In recent years our Day Schools have covered - Enclosure,
- Old Poor Law,
- How to Read a Church,
- Yesterday's News, Today's History,
- Wiltshire Wills Workshop,
- Oral History,
- Societies' Millennium Projects,
And topics for the Autumn Conference have been
- Historic Gardens,
- Law & Order,
- Literary Figures in Wiltshire,
- Rural Life and Agriculture,
- Dissent and Revolt,
- Carrying On ...,
- Changes in Leisure,
- Medicine,
- Education,
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In October 2006 we were delighted to have Mick Ashton, John Chandler, James Clark, and Graham Brown talking on Monasteries in the Landscape.
The 2007 Day School was held at Devizes Museum where we were introduced to the WANHS Library Collections which are a hugely rich source for local historians in the county.
On 6 October 2007 our Conference looked at the interpretation of
historic houses, and was held at Bromham in the village Social Centre. For 'Stately Homes Revisited' we were delighted to welcome four eminent speakers to our programme. Three of them examined contrasting large houses and estates, and one explored the relationships between stately homes and slavery, a very topical issue for 2007. As usual there was time for questions and discussion.
The 2008 Spring Day School was held at the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre in Chippenham when we explored the rich resources available there for local historians.
Our successful 2008 Autumn Open Day on the fascinating subject of music and local history took place on 4 October.
The 2009 Spring Day School in April was on those essential resources for local historians - maps.
The Autumn Conference on Saturday 3 October used the newly refurbished meetings facilities at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum in
Devizes.Wiltshire's Urban History was discussed by speakers James Lee, Ken Rogers, Lorna Haycock and Ivor Slocombe.
Please put Saturday 10 April in your diaries for the 2010 Spring Day School on SOCIETIES IN ACTION, when we will be back at Bromham. The 2010 Autumn event will be on Saturday 2 October.
Booking forms will be circulated to members in advance of each event. Where numbers are restricted, members of the Forum (or of member societies) are given preference. Enquiries should be addressed to WLHF (Events) Tanglewood, Laverstock Park, Salisbury SP1 1QJ.
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