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Future Meetings
The 2009 Annual Conference. Call for papers.
Boulie Hoops, mischief, mines & mills. The outlook for children in 19th Century Britain?
Saturday 23 May 2009 at the Institute of Historical Research, London.The core theme is the "Outlook for children in the 19 Century", a theme that embraces children at play, at work and for some unfortunate children, mortality. How did children play in the 19th century? What were the differences in play between the social classes? Was child play geared to prepare children for work? Poverty was endemic, some children were "boarded out" whilst infant mortality remained a subject for concern. In the early 19th century parliament passed laws to curtail child labour but children continued to work well into the century. So prospects for children varied greatly on their route from birth, through childhood toward adolescence.
The 2009 FACHRS Annual Conference hopes to explore these topics and stimulate debate surrounding the era that was subsequently perceived as an era of high moral standards that some would have return.
This energetic conference will be held on the Saturday of a Bank Holiday weekend so that delegates may derive maximum benefit with the possibility of a 'stop-over' during their trip to London.If you wish to offer a paper please contact the conference Organiser, Janet Cummner at
Prior Meetings
The 2008 Annual Conference
was held in Aspley Guise, Nr Milton Keynes on the 10th May 2008Housing the Poor was the theme for the conference read more
Upstairs, Downstairs: The community of the Country House.
The 2007 Annual Conference was held on 12 May 2007 at the Priory Street Centre, York
The focus for annual conference is Upstairs, Downstairs: The community of the Country House.
Conference 2006:
Details of the 2006 Annual Conference
Conference 2005 held 21 May 2005
The Federation of Family History Societies 30th Anniversary
The year 2004 marked the 30th anniversary of the FFHS and to celebrate the occasion the FFHS sponsored a conference in Loughborough from the 26 - 31 August 2004. By invitation FACHRS provided four speakers covering a wide variety of topics.
2004 Conference was held on 15 May 2004.. at the Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester,
"The Family and Community Historical Research Society's Annual Conference and AGM took place on Saturday, 15th May 2004. Hosted by the Centre for Local History at Leicester University, the theme of this year's conference was Transport. Professor Colin Divall from the Institute of Railway Studies and Transport provided this year's "keynote" presentation, focusing on transport from 1900-1939. FACHRS members who contributed research to national projects that supported and enhanced academic work was showcased at the meeting. Dr Trevor Hill contributed a paper on his work on the change in transport from packhorse to railway. Mike Beech presented on his work with the Foxton Inclined Plane Trust and canal preservation. Cynthia Brown, from the East Midlands Oral History Archive, provided information about the sources available from the archive, with particular emphasis on Transport.
A conference report was published in the mid-year Newsletter and may also be accessed in the Members Community.
Annual Conference May 2003
Annual Conference 13 April 2002
The 2002 Annual Conference & AGM took place at the Birmingham and Midland Institute on Saturday 13th April.The theme of the event was "By Schism Rent Asunder" a review of religious activity during the 19th century. A conference report was published in the August 2002 Newsletter. Photographs from the sessions may be viewed on line if you have a Flash Plug-in to your Internet Browser.
Talking History! Saturday 17 November 2001
The second event organised in the East Midlands was a conference on Oral History hosted by the East Midlands Oral History Archive at the University of Leicester.
Annual Conference 5 May 2001
The 2001 Annual Conference & AGM took place at the Berrill Lecture Theatre, The Open University, Milton Keynes, BuckinghamshireThe theme of the event was "Beer and Skittles", to view the schedule and most recent information, or view the conference location map,
Annual Conference 2000 15 April 2000
The 2000 Annual Conference took place on Saturday 15 April and the event was a great success with outstanding presentations from all speakers.
On this page are just a few of the highlights!
Note this page is rich in photographs and will take some 15 - 20 seconds before you can view all the photographs.
Hosiery Past & Present 11 November 2000
A special meeting hosted by the East Midlands Branch of FACHRS at Hinckley Museum. The agenda included oral and documented histories of the Hosiery Industry.
