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The Swansea Branch Chronicle 8
Branch Publication
This edition features articles on the following:From the EditorContentsAn (ex) Chairman Reflects - Dr John Law‘O Canada' - Professor Ralph GriffithsDid the Swinging 60s Reach Wales? Anthea SymondsMatters on the Move - Dr Robert McCloyWe are All Equal Here - Ian SmithThe Sixties? Alun RichardsOn the Road Again - Rod...
The Swansea Branch Chronicle 8
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The Swansea Branch Chronicle 7
Branch Publication
This edition features articles on the following:From the EditorA Deeper Unrest, Richard NyeA Great War Swansea Pot Pourri, Bernard LewisThe Crimson Shadow of Mametz Wood, Giles ReesGeorge Arthur EvansHedd WynAs it Looked to Me; France and Belgium 1917, John LawThere Were Hundreds of Us in the Queue Trying to Enlist,...
The Swansea Branch Chronicle 7
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The Swansea Branch Chronicle 6
Branch Publication
This edition features articles on the following:Margaret McCloy - Letter from the EditorAndrew Green - Wales Coast PathCopper Ore Barques SponsorsMark Williams - The Falkland IslandsTrevor Fishlock - AfghanistanEna Niedergang - Griffith John and WuhanRobert Leonard - Peripatetic PottersJohn Ashley - Ethiopian TravelsSid Kidwell - Edgar EvansDr Fred Cowley -...
The Swansea Branch Chronicle 6
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The Swansea Branch Chronicle 5
Branch Publication
This edition features articles on the following:From the EditorEgyptian Daily Life, Karmen ThomasBes, a Friendly Demon, C. Brown-ThomasDreams & Nightmares, K SzpakowskaCunning Greeks, Evelien BraqueUp the Greek, Peter ReadMargam Stones, M. HumphriesOlympic Games, Maria StanleyWhite Rock, John AshleyEtceteraBranch Programme and Membership
The Swansea Branch Chronicle 5
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The Swansea Branch Chronicle 4
Branch Publication
This edition features articles on the following:From the EditorNineteenth Century FactsThe Cry for Meaning, Richard NyeThe Nineteenth CenturyThe Merthyr Rising, Steffan ap-DaffydPembrokeshire Slate in the 19th Century, Alan John RichardsAnn of Swansea, Caroline FranklinBook Review, Neath Antiquarian Volume 2Stalin, Hitler and Mr JonesLetter and Book ReviewRobert Burns 1759 - 1796,...
The Swansea Branch Chronicle 4
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The Swansea Branch Chronicle 3
Branch Publication
This edition features the following articles:Presidential LectureMemories of ChristmasONE Present!Staffordshire FiguresA Strange ChristmasItalian ChristmasesBurns NightWhite RockBook Reviews
The Swansea Branch Chronicle 3
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The Swansea Branch Chronicle 2
Branch Publication
This edition features articles on the following:William RoscoeSwansea CastleWelsh BibleSt Melangell The Medieval ChurchMedieval hugher EducationDid Richard III kill Abraham Lincoln?
The Swansea Branch Chronicle 2
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The Swansea Branch Chronicle 1
Branch Publication
Here it comes, hot off the press, 12 pages with a black and white cover, Chronicle No 1 Spring 2013. The first quarterly magazine of the HA Swansea and South Wales branch. Not realising that, in time, this would become almost a full time job, I had put my hand...
The Swansea Branch Chronicle 1
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Puritan attitudes towards plays and pleasure in the Age of Shakespeare
Presidential Lecture - Annual Conference 2014
In Twelfth Night Shakespeare gently mocked the Puritans, who objected to stage plays and other entertainments. Yet within four decades, the Puritans had closed the London theatres and were about to seize power from Charles I. Among their many reforms were the banning of Christmas celebrations and of Twelfth Night itself....
Puritan attitudes towards plays and pleasure in the Age of Shakespeare
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Lincoln Branch Programme
Article
Branch contact All enquiries to Dr Sarah Longair slongair@lincoln.ac.uk
Venue: All talks start at 6.15 on the dates below in Minerva Building, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, LN6 7TS. The University car parks can be used from 6pm as pay and display. Refreshments will be served from 5.45.
Associate membership...
Lincoln Branch Programme
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HA Branches in the East Midlands
Branch details by region
Leicester Branch
Joint programme with Northampton Branch
Leicester Chair: Annabelle Larsen leicesterha@gmail.com
(Northampton Chair: David Waller david@davidwaller.org.uk)
Most talks will be on the second Tuesday of the month, 18.00-19.30.
Leicester branch programme
Lincoln Branch
Branch contact: enquiries to Dr Sarah Longair slongair@lincoln.ac.uk
Venue: All talks start at 6.15pm and take place at the Brayford Pool Campus...
HA Branches in the East Midlands
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HA Branches in London
Branch details by region
See also Branches in the South East
Central London Branch
For all enquires and for events where pre-booking is required, please contact:
Jill Kilsby MA, MBA, 8 Purley Oaks Road, Sanderstead, Surrey, CR2 ONP
Email: jillkilsby2012@live.co.uk | Tel: 07957 627783
Lectures start at 2pm on Saturdays at St. Anne’s Church, 55 Dean...
HA Branches in London
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Prehistoric Bristol
Classic Pamphlet
This period is represented in the valley of the Bristol Avon by the Acheulian industries, named from the type station of St. Acheul in the Somme valley, which has yielded many ovate and pear-shaped hand-axes characteristic of the period. These industries flourished during the very long Second Interglacial phase, a...
Prehistoric Bristol
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Joan of Arc: Woman Warrior, Witch
Branch Podcast
In 2011 Professor Anne Curry, President of the Historical Association, gave a lecture on Joan of Arc to the Swansea Branch. This is a podcast of that lecture.
Joan of Arc: Woman Warrior, Witch
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Lloyd George and Leadership: the Influences of Mr Gladstone and Abraham Lincoln
Branch Podcast
On 26 November 2010, 4pm, at the National Waterfront Museum, the Swansea Branch Anniversary Lecture was delivered by Kenneth O Morgan (Baron Morgan of Aberdyfi in the County of Gwynedd) on ‘Lloyd George and Leadership: the Influences of Mr Gladstone and Abraham Lincoln'.
Lloyd George and Leadership: the Influences of Mr Gladstone and Abraham Lincoln
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Contact your branch
Information
Bath
Mr M Short
01225 812 945
mikeshort20@btinternet.com
Beckenham & Bromley
Mrs A Wagstaff
020 8777 7742
BeckenhamHA@uclmail.net
Bolton
Ms Melissa Wright
07912 369060
MWright@boltonschool.org
Bournemouth
Dr R Hill
0300 100 0223
suzannah.stern@history.org.uk
Bristol
Ms M Feerick
0117 9442896
maryfeerick58@gmail.com
Buckinghamshire
Terry Bloxham
01296 708926
secretarybucksha@gmail.com
Cambridge
Dr Sean Lang...
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Cardiff Branch Programme
Article
Cardiff Branch Programme 2026-27 is coming soon
All enquiries to Professor Peter Edbury Edbury@cardiff.ac.uk
Cardiff Branch Programme
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Northampton Branch Programme
Article
Leicester & Northampton Branches Joint Programme of Online Talks & Activities 2026-27
All talks are online and take place at 6pm-7.30pm. Booking is through Eventbrite.
Entry is free of charge.
All enquiries for Leicester Branch: Dr Alex Bryne. alexander.bryne@dmu.ac.uk
All enquiries for Northampton Branch: Professor Matthew McCormack. Matthew.McCormack@northampton.ac.uk
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Northampton Branch Programme
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Chichester Branch Programme
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All enquiries to Mr Alex Bristow alexjbristow@outlook.com tel 01903 505554
Meetings start at 7.30pm (except Saturday at 2.30pm) at Friends Meeting House, Priory Road, Chichester PO19 1NX
Associate membership £20 per year (£30 for couples) visitors £5. Free for full HA members.
Chichester Branch Programme 2026-7
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Chichester Branch Programme
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Cambridge Branch Programme
Article
Cambridge Branch Programme
Enquiries to Branch President Dr Sean Lang sf_lang@hotmail.com
Awaiting Programme for 2026-7
Cambridge Branch Programme
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Mid-Trent Branch Programme
Article
All enquiries to Trevor James on 01543-258434 (trevorjamescroydon@gmail.com) or Sylvia Clifford on 01283-536250
Mid-Trent Programme 2026 - 27 is coming soon
Mid-Trent Branch Programme
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Hertfordshire Branch Programme
Article
Branch contact: All enquiries to Jan Picken janpicken@cantab.net or tel. 07786 044952
Venue: Meetings are held at the Backhouse Room, 116 Handside Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL8 6SZ on Saturdays at 3pm
Associate membership £15 per season. Meetings free to national HA members, visitors £3.
Hertfordshire Branch Programme 2026-7...
Hertfordshire Branch Programme
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Oxford Branch Programme
Article
For any further information, please contact Dr Vivienne Larminie, branch secretary, email vivienne.larminie@history.ox.ac.uk
HA members free, non-members £2 per meeting. Annual associate membership £10 individual, £15 joint (living at same address), full-time students under 30, £6. School groups £10 per group.
Oxford Branch Programme 2026-27 coming soon
Oxford Branch Programme
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Norfolk & Norwich Branch Programme
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Branch contact All enquiries to Mr Simon Kinder (Secretary) via email: norwichha@gmail.com
Venues: This varies. Our main venue is currently The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF. We are also exploring links with the UEA. In both cases, car parks are close to the venue.
Associate membership £20...
Norfolk & Norwich Branch Programme
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Exeter & District Branch Programme
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Awaiting new programme for 2026-27
Exeter & District Branch Programme
