Introduction Welcome to Forum 47. SUES’s 2023-2024 programme commenced on 15th September with Emma Copestake’s talk on her oral history study among retired Liverpool dock workers and their families. We have a report in this issue of Forum for those of you who were unable to attend. Peter Firth’s course Medieval Bookends commenced on 25th…
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Introduction Welcome to Forum 46. I hope you have enjoyed the summer and that, like me, you are looking forward to SUES’ 2023-2024 programme of courses and talks. Forum took a break during August, so this September edition is being issued a little earlier than usual, to ensure that everyone is aware of our events…
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Introduction Welcome to Forum 45 (July 2023). I write this having just attended Peter Firth’s entertaining talk on ‘The University Extension Movement in Southport 1874-2024’. Peter will be contributing something for the next Forum for those of you who were unable to attend. As 2024 will mark the 150th anniversary of the Movement’s first activities…
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Introduction Welcome to Forum 44 (June 2023). This issue of Forum contains information on the final events of our 2022-2023 programme, and announces the programme planned for 2023-2024 (our 150th anniversary year). Please put the dates in your diaries. Information about renewing your membership for 2023-2024 will be sent in July. I would like to…
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Introduction Welcome to Forum 43. This issue contains important information on events in the SUES summer programme, so please make sure the dates are in your diary. We also include some thought-provoking articles from Mary Ormsby and Roger Mitchell. To coincide with the Coronation earlier this month, Mary has been looking into how the four…
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Introduction Hello, Chris Nelson here. I have recently joined the SUES Committee and have agreed to become the editor of Forum. I take over from Roger Mitchell, who has been doing the job so well for several months, alongside all his other work for SUES. If you have noticed some changes to the format this…
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Introduction This edition of Forum is rather dominated by ‘society business’ but the reports on recent activities and on the forthcoming anniversary show how busy we are. In addition, the Committee have met on two occasions and have recruited Chris Nelson as an additional member. Chris will be taking over as editor of Forum and,…
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Introduction This edition of Forum contains three articles and a quiz, all of which include saints of some sort or another. Even though the contents may not qualify as saintly, they can certainly be described as sainted. Christine Vasey contributes a seasonably appropriate piece on St Valentine’s Day. Mary Ormsby and Roger Mitchell have collaborated…
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Introduction The sad news of John Sharp’s death reached the Committee, just as 2022 came to an end. We begin this first 2023 edition of Forum with the brief autobiography that John provided for the SUES website. John’s funeral will take place on Friday 27th January at 12 noon at Southport Crematorium. Members of the…
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Introduction We have maintained our proud record of producing an edition of Forum for each month of 2022. As a contributor and editor, John Sharp has played a central role in this, but sadly, ill health has forced him to step down. We send him our thanks and best wishes. In the short run, the…
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