Hearth & Home: aspects of housing in Southern England
Dr Geoffrey Mead SpeakerNet Sponsor
- Region:
- South East
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Local interest/professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £80 + travel
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 10th June 2024
- Tagged:
- Architecture | Geology | Planning
We all live somewhere! housing styles and types develop over time and before the mid-19th century buildings were very much vernacular; indicative of the local area. This talk looks at the building materials of the past and the themes that influence 21st century British building styles.
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I am an Associate Tutor with the Geography team at the University of Sussex where I thought I had retired...10 years ago! I specialise in the landscapes of SE England, in both urban and rural areas and I did my doctorate in the suburban growth of the interwar period. I taught adult education for nearly 30 years at Sussex where I worked in the Landscape Studies degree team and was Convenor for Local History. I give talks across SE England to a wide range of groups, from universities to local history societies, WI groups , U3A, Probus and Round Tables. I run weekly classes at local community centres. The most requested from my range of talks are those that combine social history, geography, geology and a 'sense of place'. I can adapt my talks to particular areas or interests.
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- Channel coastlands
- Brighton before the Royal Pavilion
- Sussex Literary Landscapes
- 'Scattered squalor'...'Downland Homes': aspects of housing history
- What is Landscape?
- Resorting to the coast- aspects of holiday history
- Sussex landscapes
- The working coast
- 'A man may have constant employ';Sussex Industrial History,a different view
- The journey to the South Downs National Park
- Brighton: West End - East End
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