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                                    Winter Programme 2011/12

Please note that the format of the programme has now changed. 
Most evening lectures have been replaced by Saturday morning speakers.

When: Saturday 11th February 2012 - 10.00 am to 12.30 pm
Where: Dorman Museum, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough
What: 10.00-11.00am - CRAZY CASTLE AND THE DEMONIACS Cleveland Hellfire Club
Speaker: Dr. Tony Nicholson
What 11.30-12.30 pm - CLEVELAND’S REACTION TO THE ROYAL DIVORCE SCANDAL OF 1820
Speaker: Prof. Malcolm Chase (Leeds University)
   
When: Saturday 10th March 2012 - 09.30 am to 16.30 pm
Where: Europa Building, Teesside University, Middlesbrough
What: Joint Day School with Teesside University Centre for Regional and Local Historical Research
EDUCATING CLEVELAND
  09.45 - 10.30 - Popular education and social change: Victorian East Cleveland
Speaker: Tony Nicholson
  11.00 - 11.45 - 'The Best in All England': Coatham, a school on our doorstep
Speaker: Peter Chester
  11.45 - 12.30 - The North of England School Furnishing Company
Speaker: Linda Polley
  13.30 - 14.15 - Marton Grove: a school for all seasons
Speaker: Val Harrison
  14.15 - 15.00 - Education as social policy: the experiment of the open air school movement
Speaker: Jackie Hayes
  15.30 - 16.15 - Will Cinderella ever go to the ball? Post-16 Further Education in Middlesbrough and Teesside
Speaker: Martin Peagam
   
When: Saturday 24th March 2012 - 10.00 am to 12.45 pm
Where: Middlesbrough College, Dock Street, Middlesbrough
What: 10.00-10.15am - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
What: 10.15-11.15am - SKELTON CASTLE AND THE DE BRUS FAMILY
Speaker: Dr. Ruth Blakely
What 11.45-12.45 pm - SNOOPING SNAPS OF NORTH EAST LIFE
Speaker: Julian Harrop (Beamish Museum)