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Improve Your Knowledge: Georgian London

  • May 16, 2012 · 6:45 PM

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From the fifth session of the Improve Your Knowledge series, we will be covering the Georgian period and what London was like in those times. 

This session covers the period 1680 to 1830 and we will be covering people like; Charles Dickens, Dr Samuel Johnson, Sir Christopher Wren and the great artists of the day.
We will also be featuring the industrial revolution, the effect of Gin on London and the gulf between the rich and poor.

The sessions are aimed at people who want to learn more about this period of history or fill in the gaps of their knowledge and will be at a beginner to intermediate level.

About the sessions
 The sessions will be titled Improve Your Knowledge (IYK) and are aimed at members who want to learn more about various periods of London’s history and how it has affected the London of today.  They will be hosted by myself and will take the form of a PowerPoint presentation with questions. 

They will educate you on each period of London's History and refer to places we have visited and objects we have seen in the past year, as well as places we will be visiting in 2012.

They will take place at the Museum of London’s Archaeology Archive and during the presentations will have a unique opportunity to be hands on with some of the objects they have in their archive relating to each period.  An archaeologist from the archive will also be able to tell you more about the objects on display.

 The periods we will be covering and the dates for the remaining session is:

  • Victorian (1837 - 1902) - Wed 13th Jun

 

   

 

 

 

 

 



The cost to attend to cover the room hire is £5 for Full Members and £6 per person for non-Full Members, which includes tea/coffee at the venue. 

We should finish by about 8:15pm, when we will head to the pub:  'The William Blake' at 174-180 Old Street.

We will be starting the session at 7pm on the dot, so don't be late!

 Hope to see you there, if you can't find the venue, please call.  The venue it about a 10-15 minute walk from Old Street Station, but you can get a bus from Old Street, the 141, 271, 21 and 76 buses from City Road all stop at the bottom of Eagle Wharf Road.

Hope to see you there!

Regards

Robert
07905 901 834

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  • Robert
    Robert

    You can view Wednesday's IYK on Georgian London here: http://files.meetup.com/315983/...

    May 18, 2012

  • Robert
    Robert

    It was enjoyable preparing & presenting it and the objects were really good.

    May 17, 2012

  • Jules
    Jules

    I really enjoyed the evening. Information was not too intense, just right. Could easily have sat for another hour listening. Finishing with a sociable beer at the pub. Thank you

    May 17, 2012

  • TOOBA KHAWAJA
    TOOBA KHAWAJA

    Another excellent talk Robert, good overview of the Georgian period!

    May 17, 2012

  • A former member
    A former member

    Really interesting! A learned a whole lot, and filled in some gaps at the same time. Looking forward to the next one.

    May 17, 2012

  • A former member
    A former member

    A very informative evening. Thanks.

    May 17, 2012

  • Jeremy
    Jeremy

    It was quite good but for me the content was not as interesting as earlier in the series. It also only really ran for about 40mins, when the start time is 7.15.

    May 17, 2012

  • Julia
    Julia

    I was 10 mins late. The door was locked and security would not let us in. I am standing here with Didi. We came across London and have been wandering around this industrial area searching for this place, which is not represented correctly on google maps. You should have told us that we would be locked out after 7pm.

    May 16, 2012

  • Morgane
    Morgane

    Hi Robert, I don't think I will make it, might join you all at the pub.

    May 16, 2012

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