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Whatever Happened to Aunt Gonda?

August: Tuesday 12 8.00 pm

Phil Isherwood

We have enjoyed Phil’s talks before and this talk will be useful if you want to
investigate the lives of ancestors who lived in the census-poor early and mid-20th
century, had ancestors who were mobile during the age of Empire or if you have
discovered little from traditional genealogical sources.You are invited to a LIVE Zoom meeting.

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Virtual Talk

September 9th: (Wednesday) 10 am

Prize Papers at TNA'

Talk by Anne Ramon

'Lost Letters Found: the Prize papers project for the war of American Independence 1775-1783'

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Southwark

October 13 : Monday, 12.00pm

Geoff Fairbairn

Finding a lady in Bermondsey

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Who is the mysterious woman in Appleton’s 1890 watercolour depiction of East
Lane? And is Geoff related to her?

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Virtual Talk

Mapping Rich and Poor: The Charles Booth Archive -

October : Tuesday 14, 8.00 pm

Indy Bhuller

This talk will explore Booth's poverty maps, his inquiry, studies into prostitution, immigrant groups, religious and work groups, his walks and his notebooks. The speaker is the Curator for Economics and Social Policy in LSE Library..

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Ratcatchers

November: Monday 10, 10.00 am

David Cufley

More than vermin destroyers … 19th century ratcatchers and their trade, earnings, methods of trapping and the use of the rats. Not for the squeamish and faint of heart!

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