London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Latest NewsLOCAL HISTORY COMMITTEE NEWS This year’s Local History Conference will be on 15th November, on the subject of ‘Recording London’ – title still to be confirmed. The theatre at the Museum of London will still be closed, so we will be returning to the City of London School for Girls, also within the Barbican complex. Details of the programme and exhibition space booking forms will follow later in the year. The Conference is the venue for the annual Publications Award of £100 for which submissions are invited. To be eligible, the book or pamphlet, on a Local History topic, should be a stand-alone item. It can be large or small, but must show original research and add to the general knowledge of Greater London. It can be either published by an Affiliated Local History Society, or self-published by a member or members of that Society, between January 2007 and January 2008. The closing date for submissions is 31st May 2008 – entry forms available from Ann Hignell, details below. The committee is seeking new members – the meetings are not too frequent, the duties not too onerous. Members attend either as a representative of their Local History Society or as an individual member of LAMAS. The Committee is responsible for both presenting concerns specific to Local History to the General Council, as well as disseminating that Council’s decisions in the opposite direction to the Affiliated Societies. We also co-ordinate the Local History Publications Award and arrange the Annual Local History Conference – which regularly gains an audience of over 250 delegates. Anyone interested should please contact me, details as below. Ann Hignell, Sec., LAMAS Local History Committee
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