Lincolnshire Libraries Local History Festival
“After the success of our first festival last year, we wanted to again mark Local and Community Month and celebrate our county’s rich heritage"
Celebrate the rich local history of our county at the second Lincolnshire Libraries Local History Festival.
This local history festival will travel across the county's vast rural landscapes, covering the Wolds and Coast, the Fens, the Kestevens and the Lincoln Cliff, seeing renowned East Midlands historians present their discoveries in your local Lincolnshire libraries.
With over 50 events running throughout May, including talks, guided walks, exhibitions and family activities, you'll explore wartime Lincolnshire, discover community memories, and step back into the distant past.
As part of the Festival Louth Library will be hosting the following events...
Louth and District Mills
Presented by: Stuart Sizer
This brief history of milling will show us the various types of mills around Louth over the past thousand years. We will try and trace the locations of 13 recorded mills from the water powered mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1836, the saddle querns through to the modern power of tower mills, concluding with the wind farms of the 21st century.
Thursday 7th May, 10am - 12noon
Booking required, please contact [email protected] to reserve your seat.
Waging Peace in Lincolnshire
Presented by: Professor Richard Keeble- Dr Hazel Kent, Dr Alan Malpass and Tamsin Hunkin
Our 'Waging Peace in Lincolnshire' talk focuses on the peace movement from 1900 to the present day. Lincolnshire is known as 'Bomber County'. Is it not time that Lincolnshire is also known as 'Peace County'? Professor Richard Keeble will be joined by Dr Hazel Kent and Dr Alan Malpass and Tamsin Hunkin will lead the singing of peace songs.
Saturday 9th May, 2pm - 4pm
Booking required. Please contact [email protected] to reserve your seat.
Stories from Louth Cemetery
Presented by: Julie Bounford
Explore the lives of local characters from the comfort of a chair; a flood hero, an eccentric governess, a kind-hearted philanthropist and more, through stories, images and traditions. We’ll uncover Victorian funeral customs, Lincolnshire folklore and the curious history of the cemetery itself.
Thursday 14th May, 10am - 12noon
Booking required. Please contact [email protected] to reserve your seat.
Votes for Women, a Lincolnshire View of the Struggle for Suffrage
Presented by: Elaine Johnson
Lincolnshire ladies believed in votes for women. Two signed the landmark 1866 petition and Emmeline Pankhurst employed another who was sent to prison. Others disrupted political meetings or chalked the pavements, and the first British-born female MP in 1921 was in Louth. And then there was the arsonist! Hear about the hard-won fight for the female franchise.
Thursday 28th May, 10am - 12noon
Booking required, and a £1.50 charge applies. Please contact [email protected] to reserve your seat.
Nicola Rogers, partnership manager at Lincolnshire Libraries said: “After the success of our first festival last year, we wanted to again mark Local and Community Month and celebrate our county’s rich heritage. We’re delighted to be able to invite so many well-known speakers and groups into our libraries to share their knowledge and research as well as highlighting the fascinating local studies collections held in our libraries.”
Visit the Lincolnshire Libraries Local History Festival webpage Lincolnshire Local History Festival | What's On Lincolnshire for full details of what’s on at a library near you, or pick up a Festival guide at Boston, Gainsborough, Grantham, Horncastle, Lincoln Central, Long Sutton, Louth, Mablethorpe, Market Rasen, Skegness, Sleaford, Spalding, Stamford or Woodhall Spa Library.
Lincolnshire Libraries, operated by GLL, the not-for-profit social enterprise, on behalf of Lincolnshire County Council, runs core and mobile libraries across the county as well as supporting 34 community hubs.