About this event
Sussex Lost and Found: Working Lives across the Centuries
10am-4.30pm £40 (evening event included)
By purchasing this ticket you are entitled to one FREE ticket to the evening event "Sussex Songs of Sea, Seasons and Revolt". You MUST book both tickets at the same time; the evening event will be automatically discounted in the cart.
This whole day event of social history is a new venture exploring various aspects which have impacted the lives of ordinary people in Sussex from medieval times to the start of the twentieth century.
Led by Dr Clive Webb, Professor of Modern American History, University of Sussex and David Johnson, Vice-Chair Sussex CPRE, the Countryside Charity, the day has been organised in partnership with the many speakers and organisations listed below, it is hoped this will be first of more events encouraging us all to become “citizen historians”, understanding the place we live in and how it has been shaped.
There is also an evening event of Sussex folk songs which is free for those attending the day programme, but please apply for your ticket at the time of booking.
10am Welcome to morning session: David Johnson
10.10am The Past is Here and Underfoot: Dr Alexandra Harris, author of The Rising Down
10.35am Becoming a Citizen Historian: Wendy Walker and Alexandra Harris
11.05am The Wealden Iron Industry: Jeremy Hodgkinson
11.40am Industrial Landscapes: Jeremy Hodgkinson with Dr Clive Webb
12noon Rivers, Ports and Seaborne attacks: Dr Ann Coats and Dr Geoffrey Mead
12.45pm Lunch break Afternoon Chair Dr Clive Webb
1.30pm Sussex by the time of Elizabeth I: Dr John Kay
2pm Emigration and Rural Poverty: Dr Danae Tankard
2.45 ‘We Wun’t Be Druv’ – Rebellions and Riots: Chris Hare
3.40 Sussex Topsy Turvey: Panel discussion
4.20 Conclusions: Clive Webb and David Johnson
4.30pm finish
