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Talks and events
Swing Riots – Stories from Hampshire. A talk by Jane Harris, Customer and Archives Manager at Hampshire Record Office
Wednesday 21 January 5.30pm to 6.45pm on Zoom
The talk discusses what led to the Swing Riots, how it swept across the county of Hampshire, and its aftermath. Particular attention is given to what happened in and around central Hampshire as rich archival sources survive from those who were involved in the disturbances.
- Tickets: £6.
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- Once payment has been received you will be sent the Zoom joining information shortly, or next working day if booked in the evening/weekend.
- Subtitles included. A recording will be sent the following day for you to download and keep.
Terrific Transport - Free Drop-in Family Activities
Tuesday 17 to Thursday 19 February, 9.30am to 5pm at ßÙßÇÂþ» History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, GU21 6ND
Exhibitions and displays
We regularly showcase free exhibitions and displays inspired by our collection in our foyer. We also host external displays by groups and organisations and would welcome any displays with a ßÙßÇÂþ» history connection. If you would like to exhibit at ßÙßÇÂþ» History Centre please contact us.
Recorded talks to purchase
If you missed one of our online talks, why not purchase the talk recording to view in your own time?
The talks available are:
- A Burden on the Parish: sources for the history of Poor Relief in ßÙßÇÂþ»
- A 'Great' amongst Victorian Architects? Royal Holloway's W H Crossland
- A Snark Celebration: celebrating the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll's poem 'The Hunting of the Snark'
- Aladdin's Cave: Some Major Family and Estate Archives in ßÙßÇÂþ» History Centre
- Artists, Antiquaries and Collectors: illustrations of Georgian ßÙßÇÂþ» collected by Robert Barclay of Bury Hill, Dorking, circa.1800 to 1825
- Bananas: How a ßÙßÇÂþ» Garden Played a Pivotal Role in the History of the World's Favourite Fruit
- Beginning your Family History
- Behind the Scenes in Conservation - Arsenic and Old Lace
- Behind the Scenes in Conservation - repairing posters, maps and plans
- Behind the Scenes in Conservation - Tithe Maps
- Bombs, Aircraft, Doodlebugs and More; They All Fell on ßÙßÇÂþ»
- Corsets and Cameras
- Celebrating R C Sherriff
- Fashion and Folly
- From Patient to Professor
- From Punishment to Pride: LGBTQ+ archives at ßÙßÇÂþ» History Centre
- Gertrude Jekyll, Gardener and Craftswoman
- In the Shadow of the Great War: ßÙßÇÂþ» 1914 to 1918
- James Henry Pullen (1835 to 1916) and the Royal Earlswood Asylum for Idiots, Redhill
- John Evelyn in ßÙßÇÂþ»
- Land of my Father's Fathers: Tracing your Welsh Ancestors
- Let the Road Rise to Meet You: Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
- Life and Labour in a County Village - or learn to love your Ag Labs!
- Magna Carta, Runnymede and all that
- Maps for Family Historians
- 'Michael Field' in Reigate: Queer Women Writers and ßÙßÇÂþ» in the 1890s
- Netherne circa 1955: A ßÙßÇÂþ» Psychiatric Hospital in Focus
- Oliver House: The story of a 16th century cottage
- Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Sources for the History of ßÙßÇÂþ»'s Mental Hospitals, 1700 to circa.1990
- Picturing the Patient: Photography in ßÙßÇÂþ» Hospitals, 1850-1960
- Planting Ideas: Sources for the History of Gardening in ßÙßÇÂþ».
- Portrait of a ßÙßÇÂþ» Town between the Wars: the photographic archive of Sidney Francis
- Reflections on the Lewis Carroll archives, on the 150th anniversary of 'Alice through the Looking Glass'
- Researching in Archives
- Richard III: A Drama in Three Acts
- Schools of Thought: Education Records for Family Historians
- Sir William More of Loseley
- ßÙßÇÂþ» Writers
- Terror from the sky: mapping air raids on ßÙßÇÂþ» in World War Two
- The afterlives of executed bodies from Kennington Common
- The Book That Changed My Life
- The Changing Face of Nursing: Black Nurses in ßÙßÇÂþ» Hospitals
- The Gentleman's Magazine: A Panorama of Georgian ßÙßÇÂþ» for Family and Local Historians
- The Most Wretched Man in the World: The Life and Loves of the 5th Viscount Midleton
- The Princess Mary Village Homes in the Twentieth Century
- The Portable Antiquities Scheme in ßÙßÇÂþ»
- This Side of the Looking Glass: Archives from the Real Life of Lewis Carroll
- To the Manor Born: An Introduction to Manorial Records for Family Historians
- Virtual Tour Behind the Scenes at ßÙßÇÂþ» History Centre
- What did you do after the war, Grandad? – 1918 to 1925: de-mob, jobs, pensions, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the British Legion
- Where There's a Will
- Who Do You Think They Were? Discovering the lives and experiences of our ancestors
Most talk descriptions can be found on our Talks and Tours page. Each talk consists of a 45 minute to an hour illustrated presentation followed by questions asked during the live talk. You can also email us with any questions you may have after the talk and we will pass them on to the speaker to answer. Price £6. To purchase a recording please visit the . Please note talks may contain references to historical legal terminology, sexual practices and crimes, used in the historical context but which some viewers may find offensive.
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