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Sarah Tobias lecturer in social & cultural history
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2014
Courses starting February:
Regency to Rock 'n' Roll - a later history of Brighton & Hove (5 weeks)
Saturday Workshop:
Art Deco & Modernism (8 March)
Courses currently running:
Arts Culture & Society: Late Victorian Britain 1865-1895 (10 weeks)
The Novel as Social History
Scroll down for further details of all courses
M A R C H:
S A T U R D A Y S T U D Y D A Y N E X T W E E K
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)
* PLEASE NOTE NEW TIME - LONGER for same fee *Only few places left
Ref: COM142 Fee: £35
Book in person at Pelham Street Student Centre (ground floor turn left after you enter)
or T: 01273 667767
or download booking form: http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult/
> Contact me if you are having problems booking <
S H O R T C O U R S E -
Friends Centre, Brighton Junction
(Near Brighton railway Station)
REGENCY TO ROCK 'N' ROLL - A LATER HISTORY OF BRIGHTON & HOVE
This course will consider the later history and expansion of Brighton & Hove, concentrating on social and cultural aspects, fashions, fads, architecture, famous inhabitants, Regency life, piers, leisure, work, cinema, wartime and rock ‘n’ roll Fifties. We discuss early cinema and Hove's pioneer film-makers, and consider other magical qualities that make seasides special, for example piers and the sea.
Wartime in Brighton had a profound effect on the town and The Fifties brought rock ‘n’ roll, coffee bars and youth culture.
Final session is a field trip, 'The Regency Town Walk' - guided
Illustrated with slides, video, maps, prints and books.
6 weeks Tuesday starting 25 February 10am-12pm Fee: £66 (£40)
I am running this independently so it is possible toattend single sessions at £11
I am running this independently so it is possible toattend single sessions at £11
The King's Church Building, Brooks Road, Lewes, BN7 2BY
The Newtons of Southover Grange
Malcolm Kitch, formerly Reader in History at the Universty of Sussex describes the personalities and lives of the family who occupied Southover Grange for nearly three hundred years.
Monday 10 March 7 for 7.30pm
Admission on door £2 members £3 non-members
Further details: http://leweshistory.org.uk/lewes-history-group-meeting-monday-10-march-2014-700-for730pm/
Click link for details of society and news of forthcoming talks: http://leweshistory.org.uk/meetings/
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Courses currently running in Brighton & Rottingdean:
ARTS, CULTURE and SOCIETY: LATE VICTORIAN BRITAIN 1865-1895
A new and exciting vision of domestic history as revealed in literature, art and the moving image: interpretations of late-Victorian cultural and social developments. We observe the visual experience of change in architecture, technology, domestic life, working conditions, farming, poverty, women’s status, leisure activities, fashion, style and the arts.
A new and exciting vision of domestic history as revealed in literature, art and the moving image: interpretations of late-Victorian cultural and social developments. We observe the visual experience of change in architecture, technology, domestic life, working conditions, farming, poverty, women’s status, leisure activities, fashion, style and the arts.
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.
Illustrated with slides, books, extracts from 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 in person at Pelham Street Student Centre (ground floor on left as you enter)
or T: 01273 667767 or download booking form from website: http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult/
Whiteway Centre, Rottingdean 10 weeks Wednesday 10.30-12.30pm : start 15 January 2014
Fee £75 Download booking form: http://www.rwc.org.uk/index.html or pick up a form at Whiteway Centre - can be posted in door.
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.
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 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. These details 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.
5 fortnightly Saturdays 1, 15 February 1, 15, 29 March Ref: COM174 11am-1pm FULL
Fee: £55 Book in person at Pelham Street Student Centre or T: 01273 667767 or download booking form from website: http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult/
Further courses will begin in autumn 2014:
THE NOVEL AS SOCIAL HISTORY 2: EDWARDIAN AND WWI HOMEFRONT
and spring 2015:
THE NOVEL AS SOCIAL HISTORY 3: THE INTER-WAR YEARS 1920-1940
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Further courses will begin in autumn 2014:
THE NOVEL AS SOCIAL HISTORY 2: EDWARDIAN AND WWI HOMEFRONT
and spring 2015:
THE NOVEL AS SOCIAL HISTORY 3: THE INTER-WAR YEARS 1920-1940
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A P R I L :
S H O R T C O U R S E
Whitehawk Inn Community Centre, Brighton
A SHORT HISTORY OF BRIGHTON & HOVE
We explore the development and expansion of Brighton and Hove from early life on the downs to vibrant twentieth century; noting how a small, poor fishing town emerged into a fashionable resort.
Illustrated with slides, video, maps, prints and books.
| 5 weeks Wednesdays 2.30-4.30pm start 23 April |
Course fee £55 there are various concessions. Cafe area.
Book: 01273 682222
HEALTHWALKS - FREE guided tour
HISTORIC PIER TO PIER WALK
Friday 25 April Meet 11am in front of black iron gates of Palace Pier
Detailed historic walk of Chain, Palace and West Piers, Aquarium, Lower and Upper Town, Fishmarket (history of early Brighton), King's Road, and some buildings (hotels etc.) along the way. By ex-West Pier tour guide
Lasts approx 2hrs Cafes along route.
Pre-booking and lots of further free walks: www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/healthwalks
Pre-booking and lots of further free walks: www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/healthwalks
Numbers are limited - only book if you are definitely attending
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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 in person at Pelham Street Student Centre (ground floor, turn left after you enter) or
T: 01273 667767 or download booking form from website: http://www.ccb.ac.uk/public/courses/adult/
Ref: COM186 Fee: £55
Book in person at Pelham Street Student Centre (ground floor, turn left after you enter) or
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
or pick up a booking form from Whiteway Centre - can be posted in door
or pick up a booking form from Whiteway Centre - can be posted in door
M A Y :
PRESTON MANOR
(End of Preston Park, Brighton) Free parking, buses stop nearby, Preston Park railway station nearby
"HIDDEN HOUSE"- behind the scenes tour
Friday 9 May 11am-12.45pm & 2-3.45pm
Friday 6 June 11am-12.45pm & 2-3.45pm
Friday 6 June 11am-12.45pm & 2-3.45pm
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C Sarah Tobias 2011
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 - not on the public route - taking you into rooms, corridors, vaulted cellars and up concealed staircases, to attics where female servants slept.
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Admission: £15 Members £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)
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
CONCERT OF WORDS & MUSIC
He is most famous for 'The Secret Marriage'.
Devised by Ambrose Page who also plays piano
Narrated by Sarah Tobias and Peter Morris ("Cimarosa")
St Laurence Church, Falmer, Brighton
Lovely historic church opposite the pond. Free parking.
Saturday 24 May 5.30pm
Admission free but donations to church fund welcome
St Michael's & All Angels Church, Brighton
(Brighton Festival Fringe event)
Saturday 31 May 1pm
Admission £5 - either through Fringe box office or on door
J U N E / J U L Y :
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 tour
Friday 6 June 11am-12.45pm & 2-3.45pm
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C Sarah Tobias 2011
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 - not on the public route - taking you into rooms, corridors, vaulted cellars and up concealed staircases, to attics where female servants slept.
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Admission: £15 Members £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)
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
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)
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
for students 17-24 years from non-uk countries
The London Look - Fashion & Style 1800-2014 Session 1: 4 weeks 23 June-18 July
Art Deco & Modernism - Design in the early 20th century
Session 2: 4 weeks 21 July-15 August
Session 2: 4 weeks 21 July-15 August
Tutors Alexandra Loske & Sarah Tobias
Fees £1435 for 15 credit module £2670 for both sessions plus housing £146 per week
J U L Y :
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 tour
Friday 4 July 11am-12.45pm & 2-3.45pm
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C Sarah Tobias 2011
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 - not on the public route - taking you into rooms, corridors, vaulted cellars and up concealed staircases, to attics where female servants slept.
|
Admission: £15 Members £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)
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
A U G U S T :
G U I D E D H O U S E T O U R S
PRESTON MANOR
PRESTON MANOR
(End of Preston Park, Brighton) Free parking, buses stop nearby, Preston Park railway station nearby
"HIDDEN HOUSE"- behind the scenes tour
Friday 1 August 11am-12.45pm & 2-3.45pm
|
C Sarah Tobias 2011
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 - not on the public route - taking you into rooms, corridors, vaulted cellars and up concealed staircases, to attics where female servants slept.
|
Admission: £15 Members £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)
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
"THE 1914 HOUSE"
A very special tour of Preston Manor
One house twelve people and one extraordinary moment in history: experience 1914 as it was lived in a Brighton household rocked by the outbreak of war.
This new tour takes you on a revealing exploration of the everyday in a house preserved as a snapshot in time. Through real-life stories and practical demonstrations find out what people ate, wore, read, how they communicated, slept, washed and even what they smelt like as the world plunged into a conflict that would leave no inhabitant untouched.
Touring rooms in which they would have lived and worked, we look at the lives of master, mistress, ladies maid, butler, footman, cook, housemaids, scullery maid and chauffeur/gardener (walled kitchen garden).
Friday 8, 15, 22, 29 August 11am-12.45pm & 2-3.45pm
A very special tour of Preston Manor
One house twelve people and one extraordinary moment in history: experience 1914 as it was lived in a Brighton household rocked by the outbreak of war.
This new tour takes you on a revealing exploration of the everyday in a house preserved as a snapshot in time. Through real-life stories and practical demonstrations find out what people ate, wore, read, how they communicated, slept, washed and even what they smelt like as the world plunged into a conflict that would leave no inhabitant untouched.
Friday 8, 15, 22, 29 August 11am-12.45pm & 2-3.45pm
Admission: £15 Members £12 includes refreshments
Guides Sarah Tobias and Paula Wrightson (Preston Manor Creative Programme Manager)
Booking opens April
The Time Machine: Progress and Change in Late Victorian England 1880-1900
10 weeks City College Monday start 22 September & Whiteway Centre Rottingdean Wednesday start 24 September
The Novel as Social History 2: Edwardian & WWI
5 fortnighty Saturdays at City College starting 4 October 11am-1pm & 2-4pm
Winter Customs, Christmas Traditions - a fascinating history
Saturday workshop 6 December 11am-4pm
SPRING 2015
Unleashing the Genie: Power and Growth in Late Victorian England 1880-1900
Wednesday start 14 January & City College Monday start 19 January
The Novel as Social History 3: The Inter-War Years 1920-1940
5 fortnighty Saturdays at City College starting 31 January 11am-1pm & 2-4pm
Reading Books and Watching films- interwar years 1918-1939
5 weeks Whiteway Centre Rottingdean day/date tba
SUMMER 2015
The Golden Afternoon: introducing the Edwardians 1900-1914
5 weeks City College Monday start 13 April & Whiteway Centre Rottingdean Wednesday start 22 April
Novels and Films of the Inter-War Years 1918-1939
Saturday workshop 18 April 11am-4pmSUMMER FIELD TRIPS
Four field trips June 10, 17, 24, July 01 (tbc) Wednesday book via Whiteway Centre Rottingdean
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Written and produced by
DeadGood films
Written and produced by
Sarah Tobias & Valentina Lari
Directed by Valentina Lari
Directed by Valentina Lari
Music specially composed by glynne Cicada
More screenings soon
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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: many shops, some 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
Friends Centre
Brighton Junction, Isetta Square,35 New England Street, Brighton BN1 4GQ
Transport & Parking:
Brighton railway station nearby, buses stop in station, at end of Stroudley Road/Fleet Street and many buses in nearby London Road.
Car park behind London Road in Whitecross Street, another off New England Street.
No parking but area for disabled parking in front of main door- contact Centre first to arrange this.
Small cafe area
Friends Centre
Brighton Junction, Isetta Square,35 New England Street, Brighton BN1 4GQ
Transport & Parking:
Brighton railway station nearby, buses stop in station, at end of Stroudley Road/Fleet Street and many buses in nearby London Road.
Car park behind London Road in Whitecross Street, another off New England Street.
No parking but area for disabled parking in front of main door- contact Centre first to arrange this.
Refreshments and further information:
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.
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:
Shops, Co-op, public library in same road.
Few minutes walk to sea, beach and Marina or East Brighton Park
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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