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On line reviews
,We are reorganising the schedule of online reviews, so there are no additions this month, but look out for the bumper batch in February.
NEW PUBLICATIONS FROM BALH!!
,Living the Poor Life: a guide to the Poor Law Union Correspondence
c 1834 – 1871 held at the National Archives
Paul Carter and Natalie Whistance
The correspondence between Poor Law Unions, Boards of Guardians and the Poor Law Board opens up the lives of many thousands of individuals. It starkly reveals evidence for important historical themes, ranging from the work imposed on workhouse inmates (such as bone-crushing and stone-breaking), via riots inspired by the actions of Guardians, to the standards of medical care and education in the workhouse.
This new guide for local and family historians introduces and explains a set of records which has recently been catalogued and can be downloaded free from the website of The National Archives (TNA MH12). It shows how this correspondence greatly extends our knowledge of life in the workhouse and the attitudes of society to poverty in the mid-nineteenth century. The records of 22 selected Poor Law Unions have been catalogued and digitised, providing 4.6 million words searchable by place, person and subject.
Internet sites for local historians: a directory (new revised and extended edition)
Jacquelené Fillmore
The first edition of this handy and compact guide sold out within weeks. The new edition is almost twice as long and is packed with details of a wonderfully rich variety of websites which are particularly relevant to local and family historians—from ‘Abandoned Communities’ and ‘Garden History’ to ‘Plastics Historical Society’ and ‘Young Immigrants to Canada’. Over 500 sites are listed with addresses and descriptive details, and 14 selected sites are reviewed in detail. This guide is an essential tool to help you find your way around the vast multitude of websites, and the introduction provides useful pointers for deciding whether a site is reliable and trustworthy or not (now a key issue for any user).
These will be on sale at many BALH events or can be obtained by emailing Dr Gill Draper on development.balh@btinternet.com price £4.99 each incl postage.
BALH AWARDS at Local History Day 2011
,Local history awards for personal achievement, for research and publication, and for a society newsletter were made on Saturday 4 June 2011. BALH President Professor David Hey presented scrolls to the winners in recognition of their contribution to local history around the country. For the second time in our awards scheme there had to be a posthumous award. Patricia Knowlden's scroll was accepted by fellow Kent local historian David Johnson on behalf of her family. Arthur Bantoft was unable to travel to London, so our new Chair Helen Good will vit his local society in the Autumn.
BALH AWARDS 2011
for personal achievement
· Arthur Bantoft, Barwick-in-Elmet, Leeds: for a quarter century of work developing the local history of his community and district
· Malcolm Dolby, West Butterwick, North Lincolnshire : for supporting local history societies and encouraging other historians in north Nottinghamshire and the surrounding area.
· Kenneth Gay, Hornsey, London: for long-standing commitment to local history in the London Borough of Haringey, and for sharing his enthusiasm
· Patricia Knowlden, Kent 1927-2011: for her work as a local historian in Kent, and for promoting the importance of archival sources for local history.
for a society newsletter
· Eastbourne Local History Society
for research and publication
· [equal overall winner] Chris Hall, ‘”Class distinction, democracy and proper drains” – how Witney was civilised, 1894-1904’ Oxfordshire Local History vol.8 no.4, autumn 2009
· [equal overall winner] David Holmes, ‘Development of the boot and shoe industry in Leicester during the nineteenth century’ Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society vol.83, 2009
· John Wright, ‘The Military Survey of 1522’ The Glaven Historian: Journal of the Blakeney Area Historical Society no.12, 2010
· Tony Broster, ‘An investigation of gas production in the nineteenth century, with particular reference to East Suffolk’ Fram: The Journal of the Framlingham and District Local History and Preservation Society 5th series no.15, April 2010
· David Butler, ‘”The Chief Ornament of his Native City”: William Henderson and the building of Durham’s Town Hall, 1848-1851’ Durham County Local History Society Journal no.75, February 2010
· [short article award] Edna Blake and Erica Statham, ‘”Do it with Pride”: working lives at Joseph Johnson’s Department Store’ Leicestershire Historian no.45, 2009
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