN2 3NS
Transport & Parking:
Buses stop nearby and some outside venue
Metered street car parking
Refreshments:
Café and garden area
Further information:
Few minutes walk to sea, beach and Marina or East Brighton Park
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
Sarah Tobias Dip Eur Hum, BA Hons, MA
Entertaining social/cultural/local historian.
Ask for details of talks/guided walks/visits for groups, clubs, societies.
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