History 1
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Last year we decided to do something a little different and try some social history. This was a slight worry to some members who were concerned that we would not be able to find enough material on our chosen topics. Quite the reverse! In the event we overran more often this year than ever before.
Our historical period was not strictly applied but we tried to stay fairly close to the nineteenth century. Each month we limited ourselves to one area of life. The areas that we chose were as follows:
• Capitalists
• Manual Workers
• Domestic Servants
• Population Movement, internal and external, and growth
• Transport
• Crime, Punishment and the “Poor”
• Agriculture and Fishing
• Sport, Clubs, Societies and Religion – ie what people did in their “leisure” time
Within each of these areas we each chose a topic as usual and made a little presentation lasting 10 minutes or so. As an example, “Transport” included railways, canals, horses and pushbikes amongst other things. Often the material was local and most of it referred mainly to Scotland but sometimes it was much more wide ranging as was the case with bikes.
Our next job is to decide on next year’s plan.