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Carol Harris
& Mike Brown
Writing, walking and talking history
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HISTORY TALKS
Experienced speakers leading sessions with groups of all ages, including museums, schools, historical societies and clubs
Carol Harris
Historical views on current affairs
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Safety and numbers – the history of migration, refugees and the UK*
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Two forward, one back: women’s fight for equal pay in the UK‡
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Leading or following? -- women as world leaders ‡
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Protected and respected -- children's rights ‡
WW2
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Making Do -- Wartime fashions 1939 - 45 **
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Women in World War Two - the home front **
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Women in World War Two - the services; WRNS, WAAF, ATS **
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Lady Denman and the formation of the WI *
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Women’s Land Army**
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Stella Reading and Women’s Voluntary Services**
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War Artists in the Two World Wars
WW1
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Women on the Home Front in WW1
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Women, the vote and the war to end all wars*
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WW1, women and sport
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War Artists in the Two World Wars
Fashion
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Putting on the Ritz: 1920s and 30s fashions **
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Making do: fashion in WW2
Medical
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Militant medics – doctors and the fight for women’s suffrage ‡
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Doctors on the home front in WW2**
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Expecting the unexpected -- public health in WW1 and WW2 ‡
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Doctors and polar exploration ‡
Foundling Hospital and Georgian England
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Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital
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Building Bloomsbury
Polar Exploration
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Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance expedition*
Mike Brown
WW2
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Entertainment in wartime Britain *
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A Child’s War - growing up in wartime Britain **
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Evacuation in World War Two *
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The suburban home front in the WW2 **
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Christmas on the home front 1939 - 45 **
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The Day Peace Broke Out – VE Day*
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The Real Dad’s Army – the Home Guard**
WW1
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Homefires – on the Home Front in Britain in the First World War **
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The First Battle of Britain – Zeppelins in the First World War **
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Feeding the Family in the First World War **
Fashion
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The 1950s Look
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The 1960s Look
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CC41 Utility Clothing
Spanish Civil War
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The Spanish Civil War and its influence in wartime Britain **
For bookings and further information
Please use our contact page, or
Email harbro@btinternet.com
Mobile 07891 646455
Telephone 020 8291 4200
* Illustrated with photographs, contemporary magazines, etc.
** Illustrated with artefacts; ration books, uniforms, clothes, etc.
‡ Illustrated with Powerpoint, excerpts from film and/or radio etc