The main stay of the Society's activities is the series of talks by invited speakers. Although these are always well received, it would be great if members could also do some research and share some local history. The recent study on Tilstone Fearnall school was a success.
We propose that that we look at the changing face of our neighbourhood. It is surprising how many changes have occurred over the past few decades. New by-passes, housing developments, and schools have arrived. Pubs, post offices, chapels, and businesses have disappeared. Even the street furniture has changed.
We feel it is important to capture these changes, both by recording what is here now and by capturing people's memories. Future historians will struggle if they have no records.
Can we start this project in an informal way by asking members to choose some topics and to gather information. The use of modern technology, eg our weblog and the 'cloud', allows us to store and share documents and photographs. We have added an extra page to this weblog to record our findings.
We will launch this initiative at the October meeting, we will follow the progress of this project throughout the year and have a presentation at the AGM in May.
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