"History is not just something that happened long
ago and far away. History happens to all of us, all
the time. Local history brings history home”
Thomas J. Noel, historian
Local History Conference
CCCU & Folkestone School for Girls
Wednesday 20th June 2012
Programme
Programme of talks and workshops
Speaker
Topic
Timing
Tea / Coffee on arrival from 10:15am
Chris Higgins, Director of
Learning, History, FSG & Mary
Woolley, Senior Lecturer in
History Education, CCCU
Welcome to the day
10:30
Marion Green
Education Officer, Canterbury
Archaeological Trust
Discoveries from the Roman
Villa at East Cliff
10:30-11:00AM
Handling Kits for schools
Dr Lesley Hardy, A Town
Unearthed Programme Director
A Town Unearthed: the work
of the project and future
projects
11:00-11:30 PM
Michael Stainer, Grand Hotel,
Folkestone
The Grand and its place in
Folkestone’s history
11:45-12:15PM
Lynda Pearce, Oral Historian
and Project Manager for Town
Unearthed
Oral history ideas
12:30-1:00PM
Local Kentish recipes – food and recipes for you to savour with your pupils!
Christine & Michael George
authors of ‘Dover & Folkestone
During the Great War’
Ian Coulson - author freelance
history advisor, President of
Kent Archaeological Society
Step-Short: Folkestone & the
Great War
1:30-2:00PM
Local history projects for your
classroom
2:15-3:30
Links
Archaeology
A Town Unearthed: http://www.atownunearthed.co.uk/
Canterbury Archaeological Trust: http://www.canterburytrust.co.uk/
Kent Archaeological Society: http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/
Local History Groups
Dymchurch Heritage Group: http://www.dymchurchheritagegroup.co.uk/
Folkestone History, archive and news website: http://www.folkestonehistory.org/
Folkestone and District Family History Society: http://folkfhs.org.uk/
Kent Archives, online catalogue: http://www.kentarchives.org.uk/Calmview/
Kent Family History Society: http://www.kfhs.org.uk/
Local History Online: http://www.local-history.co.uk/index.html
Town Unearthed, Folkestone archaeology project: http://www.atownunearthed.co.uk/
Sandgate Society: http://sandgate-kent.org.uk/
Museums
Historic Dockyard Chatham: http://www.thedockyard.co.uk/Plan_Your_Day
Canterbury Museums (Heritage Museum, Roman Museum, Westgate Towers):
http://www.canterbury.co.uk/
Dover Museum: http://www.doverdc.co.uk/museum.aspx
Kent Police Museum: http://www.kent-police-museum.co.uk/core_pages/index.shtml
Maidstone Museum: http://www.museum.maidstone.gov.uk/
Museum of Kent Life: http://www.kentlife.org.uk/
Other useful sites
Dover Castle: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/dover-castle/
Focus on Film (National Archives) – rare footage of Edwardians at play:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/focuson/film/filmarchive/player.asp?catID=2&subCatID=1&filmID=1
Folkestone, Then & Now (also includes images of surrounding towns & villages):
http://bbhilda.topcities.com/Folkestone/FolkestoneThen_Now.html
Here’s History – Kent: http://www.hereshistorykent.org.uk/
Kent History & Library Centre:
http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/archives_and_local_history.aspx
Step Short, WWI centenary project: http://www.stepshort.co.uk/news/
The Grand Hotel, Folkestone, guided tours: http://www.grand-uk.com/
Recent publications
Foster, R, ‘Real Dad’s Army, the War Diaries of Colonel Rodney Foster’ (Penguin, 2012)
George, Christine & Michael, ‘Dover & Folkestone during the Great War’ (Pen & Sword Military,
2008)
Humphreys, R, ‘Dover Castle, England’s Frontline Defence’ (History Press, 2010)
Lyndon, D: ‘Walter Tull: Footballer, Soldier, Hero’ (Collins Educational, 2011)
Teaching resources
Folkestone School for Girls, History Department website: www.studyhistory.co.uk further details
from cvh@folkestonegirls.kent.sch.uk
Notes
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Useful emails:
Useful resources & ideas:
For ideas on how to approach local history projects, visit FSG’s website: www.studyhistory.co.uk