(Buses 2, 2A, 22, 22A stop outside, car park across road outside library)
Life, Work and Leisure in Late Victorian Britain (1865-1895)
The long Victorian period was one of complete contrasts, especially during the latter part of the century. We study progress and change in domestic and working life, leisure and the arts and look at various transforming revolutions which impacted on society, including advances in technology and the electrical revolution of 1870.
Illustrated with colourful powerpoint slideshows.
6 weeks Monday 10.00 – 12.00 Start 15 May Code: Z689 Fee £75 CONCESSIONS AVAILABLE INCLUDING OVER 65s
Enrol by phone 01273 546604
https://varndean.ac.uk/courses/adult/224/
HAPPY SUMMER
------------------------------------------------------------- 2023-24 COURSES AND EVENTS COMING SOON....
HERITAGE OPEN DOOR SATURDAY 9 SEPTEMBER FREE EVENT
Brighton & Hove Open Door 2023 Heritage Open Days (8-19 September 2023)
England’s largest grass roots heritage festival involving over 40,000 volunteers and 5,000 events. A chance to see hidden places and try new experiences – all of which are FREE
Sarah Tobias will be guiding her famous
THE GREAT CEMETERY TOUR
(Books out immediately it's listed)
Woodvale Crematorium (cemetery) and Extra-Mural Cemetery
Brighton, BN2 3QB
Guided tour
More than gravestones.
Beautiful, grounds, full of trees and winding pathways; monuments, statues, symbolism and chapels as well as the grave in a glade of Thomas Highflyer the rescued 12 year old slave boy.
Saturday 9 September 11am -1pm £Free. Pre-booking only. Limited to 30 places
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 via zoom
BREAKFAST IN A REGENCY TOWN HOUSE: ABOVE AND BELOW STAIRS
Sunday 10 September 11-11.40am
(Paid zoom event of longer duration will follow later in year, date tbc)
An exciting and unusual event!
"Really enjoyable, thanks for a lovely day" - same event 12 July 2022
"Thank you so much for a delightful day; I really enjoyed it" 11 April 2023
"I found it very interesting and learnt a lot" 11 April 2023
Study day at the West Pier Centre, Brighton
(Lower prom by sea, opposite West Pier ruins)
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Patrick Hamilton’s “The West Pier” .
.We study social, cultural, local and West Per history, characters and events within Patrick Hamilton’s excellent novel set in 1920s Brighton.
Morning session will be followed by a short seafront tour. After lunch there is an illustrated powerpoint slideshow showing the history of Brighton and its people in the 1920s, as well as life on the seafront and history of the West Pier.
You'll be greeted with tea, coffee or cold drink and biscuits. Bring a packed lunch to eat on the beach or forecourt. There are many nearby cafes. You may like to visit the Metropole Hotel for cocktails (mentioned in the novel) after the session.
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Please read the short novel before the session.
Lecturer and guide Sarah Tobias is ex-West Pier tour guide
Tuesday 24 October (half-term 2023) 11am-3pm
Places are limited to twelve Fee £28 (+ booking fee, £29.76)
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
Gorgeous Georgians: Life in 18th Century England We study the elegant magnificence of the buildings and stunningly lavish life of a small handful of society, contrasted with the devastatingly poor members of the lower class who lived in abject poverty, and the grim goings-on of the underworld of pickpockets, prostitutes, thieves, gamblers and gin-drinkers - of all classes!
Not only a time of intrigue, debt and excess but also many interesting and colourful personalities - men and women who wrote, painted, sculpted, made beautiful gold, silver, glass or pottery; dressed in the extremes of fashion, were witty or worthless, talented and intellectual, but never dull. A hugely fascinating period.
Illustrated with powerpoint slideshows.
10 weeks Tuesday 10.30-12.30 Start Tuesday 19 September 2023
Enrolment opens August
ZOOM:
The Regency Cook, food historian Paul Couchman and social and cultural historian Sarah Tobias will be repeating their intformative 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
Fascinating
history and food from Medieval to 20c
Wednesday
22, 29 November, 6, 13 December
TWELFTH NIGHT REVELRY, FUN AND FOOD
5 January 2024 7-.8.15pm (very popular 2023)
LOVE AND LOATHING : AN ALTERNATIVE ST VALENTINE'S
14 January 2024
Further details and links will appear soon later in year - declare an interest/reserve a place:
paul.g.couchman@gmail.com
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ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES AUTUMN 2023-SUMMER 2024 WILL OPEN FOR BOOKING LATE JUNE.
ALL DETAILS HERE AND HISTORY COURSES AT MET COLLEGE, BRIGHTON, HERE: https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/history-part-time-brighton.
NO HOMEWORK IS REQUIRED AND THE CLASSES ARE RELAXED AND FUN AS WELL AS INFORMATIVE.
SOME CLASSES FILL UP QUICKLY, SO EARLY BOOKING ADVISED.
Look forward to seeing you
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Sarah Tobias MA, BA Hons, Dip Eur Hum
(Former associate tutor at Sussex University)
Entertaining lecturer in social, cultural and local (Brighton, Sussex, UK) history.
Contact me for talks/guided walks/visits for groups, clubs, societies.
Current list of 30+ topics
Also contact me for poetry readings and narrations.
More information about me, my subjects, research and contact:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-tobias-0318943a?trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile
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Courses -Venue Addresses, transport and refreshments
Brighton Metropolitan College MET (formerly City College)
Pelham Street, Brighton BN1 4FA
Behind York Place & London Road, turn up Cheapside – Aldi supermarket on corner. Or, turn left in Trafalgar St walking down from Station.
Nearby car park, about 5 minutes walk.
Railway station few minutes walk
Refreshments and further information:
College canteen. Tea and coffee bar on balcony of Main Building. Vending machine.
Coffee shops, small cafés and public houses in nearby London Road
London Road and Trafalgar Street: many shops, some banks and supermarkets
Whitehawk Inn Community Centre
Whitehawk Road Brighton, BN2 3NS
Buses stop nearby and some outside venue
Metered street car parking
Shops, Co-op, public library in same road.
Few minutes walk to sea, beach and Marina or East Brighton Park
Holy Cross Church Hall, Woodingdean
Warren Road, Brighton, BN2 6ND
Car park outside Library and Community Centre over the road, opposite church hall. Bus nos 2, 22, 22A stop nearby.
Refreshments:
Tea-making facilities in hall. Small cafes nearby. Downs Hotel almost next door serves tea, coffee and refreshments at bar and has outside area.
Woodingdean public library over the road. Shops, Co-op, dry cleaners nearby
Rottingdean Whiteway Centre
Whiteway Lane, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7HB
Transport & Parking:
Very small car park outside, some nearby parking in side streets, car parks on main sea road (few mins walk). Bus nos 2, 22, 22A stop nearby, Bus nos 12, 12A, 12X, 27C, 47 stop by the White Horse Hotel on the seafront - short walk.
Refreshments:
Tea-making facilities in hall. Small cafes nearby and in Museum tea garden next door during summer.
Rottingdean public library and museum next door (opening times vary). Shops and Co-op in the High Street. Post office. Several historic public houses, village pond, windmill (not generally open), Grade II listed 1300s St Margaret's Church, accessible downland and a few minutes from the sea and beach.
Preston Drove, Brighton BN1 6SD
Situated end of Preston Park.
Free parking outside and in adjacent street.
No cafe. Refreshments provided by staff
Delicatessen cafe and public houses opposite and in Preston Drove. Chalet restaurant in park.
13 Brunswick Square, Hove, BN3 1EH
Buses stop at the top of Brunswick square in Western Road
Lots of shops and cafes in Western Road. Seafront is about 2 minutes walk
The West Pier Centre
103-105 King's Road Arches, Brighton, BN1 2FN
Nearby car parks - Regency Square. Buses stop in Western Road and walk down.
Wine or cool drink provided
Situated on the lower prom and seafront. Various shops and lots of cafes and restaurants. Hotels on upper level over the road. Western Road and popular streets of Brighton with many shops and cafes are 10-20 minutes walk
Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH
Campus located in the South Downs National Park
Buses and rail nearby into town and elsewhere
Cafes and restaurants on campus.
Co-op, pharmacy, books and stationery shops
Data Protection: No personal data collected or stored.
Another exciting and unusual study day at the West Pier Centre
Varndean College at The Church of the Holy Cross Hall, Downsway, Woodingdean (Brighton) BN2 6BD 
