This course will begin on 6th February and meet for 10 weeks every Thursday afternoon. It would be ideal for anyone interested in seriously developing this useful and vital skill, and will give you the opportunity to practice with objects from the University’s collection of ancient artefacts.
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CAS members can now download a digital version of Journal vol 89 for 2019 from the Members’ Area of our website.
If you do not have a password to access this page, please e-mail webmaster@chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk
This lecture by Dr John Schofield (formerly Museum of London) will be held on 7th December at 2:30pm at the Grosvenor Museum. This presentation will summarise the main findings for the period 1100–1666 from four excavations of 1974–84.
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By Anthony Annakin-Smith. University of Chester. £19.99. Available from the publisher
www.chester.ac.uk/university-press and the usual booksellers from 29 November 2019
The early Neston collieries operated for almost 100 years and were notable in many ways, for example for the devastating acts of sabotage committed by one mine owner on the neighbouring works, for the use of canals for hauling coal deep under the Dee Estuary, and for introducing the earliest steam engine in west Cheshire. There are also links to famous names such as George Stephenson and Nelson’s future mistress, Emma, Lady Hamilton.
The extensively illustrated book gives a comprehensive review of every aspect of the early Neston collieries – not just how the mines operated but also, for example, the social background of the colliers including their health, children, education and living conditions; the operation of the land and sea trades which saw Neston’s coal shipped as far as the Americas; and the network of links to Chester, Wales, Lancashire and beyond which enabled the mines to survive. Comprehensive research into the life of every known Neston collier means that there is a wealth of information on the often pitiful lives of the men and children who worked at the mines. Events are placed in the context of the profound changes which were affecting Britain during the Industrial Revolution.
The book will appeal to those with an interest in industrial, social or local history as well as to family historians.
This new book by Anthony Annakin-Smith will be available shortly.
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This free public lecture by Professor Catherine Clarke will be held on Wednesday 13th November at the University of Chester
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This lecture by Dr Toby Driver (RCAHMW) will be held on 6th November at 7:30pm at the Grosvenor Museum. The lecture will revisit the intense hot summer of 2018 when aerial archaeological discoveries came thick and fast!
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Click here to download the Society’s comments on CWaC’s ‘Play Your Part’ Consultation
The planned drop-in sessions to share the recommendations of the Working Group with the wider community have been postponed until week commencing 13th January 2020. When available further details will be published here.
Eligible members will be receiving their copies of the latest issue of our journal in the next two weeks.
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If you are not a member of the Society but would like a copy, they will be available for £10.50 (£7.50 plus £3.00 p&p). Email webmaster@chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk
If you enjoy reading it, why not join us for 2020? You can download a membership application form from https://chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk/how-to-join/
