Category: Social history AudioRadicalism and unrestFriday 21 November 2008From the early trade unions of the 18th century, through to the Luddites and...VideoGod’s Wonderful Railway – British Sign Language videoFriday 14 November 2008Find out how the development of the railways transformed the landscape of Great Britain...AudioGod’s Wonderful RailwayFriday 14 November 2008Find out how the development of the railways transformed the landscape of Great Britain...VideoThe parish: administration and records – British Sign Language videoFriday 7 November 2008For hundreds of years the parish was the most important unit of local government....AudioThe parish: administration and recordsFriday 7 November 2008For hundreds of years the parish was the most important unit of local government....AudioCustoms and Excise service recordsThursday 30 October 2008Everyone hates taxes! Find out what Dr Johnson thought of them in this talk...AudioRailway staff recordsThursday 2 October 2008Historian Bruno Derrick offers guidance on how to trace ancestors who worked on the...AudioDivorce records after 1858Thursday 4 September 2008An in-depth and light-hearted look into divorce records, put in context by an introduction...AudioSecurity Service file release August 2008Sunday 31 August 2008Over 150 Security Service files dating from around the time of the Second World...AudioThe ‘Fleet Registers’ or irregular marriage registers of 17th and 18th century LondonThursday 28 August 2008More than 200,000 clandestine or irregular marriages were performed in London between 1667 and...AudioSolving census problemsThursday 10 July 2008David Annal takes a practical approach to overcoming the most common problems faced by...VideoUFO file release May 2008 – Part 1 (audio with slides)Saturday 31 May 2008Dr David Clarke, UFOlogist and senior lecturer in journalism at Sheffield Hallam University, talks... « 1 … 20 21 22 23 24 … 31 »