How much do you know about your local/home town history?
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I have found a website of my town that has a lot of history about the local industry and business around here and i have found it very surprising and interesting how much contribution my area has played in the worldwide industrial revolution.
Its saddening to think that all that is left of the coal/steel and manufacturing indutries is a load of shops...
I'm not just talking about the closure of some factories in the last 31 years i have been alive but also how the town developed in the last 200 years with regards to religion and community values.
Buildings i would normally never look twice at are now very interesting to think that what they used to do played a big part in supporting the population and industry around here, and are now either a bank, pub or shopping centre.
Do schools teach this sort of thing in history lessons now? i certainly cant remember any of my history lessons being as interesting as i'm finding it now, and i certainly cant remember it being about my home
Its saddening to think that all that is left of the coal/steel and manufacturing indutries is a load of shops...
I'm not just talking about the closure of some factories in the last 31 years i have been alive but also how the town developed in the last 200 years with regards to religion and community values.
Buildings i would normally never look twice at are now very interesting to think that what they used to do played a big part in supporting the population and industry around here, and are now either a bank, pub or shopping centre.
Do schools teach this sort of thing in history lessons now? i certainly cant remember any of my history lessons being as interesting as i'm finding it now, and i certainly cant remember it being about my home
Australian History is compulsory for at least one year at school and I did the optional second as well. Plus my mother is a history teacher and interested in local history as am I, so yes I know a fair bit about it from local area up to country level and beyond.
I'm not normal though
I'm not normal though
i know the history of the village where i grew up in wales, and when i was in junior school we even went and interviewed a 100yr old chap who used to work in the mines there.
i'v also learn't quite a bit of the history of swansea through my dad who's been doing the family tree (he's back to 1645 on one branch of my mams family!)
having said that i quite like history anyway, and have quite a few books on it.
i'v also learn't quite a bit of the history of swansea through my dad who's been doing the family tree (he's back to 1645 on one branch of my mams family!)
having said that i quite like history anyway, and have quite a few books on it.
I grew up in a village and it's history was pretty simple and I just sort of grew up knowing what each building used to be from about the fifteenth century. It stuck with me and I've always taken an interest in the history of a place, any place, not just where I live. I'm fascinated by this aspect of human civilisation development, and the reason for a place to exist, and its reuse of civic buildings and infrastructure.
Yeah, local history, especially if you care about the place, is great
Yeah, local history, especially if you care about the place, is great
The Devon village I grew up in dates from Saxon times, the name being the combination of 'Uffa' - the Saxon family who ran the place - and 'Culme' - being the river. The Romans built the road that ran into the village, so there was clearly a settlement there long before.
The School I attended was opened in 1604, by a wealthy wool merchant in the nearby market town.
I now live in Bracknell, which, as far as I can tell, was founded in 1971 as a Leper colony, and has gone from strength to strength in that role.
>> Edited by eharding on Thursday 19th January 21:21
The School I attended was opened in 1604, by a wealthy wool merchant in the nearby market town.
I now live in Bracknell, which, as far as I can tell, was founded in 1971 as a Leper colony, and has gone from strength to strength in that role.
>> Edited by eharding on Thursday 19th January 21:21
I know quite a lot about my town and it has some amazing history. Not that the council cares. Wigan casino was torn down and then recently the Ritz, where the Beatles, Stones and T-Rex played among others. For what? A shopping centre, when our existing one has empty units. It's appalling. FWIW this is Wigan, home of Northern Soul 
Pot Bellied Fool said:
Know a fair bit about the place I live in these days.
For example, Captain Smith (of Titanic fame) lived just round the corner, as did the Ismay family.
Unfortunately, we were also responsible for some of Cherie Blair's education as a young girl...
Ismay became a recluse living in Galway after the sinking.
Otherwise I wish I knew alot more of my local and national history. Eric Mc usually corrects me here, which is much appreciated, but who knows how much I get wrong in the real world! Why oh why didn't I listen in history class. 11 years in school, and nothing but a hazy idea of independence
.www.wiganworld.co.uk/
Its even got a picture of the very first house I lived in, Dad planted a willow tree in the garden the day I was born, cant see it now
And Roop for my birthday bought me a Limited Edition Monopoly - Wigan. It has Haigh Hall etc on it,
Claire
>> Edited by Gaffer on Saturday 21st January 20:30
Its even got a picture of the very first house I lived in, Dad planted a willow tree in the garden the day I was born, cant see it now
And Roop for my birthday bought me a Limited Edition Monopoly - Wigan. It has Haigh Hall etc on it,
Claire
>> Edited by Gaffer on Saturday 21st January 20:30
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