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ZOOM:
The Regency Cook, food historian Paul Couchman and social and cultural historian Sarah Tobias have lots of exciting courses and single events coming up this year. They're fun as well as informative!
A GRAND TOUR OF REGENCY INDULGENCE
Thursday 20 April 7-8.15pm
4 week course to follow later in year
Early bird discount £15 until 9 April £17.50 thereafter
COVID PRECAUTIONS: FACE COVERING MAY BE WORN IF YOU WISH IN CLASSROOMS AND PUBLIC AREAS. WINDOWS ARE KEPT OPEN, SANITIZERS FREELY AVAILABLE
PLEASE TEST AT HOME PRIOR TO ATTENDING CLASS, THOUGH NOT MANDATORY.
MET Courses are taught at MET Pelham Street unless otherwise stated
Tel 01273 667704 Admissions: admissions@gbmc.ac.uk
Taught at Pelham Street campus unless otherwise stated
Illusion & Reality: Late Victorian Britain 1865-1900
Improvements were made in housing, sanitation and hygiene. Boys and girls enjoyed the benefits of education, although for the working-class being in a paid job from a very early age was still more important for the family and its precarious finances. Railways created new economic and social relationships and opened up the country. Those in cities and towns could visit the countryside and seaside and rural folk could get a taste of London or other city life.
We also look at the role of women and the agitations of what was to become the Suffragette Movement, as well as the fortunes that could be made by working-class actresses and music hall stars marrying wealthy men. Philanthropic women were socially aware and active. One of the most interesting stories is that of wealthy Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts, known as “Queen of the poor” who, as well as supporting or being instigator of many good causes, founded Holly Village, the first example of a gated housing development.
6 weeks Monday 1.30-3.30pm Start 17 April
Ref: CL0028-1C Fee £82
Enrol: https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/history-victorians-brighton-metleisure
MET course taught at Whitehawk Inn Community Centre:
The Shaping of Early Victorian Britain (1837-1850)
A course for lovers of social and cultural history during the early Victorian era, which was a time of change and development, and the effects of the Industrial Revolution.
Much was happening in this period including reforms and a different way of thinking which brought about Factory Acts and observation of the needs of the poor. Working conditions were harsh and homes for the poor insanitary.
The family was central to peaceful harmony and the new middle-class norm was for separate spheres: women in the domestic sphere focussing on husband, family care and “good works”, while men were to be in the public sphere, including politics and commerce. Legally, women had almost no rights and were the property of their husbands.
We look at architecture and art, agricultural and urban developments, manufacturing and shops, industry and the arts, wealth and poverty, class structure and working conditions, as well as the lives of some of the people and characters that made up the social and cultural orb of early Victorian life.
Illustrated with powerpoint slideshows .
10 weeks Wednesday 1-3pm Start 19 April
Fee £30 (£20 Benefits) 1 additional space available
Enrol: https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/history-the-shaping-of-early-victorian-britain-met-leisure
ROTTINGDEAN WHITEWAY CENTRE,
Whiteway Lane, Rottingdean (Brighton) BN2 7HB
Nearby car park on seafront road. Buses stop on seafront outside White Horse Inn, and no. 2 in the High Street. Next to Grange Museum and tea garden
In the Shadow of the Century: Edwardian Britain 1900-1914
A short period of peace and prosperity before the First World War. Edwardians ‘saw themselves at the beginning of a new century of promise’ (A.J. Taylor).
The wealthy were extremely rich and the working-class were beginning to voice concerns. This was a time of struggle for women’s rights and the courage of the Suffragettes.
An interesting period of social, domestic and working life; elegance and luxury among the powerfully wealthy but also a period known for moral looseness. The respectable poor worked hard with little time off and there was abject poverty in many areas.
A lavish dinner party for the extravagant wealthy could cost £60, when a maid was paid £16 annually.
Illustrated with powerpoint slideshows, film and documentary.
5 weeks Tuesday 10.30am-12.30pm Start 25 April
Fee £43.50 Enquiries: enrolments@rwc.org.uk
Hop50 Cafe
Palmeira Square, Hove BN3 2FL (in the old church)
Talk
MAKING WAVES: A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE (actually)
Thursday 27 April 2-3pm
FREE (donation) No booking needed – just turn up (limited seating - get there early to secure a seat)!
Hop50cafe is a safe community space and cafe - enjoy lunch, a snack or tea/coffee before the talk
https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/adult-social-care-hub/health-and-adult-social-care-directory/hop-50
🌞 Summer in the City: exploring Brighton’s unique history
(including 3 Brighton field trips)
If you are interested in the distinctive history of Brighton and how it evolved, and enjoy walking through the city and discovering places you might not know, then you will enjoy this course comprising of two classroom sessions and three field trips.
We study the fascinating history of Brighton in two classroom sessions with a brief historical overview and looking at early maps. This will be followed by three field trips, getting to know our unique city, discovering lots of hidden gems and understanding how Brighton evolved from a small Georgian fishing town to the vibrant seaside resort of today.
Your tutor will guide you to further places of interest so that you can stroll around and familiarise yourself during summer, discovering additional hidden gems.
Be prepared to walk on each field trip for almost two hours; to wear suitable clothing for all weather and to bring water if it is hot.
Classroom sessions are illustrated with images, maps and powerpoint slides.
5 weeks Saturday Start 11am-1pm Start 29 April
Please note there will be no class 6 May due to coronation (course now finishes week later)
Ref: CL0027-1C Fee £71 FULL
Enrol: https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/history-exploring-brightons-history-metleisure
ZOOM:
The Regency Cook, food historian Paul Couchman and social and cultural historian Sarah Tobias have lots of exciting courses, and single events coming up this year. They're fun as well as informative!
FIT FOR A KING: CEREMONY AND FEASTING
Spectacular rituals and procedures performed at grand occasions and the food that was eaten. To honor the coronation of King Charles III.
A British coronation is a historic and religiously significant event filled with glorious pomp and ceremony.
We view the curious customs, long-held and complex traditions, lavish robes, resplendent regalia, glorious guests, dazzling jewels, and magnificent feasts of ages past to the present day.
Thursday 4 May 7-8.15pm
Further details and link will appear soon - declare an interest/reserve a place
Book via eventbrite: https://bit.ly/FitForAKing2023
Varndean College at The Church of the Holy Cross Hall, Downsway, Woodingdean (Brighton) BN2 6BD
(Buses 2, 2A, 22, 22A stop outside, car park across road outside library)
The Novel as Social History: Books for Summer Reading 🌞
Unique study session comprising literature and social and cultural history. Within the pages of the novel we discover more than a story - enthralling ‘other’ information about people, relationships, class and place.
We discuss books for summer reading from a selection of three novels with lots of background social and cultural history to be read before class.
A different, unusual, exciting way of reading and learning in a friendly, relaxed group. We also view extracts of one of the novels that was made into film.
You will be expected to participate in group discussion. Novels to be read:The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (1922), That Fortnight in September by R.C. Sheriff (1931), One Fine Day by Mollie Panter-Downes (1947-set one summer’s day 1946) Please request the reading list well in advance from the tutor : SARAH.TOBIAS@gbmc.ac.uk.
SATURDAY 10 JUNE 11am-3pm
Ref: CL0067-1C Fee £30 4 places remaining
Enrol: https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/history-summer-reading-met-leisure
BRIGHTON ROCK AT THE WEST PIER
Another exciting and unusual study day at the West Pier Centre
We study social, cultural, local and seaside pier history, characters and events within Graham Greene’s 1930s novel, set a decade on from Patrick Hamilton’s West Pier, showing the seedier side of life in the town, slums and racecourse razor gangs.
In the 1930s it cost 4d -about 2p- to hire a beach deckchair, in 2023 it is £4!
July
Further booking link will be here soon
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2023-24 COURSES AND EVENTS COMING SOON....
HERITAGE OPEN DOOR SATURDAY 9 SEPTEMBER FREE EVENT
Sarah Tobias will be guiding her famous Great Cemetery Tour. (Books out immediately it's listed)
HERITAGE OPEN DOOR SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER FREE EVENT
The Regency Cook Paul Couchman and social and cultural historian Sarah Tobias will present an entertaining event on social history and food with powerpoint and food demonstrations either at the Regency Town House in Hove or on zoom (or both) Sunday 10 September
Further details to follow later in year
ZOOM:
The Regency Cook, food historian Paul Couchman and social and cultural historian Sarah Tobias will be repeating their interesting and entertaining courses.
THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT: A HALLOWEEN HAPPENING
Tuesday 31 October 7-8.15pm
HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS, FEASTING AND FOOD
Wednesday 22, 29 November, 6, 13 December
TWELFTH NIGHT REVELRY, FUN AND FOOD
5 January 2024 7-.8.15pm (very popular 2023)
Further details and links will appear soon later in year - declare an interest/reserve a place
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Sarah Tobias MA, BA Hons, Dip Eur Hum
103-105 King's Road Arches, Brighton, BN1 2FN
